Preventing an impact could rely on bombing it...but to deflect it, not destroy it
New software can make maps of solar eclipse paths that include effects of lunar craters and mountains
An asteroid broken up by Earth’s gravity may have given it rings long ago
The binary system has a lot of mysteries to answer for
The ancient passage of a star might have messed up the outer solar system, raining down giant comets
Also: a million Moon craters, and Voyager 1 gets an attitude adjustment
A weird binary star system explained by an act of stellar cannibalism. Also: some not-as-bad-as-usual climate news
The spacecraft is getting closer! Also, Saturn at opposition and a year in Virginia for me.
Yes, seriously. But I wonder if they’ve looked in Brockway, Ogdenville, or North Haverbrook? Bonus: Big sunspots!
These are the most distant stellar clusters ever seen
The Red Planet shines in a new Mars Express image, but Phobos steals the show
We still don’t what dark matter is, but how it behaves is getting clearer
