NASA Ames Astrogram – September/October 2024

In October, the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System a project managed at NASA Ames, was recognized…

A Star Disappeared in Andromeda, Replaced by a Black Hole

Massive stars about eight times more massive than the Sun explode as supernovae at the end…

Amateur Radio Activated for Late Season Hurricane

11/08/2024 A rare November hurricane made landfall in western Cuba as a Category 3 storm Wednesday…

eROSITA All-Sky Survey Takes the Local Hot Bubble’s Temperature

About half a century ago, astronomers theorized that the Solar System is situated in a low-density…

Rare California Island to be Activated for Armed Forces Day, First Time in 53 Years

11/08/2024 On Armed Forces Day, May 1971, 53 years ago, two amateur operators working as WZ6SNI,…

2024 ARRL Field Day Results Published

11/08/2024 Results are published, and the numbers are in. They paint a picture of a very…

Hubble Captures a Galaxy with Many Lights

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures the spiral galaxy NGC 1672 with a supernova. Image…

An Explanation for Rogue Planets. They Were Eroded Down by Hot Stars

The dividing line between stars and planets is that stars have enough mass to fuse hydrogen…

Best of 2024 | The Planetary Society

Over the past year, a lot has happened in space science and exploration. What were the…

Why does our universe have something instead of nothing?

The universe is full of matter Mohd. Afuza/Shutterstock The following is an extract from our Lost…