Space
Hannah Arendt on Science, the Value of Space Exploration, and How Our Cosmic Aspirations Shed Light On the Human Condition
"Who indeed will set bounds to human ingenuity?" Galileo asked in the seventeenth century during the time he dethroned human beings from the center of the universe. "Who will assert that everything in the universe capable of being perceived is already discovered and...
Changing Colors in Saturn’s North
These two natural color images from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft show the changing appearance of Saturn’s north polar region between 2012 and 2016.
A Dying Star Shooting Gigantic Balls Of Plasma Twice the Size of Mars
The NASA’s space telescope captured images of plasma ‘cannonballs’.
4 Astronomical Events You Don’t Want to Miss in November
Uranus May Have Two Undiscovered Moons
NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus 30 years ago, but researchers are still making discoveries from the data it gathered then. A new study led by University of Idaho researchers suggests there could be two tiny, previously undiscovered moonlets orbiting near two of the planet’s rings.
How Long You Can Survive On Each Planet
We know how long a human being could survive on a summer day on Mars without a spacesuit. But what about the other planets in our solar system?
New Dwarf Planet Beyond Pluto Discovered
Astronomers find new dwarf planet in our Solar System. A new friend for Pluto. New dwarf planet located in the region of the solar system beyond Neptune known as the Kuiper Belt, discovered.
Gaia’s Billion-Star Map Hints At Treasures To Come
The first catalogue of more than a billion stars from ESA’s Gaia satellite was published today – the largest all-sky survey of celestial objects to date.
The 1995 Hubble Photo That Changed Astronomy
The Hubble Deep Field, explained by the man who made it happen.
What Will Happen When Earth’s Magnetic Poles Reverse?
Eventually, Earth’s magnetic fields will flip. What will happen then?