Astronomers have been searching for mid-weight black holes, and now they’ve found one, right here in the Milky Way.
Aug 27th: An Intermediate Mass Black Hole Found in the Milky Way
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guide to space Archive
Aug 14th: Chemicals for Life Found on Enceladus
Today’sGuide to Space explore what NASA found on Saturn’s Enceladus and Jupiter’s Europa, and what it means for the search for life.
Jul 16th: What Comes After James Webb & Nancy Grace Roman?
Jul 9th: It Came From Deep Space!
Some comets orbit the Sun on a regular basis, but others come in from deep space, a region known as the Oort Cloud. What causes them to make this journey, and will we ever be able to explore the Oort Cloud?
Jul 5th: First Ever Picture of a Baby Planet!
Let’s time-travel to the moment astronomers captured the first direct image of a planet being born — orbiting a young star still in the making. A glimpse into planetary formation in action!
May 22nd: What Has The Curiosity Rover Discovered?
Consider the fact that right now, there’s an SUV-sized rover crawling around the surface of Mars and giving us the best view of its surface
May 14th: What If We Do Find Aliens? How Prepared Is Earth For Meeting Extraterrestrials?
We’ve been so busy wondering how we’ll find aliens that we never stopped to consider what we’ll do if we actually encounter them. How does an alien discovery get communicated to the media?
Apr 30th: What Does It Take To Be An Astronaut?
Apr 15th: Venus Could Have Supported Life For Billions Of Years
Venus sucks. Seriously, that place is the worst, with its boiling temperature, intense pressure, sulfuric acid rain. But was it always this bad?
Mar 26th: Should We Fly to Another Star Soon? Or Wait for Better Technology to Come Along?
It seems reasonable to ask, should we invest in an interstellar mission now, or wait a few decades or even centuries for better technology to come along which could make the trip much shorter?