Update from beyond the solar system! Is the universe closed?What’s the different between an asteroid and a dwarf planet?
Nov 11th: Are Comets Asteroids or Are Asteroids Comets?
Things used to be so simple. Comets were snowballs from the outer Solar System, and asteroids were rocks from the inner Solar System. But now everything’s all shades of grey. Astronomers have found asteroids that behave like comets and comets that behave like asteroids.
Sep 29th: Slow Movers At The Edge & The Big Ones
Imagine a world that is so far from our Sun that it receives less than 1/5,000 of the heat and light that makes our life possible.
Sep 4th: Awesome Astronomy September 2019 Astro Round Up
Aug 30th: Colonizing the Inner Solar System
Imagine how humans will colonize the inner Solar System, becoming a true spacefaring civilization. #365DaysofAstro
Aug 7th: Living Underground on Other Worlds. Exploring Lava Tubes
Jul 11th: Turtles Breathe from their Butts
Apr 8th: Judging Age & Origins: Beyond Our System
We learned how to figure out the ages of objects in the Solar System, now we push out into the deeper Universe. What about stars, galaxies, and even the Universe itself? How old is it?
Apr 1st: Judging Age & Origins: Across The Solar System
Today we push our aging curiosity out into the Solar System to ask that simple question: how old is it and how do we know? What techniques do astronomers use to age various objects and regions in the Solar System?