Oak Ridge engineer seeks to help make interstellar travel possible
Presenting paper at American Nuclear Society meeting in D.C. Nov. 10 Carolyn Krause | Special to The Oak…
Second-Fastest Asteroid Ever Detected Found ‘Hiding’ in Sun’s Glare
An asteroid with the second-fastest unique orbit in the solar system—one that sees it traveling a complete run…
Astronomers Have Discovered Earth’s Latest Quasi-Lunar Moon
The Earth has just added its seventh confirmed quasi-lunar moon. It is 2025 PN7, a small Apollo-type asteroid…
Comet newly discovered from AZ’s Mt. Lemmon now appearing
A newly discovered comet could be visible to the naked eye this week, and its name should give…
Earth Could Have Six More ‘Quasi-Moons’ Like 2025 PN7
There’s a new moon in town — sort of. The much-discussed 2025 PN7, dubbed Earth’s “second moon,” is…
California Startup Wants to Launch 4,000 Mirrors to Orbit. Scientists Are Alarmed
A California startup’s plan to launch thousands of mirrors into orbit has caused quite a stir among astronomers…
Scientists May Have Found the Smallest Clump of Dark Matter Ever Seen — and It’s Still a Million Times Heavier Than the Sun
Overlay of the infrared emission (black and white) with the radio emission (colored). The dark, low-mass object is…
2025, October 30: When Darkness Overtakes Daylight: Comparing Anchorage, Chicago, and Miami
October 30, 2025: Darkness grows longer than daylight as autumn progresses. Explore how daylight, twilight, and darkness change…
See Comet Lemmon as it nears Earth, brightens to naked eye visibility
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Space, it’s full of surprises. An object, discovered at the beginning of the year,…
How to catch comets Lemmon and SWAN in the night sky
NEW YORK (AP) — Two bright green comets are streaming through the skies and are visible to skygazers…