Astronomers may have just identified a rare example of a “three-body problem” hiding in plain sight beyond the solar system’s most distant planet. If the observation can be confirmed, it suggests that many more cosmic triplets could be hiding in the outer reaches of our cosmic neighborhood, researchers say. Back in 2001, astronomers discovered what…

SpaceTime Series 28 Episode 29The Astronomy, Space and Science News PodcastExploring Callisto’s Ocean Potential, Laser Fossil Detection on Mars, and ISS Cleanliness ConcernsIn this episode of SpaceTime, we dive into exciting new research suggesting that Jupiter’s moon Callisto may harbor a subsurface ocean, potentially making it another ocean world in our solar system. This revelation…

Measurements of space plasmas have remained challenging as they must cover multiple species, a wide range of flux levels and energies, and time and spatial scales that range over orders of magnitude. Interactions between a wide variety of fundamental physical processes that occur both on both macroscopic and kinetic scales ultimately determine the modes and…

How to photograph the moon When it comes to taking pictures of the night sky, photographing the moon is a fascinating and rewarding experience for photographers of all levels. Luckily, it’s also one of the more straightforward astrophotography skills to master, so it’s a great place to start for beginners in astrophotography. It’s especially timely…

The ongoing steps taken by President Donald Trump’s administration to transform and reduce in size the federal workforce is already impacting the space science and exploration community, with more changes head. The shake-up includes the President Trump-okayed establishment of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an advisory group to streamline the federal government. Billionaire Elon…

The Astronomy, Space and Science News PodcastEarth’s Climate Shaped by Orion, New Insights into Mars’ Red Color, and NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission UpdateIn this episode of SpaceTime, we explore a groundbreaking study suggesting that Earth’s climate may have undergone significant changes around 14 million years ago due to our solar system’s journey through the Orion…

Until the dawn of spaceflight, astronomers were limited in their ability to observe objects beyond the solar system to those portions of the electromagnetic spectrum that can penetrate Earth’s atmosphere. These portions include the visible region, parts of the ultraviolet region, and most of the radio-frequency region. The ability to place instruments on a spacecraft…

Valentina Tereshkova (born March 6, 1937, Maslennikovo, Russia, U.S.S.R.) is a Soviet cosmonaut and the first woman to travel into space. On June 16, 1963, she was launched in the spacecraft Vostok 6, which completed 48 orbits in 71 hours. In space at the same time was Valery F. Bykovsky, who had been launched two…

Astronomers have discovered an enormous black hole the size of 36 billion suns lurking within the “Cosmic Horseshoe.” The behemoth object is one of the largest black holes ever detected. First discovered in 2007, the Cosmic Horseshoe is a system of two galaxies located in the constellation Leo. Images of the system show a halo…

In super-Earth For example, on snowball planets heavier than Earth that are completely frozen, the higher gravity would lead to high pressures at the bottom of the frozen oceans that would melt the ice and thus lead to layers of liquid water. One type of super-Earth, the Hycean world, is… Read More