3+ hour, 41+ min ago  (300+ words) Siril isn't for the fainthearted. It has a steep learning curve, and we admit to having to delve into the documentation multiple times during this review. Its open-source approach may not be for everyone, but it's one of the most…...

5+ hour, 41+ min ago  (417+ words) "The cradle of life does not necessarily require a sun." Moons orbiting starless "rogue" planets could stay warm enough to host liquid water for billions of years, a new study suggests, potentially creating long-lived habitats for life in the depths…...

7+ hour, 41+ min ago  (455+ words) Robert Goddard, assisted by his wife Esther, sent the first liquid-fueled rocket aloft on March 16, 1926. And as we'll explore in more detail later, much of Goddard's rocket work was supported and promoted (including for four decades, posthumously) by his wife,…...

21+ hour, 54+ min ago  (633+ words) With the help of an extremely powerful telescope deep underground in Japan, astronomers may be able to catch a glimpse of ghost particles from long-dead stars. Pablo Martinez Mirave is a Postdoctoral Fellow on Theoretical Particle Astrophysics at the Niels…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (240+ words) The nebula glows as it scatters the light from nearby stars. Andronic's image reveals the blue reflection nebula designated Cederblad 51 glowing in the center of the image among the red clouds of the giant nebula SH 2-264. The region is also…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (646+ words) The inside of a neutron star is a weird and crushing place to be. We could soon be able to "see" inside a neutron star and learn what extreme matter governed by exotic physics lurks there, thanks to the imprint…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (268+ words) On Episode 201 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Jay Gallentine to talk about former Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) manager John Casani. When most people think about deep space exploration, management acumen is generally…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (298+ words) Fifty-four (54) more satellites in low Earth orbit after launches from California and Florida on Friday and Saturday (March 13 and 14). SpaceX launched two more sets of Starlink satellites on back-to-back, coast-to-coast flights on Friday and Saturday. First up, a Falcon 9 rocket…...

2+ day, 41+ min ago  (1121+ words) Vahe Peroomian is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. As a space scientist, every time I go outside with my family, I tell my children to look up at the…...

2+ day, 41+ min ago  (1263+ words) Spring skies reveal some of the best galaxies visible to backyard telescopes. Spring is almost here, which means it's galaxy season for amateur astronomers! Grab your telescope and join us as we highlight some of the most beautiful galactic targets…...