Tabby’s “Alien-Megastructures” Star Had Begun to Dim Again
Since it was first discovered, Tabby’s Star has baffled scientists all across the world. The reason for this is that it doesn’t act like any other…
Getting to the Nitty Gritty of the Universe
The Universe is so immense and so vast that to be able to explain what it is in one or two sentences is physically impossible. In a very general…
Stephen Hawking and Colleagues Write Angry Letter Defending Theory
Proving a theory is always difficult, even for the world’s top physicists. In February of this year, three of the world’s top physicists decided to…
Stephen Hawking Thinks; We have to populate a New Planet Within 100 Years If we want to survive
Last November, professor Stephen Hawking predicted that we’ve got no more than 1,000 years in which to find a new home planet before ours becomes…
Cassini’s First Flight Through Saturn’s Rings Reveals Shocking Data
The Cassini spacecraft has just completed the first part of its grand finale as it flew through the narrow opening between Saturn and its many rings.…
5 Cosmic Questions Scientists Still Can’t Answer Completely
We’ve not only had a good few years in terms of space science discoveries, we’ve had a few good decades really. However, with all the new things that…
Building on the Red Planet Just Got Easier With This New Technique
Engineers have now discovered a way in which to simulate Mars soil and pack it together into a solid brick-like material that should be sufficient…
Scientists Identify First Ever Supernova by Gravitational Lensing
Scientists at Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory (Berkley Lab) have just discovered a Type la supernova called iPTF16geu that exploded around four…
Is There Life on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus?
As the search for life elsewhere in the Universe continues, scientists have discovered a new top candidate in the form of Saturn’s sixth largest moon…
Does the Solution to the Power Crisis lie in Wireless Space-based Solar Power?
Space-based Solar Power (SBSP) is a concept that’s been around since the 1970’s, but due to the large payload that’s needed to launch it into space,…
The Quantum Communication Revolution and Extraterrestrial Intelligence
The quantum mechanics race is more intense now than it ever has been as companies fight to be the first to release a user-friendly quantum computer.…
Have Astronomers Discovered the Twin of Venus?
NASA’s Kepler space telescope ‘s been hard at work again this month as it reveals what could possibly be a close relative to Venus. The planet is…
