Can Artificial Intelligence find new planets for us?
On a clear night you might easily see Jupiter, Mars or other planets from our solar system. This is how astronomers from thousands of years…
Category: Space
Bacteria protect each other in space!
Space is a dangerous place. Astronauts are wrapped up in layers of protection that regulate pressure, temperature, and oxygen. This…
What if the entire planet had it’s own flag?
Going into space is difficult and costly. All of our past space missions have taken many years to complete from laboratory to launch. As we…
A crater on Mars may be a future landing site
Here on Earth, scientists study layers of sediment like dirt and sand to better understand how rocks form. The same contextual clues…
What happens if we send signals into space?
For over a hundred years, humans on Earth have been using radio transmissions to communicate with each other. This ability to communicate…
Using The Big Bang As A Ruler
Baryon acoustic oscillations, an artifact remaining from the Big Bang, can be used by scientists to measure cosmological distances…
Managing Mars: Who Has a Right To It’s Resources?
Humans have long been fascinated by the huge Cosmos above us. Perhaps this fascination has been best put to words by Carl Sagan in his…
An Interstellar Asteroid Just Flew Through Our Solar System
An asteroid recently came blazing through our solar system and it appears to be an interstellar visitor. The asteroid, dubbed A/2017 U1,…
What Protects Exoplanets from Damaging Solar Flares?
Thanks to NASA’s Kepler Mission, over one-thousand potentially habitable exoplanets have been discovered to-date, orbiting around their…
The Sleeping Giant in a Small Town
Astronomers have uncovered a supermassive black hole, weighing 17 billion suns, in the middle of nowhere. This nearly record-breaking…