Tag: astronomy
What moons in other solar systems reveal about planets like Neptune...
Bradley Hansen, University of California, Los Angeles
What is the difference between a planet-satellite system as we have with the Earth and Moon, versus a...
Yes, I’m searching for aliens – and no, I won’t be...
Jason Wright, Pennsylvania State University
Editor’s note: What started as an internet joke has generated a stern military warning after more than a million people...
What is the summer solstice? An astronomer explains
Stephen Schneider, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The summer solstice marks the official start of summer. It brings the longest day and shortest night of the...
The tell-tale clue to how meteorites were made, at the birth...
William Herbst, Wesleyan University and James Greenwood, Wesleyan University
April 26, 1803 was an unusual day in the small town of L’Aigle in Normandy, France...
What’s on the far side of the Moon?
Wayne Schlingman, The Ohio State University
Looking up at the silvery orb of the Moon, you might recognize familiar shadows and shapes on its face...
Can astronomy explain the biblical Star of Bethlehem?
David Weintraub, Vanderbilt University
Bright stars top Christmas trees in Christian homes around much of the world. The faithful sing about the “Star...
You may not even need a telescope to see Comet 46P/Wirtanen...
Shannon Schmoll, Michigan State University
As comets blaze across the night sky, they can bring wonder and excitement to those watching from Earth – or...
The IceCube observatory detects neutrino and discovers a blazar as its...
Doug Cowen, Pennsylvania State University; Azadeh Keivani, Columbia University, and Derek Fox, Pennsylvania State University
About four billion years ago, when the planet Earth was...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ pits energy vs. endangered species, but it’s a...
Dan Salas, University of Illinois Chicago
There’s a well-worn debate in U.S. politics that goes something like this: Would...
