Aug 14 How to spot the 6 planets visible in the early morning skies this month By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press Six planets are hanging out in the sky this month. It’s what’s known as a planetary parade and it’s the last one of the year. Continue reading
Jun 23 First images of universe taken by largest digital camera ever shows colorful nebulas, stars and galaxies By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on a mountaintop in Chile, unveiled vibrant images Monday of colorful nebulas, stars and galaxies. Continue reading
Jun 18 Meet the moths that map the stars to fly long distances By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press It's an impressive feat for Bogong moths, whose brains are smaller than the size of a grain of rice, to rely on the night sky for their odyssey, said study author David Dreyer with Lund University in Sweden. Continue reading
Jun 03 Accidental discovery at New York planetarium unlocks secret into universe's inner workings By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press Scientists say a new planetarium show about the Milky Way has helped them unlock one of the solar system’s many secrets. Continue reading
Jun 02 Milky Way's chance of colliding with Andromeda galaxy is less than previously thought, astronomers report By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies colliding is less than previously thought. Continue reading
Apr 21 A green comet is fading fast after its trip around the sun By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press “We'll soon be left with just a dusty rubble pile.”… Continue reading
Apr 20 Watch 4:07 Gaia space observatory bids farewell after a decade of mapping the stars By John Yang, Harry Zahn After more than a decade of mapping billions of stars across the Milky Way and beyond, a groundbreaking spacecraft is retiring. The European Space Agency’s space-based observatory known as Gaia is leaving behind a legacy of stunning discoveries that changed… Continue watching
Mar 20 Venus will pass between the Earth and sun this weekend, but don't try to look for it By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press Venus will pass between the Earth and sun during what’s called an inferior conjunction. But don’t plan on seeing the linkup. Continue reading
Feb 08 Watch 2:45 How NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission may help us understand the origins of life on Earth By Ali Rogin, Harry Zahn The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ancient asteroid back to Earth has revealed that the building blocks of life may have been scattered… Continue watching
Dec 22 Characters in Disney's 'Moana' use the stars just like real Polynesian explorers. An astronomer explains how By Christopher Palma, The Conversation Polynesian navigators used the stars to sail across the ocean, Disney’s ‘Moana’ movies help those of us who have never sailed at night to understand the methods of celestial navigation. Continue reading