Get ready for a spooky red glow in the January skies. But what is it? And how can you catch it? Source: Super blood wolf moon: when to watch 2019 [ … ]

TESS has found its first circumbinary planet: a planet that orbits two stars. Astronomers think that there are many more of them out there. Source: TESS Finds a Planet That [ … ]

Just when you thought your little place on our planet was safe and secure, NASA’s SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) airborne observatory just captured the most detailed Source: NASA just [ … ]

Source: NASA planet hunter finds its first earth-size habitable-zone world

A new infrared SOFIA image of the Milky Way’s core is giving astronomers an unprecedented view of the region, and helping answer some important questions. Source: This is the Core [ … ]

Keep in mind that Earth’s tilted axis creates the seasons, not its distance from the sun. Source: Happy Perihelion Day! Earth Is Closest to the Sun Today | Space

In a Dec. 10 press event at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco, California, three scientists presented new images of the ionosphere, the dynamic region [ … ]

A comprehensive and easy to follow visual guide of minerals that have been reported in lunar samples is now available. One of the aims of making this book freely available [ … ]

The eruptions may hurl meteors toward Earth. Source: Eruptions on Asteroid Bennu Hint at Causes of Space Rock Explosions | Space

Astronomers discovered a Neptune-sized planet orbiting an Earth-sized star. The white dwarf star is making the planet lose some 260 million tons of material every day. Source: This Giant Planet [ … ]

The Chang’e-4 satellite (Queqiao) recently deployed the NCLE radio observatory, a joint Netherlands-Chinese experiment that will probe the early Universe. Source: There’s Now an Operational Radio Telescope on the Far [ … ]

A team of astronomers from Yale have taken the clearest picture of the interstellar comet 2I/Borisov to date, showcasing its long tail! Source: Interstellar Comet Borisov is About to Make [ … ]

In his new book, astronomer and former NASA Chief Historian Steven Dick outlines a classification system for all of astronomy. Will it catch on? Source: Book Review: A Classification System [ … ]

A radio telescope located in the Western Australian outback recently snapped a gorgeous, “golden” view of the Milky Way galaxy. The image, which was captured by the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) [ … ]

  Monday was a big day for astronomers around the world as it provided the rare opportunity to see Mercury transit the Sun. If you missed all the hype leading [ … ]

Event only happens 13 times a century. Source: Rare chance to see Mercury pass across the sun | Newshub