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The sheer scale of the universe may oftentimes escape everyday description; our “pale blue dot” may sometimes feel miniscule compared with the sheer scale of the rest of the universe. In response to this, Modern Sciences champions the latest in astronomical developments and discoveries, to help us truly understand what lies beyond our blue skies—not just the universe as how we see it, but a universe in which we are a part. “We are made of star stuff,” after all.
Was going to space a good idea?
NASA Alice Gorman, Flinders University In 1963, six years after the first satellite was launched, editors from the…
New Study Challenges Existence of Exomoons Orbiting Distant Planets
At a Glance Scientists have long speculated that planets in distant star systems may have moons similar to…
Astronomers finally caught radio waves from 40 large galaxies in the nearby universe
The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder in the Western Australian desert. CSIRO Michael J. I. Brown, Monash University…
What Is the “Crisis In Cosmology?”
The Hubble constant, which represents the rate of expansion, is calculated using observations of nearby galaxies and the…
UFOs: how astronomers are searching the sky for alien probes near Earth
Beatriz Villarroel, Stockholm University There has been increased interest in unidentified flying objects (UFOs) ever since the Pentagon’s…
Astronomers Discover Four New Eruptive Young Stellar Objects
At a Glance A team of international astronomers has made an exciting discovery by analyzing data from the…
Returning to Space With Destin Sandlin
Join us in an intimate window into one of Destin Sandlin’s recent talks in the 2023 von Braun…
SETI: how we’re searching for alien life at previously unexplored frequencies
Nasa Owen Johnson, Trinity College Dublin Is there life beyond Earth? The question has turned out to be…
New Study Uncovers Surprising Young Stars at the Heart of the Milky Way
At a Glance Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have made a breakthrough in understanding three stars at…
Massive planet too big for its own sun pushes astronomers to rethink exoplanet formation
LHS 3154b, a newly discovered massive planet that should be too big to exist. The Pennsylvania State University…