Jun 30 Witness Jupiter’s spooky northern lights By Nsikan Akpan The Hubble telescope, the talisman space observatory, has captured fresh images of Jupiter’s auroras as Juno spacecraft makes its final approach to the planet. Continue reading
Jun 15 Gravity waves, the sequel. LIGO detects second pair of crashing black holes By Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American The second confirmation of ripples in spacetime is announced by astronomers at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). Continue reading
Jun 15 Mirror-image molecule near Milky Way’s heart gives glimmer of life’s origins By Nsikan Akpan A weird chemical phenomenon called chirality, which is critical for life, has been observed in space for the first time. Continue reading
Jun 06 World’s largest radio telescope faces retirement due to stagnant funding By Sarah Scoles, Scientific American The National Science Foundation is considering pulling its support from the famous Arecibo radio dish in Puerto Rico… Continue reading
May 26 Supermassive black holes spawn galactic deserts without new stars By Nsikan Akpan Astronomers find a supermassive black hole that stifles star formation by causing galactic warming. Continue reading
May 25 Fossilized bubbles could expand our search for habitable planets By Nsikan Akpan Bubbles buried in ancient lava on Earth may guide the search of habitable exoplanets. Continue reading
May 10 NASA’s Kepler mission doubles tally of exoplanets by weeding out impostors By Nsikan Akpan NASA has confirmed 1,284 exoplanets, the largest number announced at once, thanks to a new math formula. Continue reading
May 09 Mercury makes rare trip between the Earth and the sun By Nsikan Akpan Don't miss Mercury's transit! It only happens 13 times per century. Continue reading
May 06 Two in a row! SpaceX sticks second, trickier sea landing By Nsikan Akpan SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket pulls off tougher second landing on a droneship barge at sea. Continue reading
Apr 12 Stephen Hawking and billionaire plan interstellar cruise with $100 million initiative By Nsikan Akpan Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking and Russian-born billionaire announce new quest for space exploration. Continue reading