On August 16, 2020, just after midnight Eastern (US) time, a small asteroid alerted our planet and traveled just 2,950 kilometers above the earth’s surface! Wow. That is close. That’s only a quarter of the earth’s diameter! The good news is that it’s missing, and even if it had hit, …
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While looking deep into the heart of the galaxy, astronomers have seen the fastest star ever. This thing scurries through space; at one point in the orbit it moves at a staggering 24,000 kilometers per second – more than 85 one million kilometers per hour! That is 8% the speed …
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The smoking gun (in a sense, literally) may have been found for the reason why Betelgeuse, everyone’s favorite red supergiant star, evaporated so dramatically earlier this year: Dust. A lot of it. It’s been 75 years since 2020, here’s an update: Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars in the …
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How would you discover signs of life in a foreign world hundreds of light years from Earth? One way would be to look for molecules in their atmosphere that indicate the presence of life. Sis, oxygen, methane, ozone, etc. removed. That would not prove that strangers live there, but it …
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