Season 22
June 26, 2019
47: New Mission to Intercept a Comet
The European Space Agency has announced a new mission to study a comet.
June 21, 2019
46: Hunting for Dark Galaxies
An ancient collision with a newly discovered dark dwarf galaxy may be responsible for the Milky Way’s characteristic outer disk ripples.
June 20, 2019
45: A Giant Mass Anomaly
A giant mass anomaly detected under the Moon's largest crater
June 14, 2019
44: New Questions About the Origin of Earth’s Water
There’s a new chapter in the on-going search for the origin of Earth’s water.
June 13, 2019
43: Mars Insight’s Drill Fails
Scientists and engineers are trying to figure out why a key instrument on NASA’s Mars Insight lander has stopped working.
June 5, 2019
42: A Hundred Years of Gravity
It was a hundred years ago this month that observations performed during a total solar eclipse by Author Eddington proved for the first time that light can be physically bent by gravity.
May 30, 2019
41: A Potential Risk
A new study claims the Taurid meteoroid stream could pose a risk to planet Earth.
May 24, 2019
40: Shrinking Moon Causing Moonquakes
Astronomers say moonquakes are being generated as the Moon continues to cool and contract.
May 17, 2019
38: 'Blue Moon' Lunar Lander Unveiled
The world’s richest man -- Amazon boss Jeff Bezos –– says his Blue Origin aerospace company could have people walking on the Moon by 2024.
May 16, 2019
37: Neutron Star – Black Hole Merger Detected
First possible Neutron Star – Black Hole Merger detected by LIGO
May 8, 2019
35: Black Hole Twisting Spacetime
Astronomers have witnessed a black hole twisting the fabric of spacetime by its rotation.
May 3, 2019
34: First Results from ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter
During its first year in orbit the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has made some surprising discoveries ...
May 1, 2019
New Model for Nova Explosions
Scientists will need to go back to the drawing board to come up with new ways in which powerful explosions -- known as novae – can occur on the surfaces of white dwarf stars.
April 26, 2019
Beyond Einstein and the Black Hole Singularity
Physicists have reached beyond Albert Einstein to develop new equations that hypothesize that singularities don’t exist inside black holes.
April 24, 2019
The First Direct Image of a Black Hole
Astronomers have successfully captured one of the most important pictures in scientific history – an actual image of a supermassive black hole.
April 12, 2019
More confirmation of methane spikes on Mars
A re-analysis of data collected by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter has corroborated NASA’s Curiosity rover’s detection of methane on the red planet’s surface.
April 11, 2019
Bennu's Rugged Surface
Potentially deadly asteroid has a far more rugged surface than expected
April 5, 2019
Rivers Raged on Mars Late Into its History
A new study has found that significant quantities of water was still flowing down Martian rivers much later than expected.
April 3, 2019
Discovery of Galaxies Without Dark Matter
Astronomers have discovered two galaxies that appear to contain little or no dark matter.
March 29, 2019
Could Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts be Magnetars?
Astronomers have discovered a highly magnetic neutron star called a magnetar which appears to have a lot of the characteristics of mysterious high energy pulses known as Fast Radio Bursts.
March 27, 2019
Giant Asteroid Impact Crater
Scientists have discovered a giant 12 to 16-kilometre wide asteroid impact crater in Western Australia.