Latest articles by Adam Mann
Starlink satellites: Facts, tracking and impact on astronomy
Reference Starlink satellites have been developed by SpaceX to provide internet to remote locations. Here we explore the controversial megaconstellation in more detail.
The Psyche mission: A visit to a metal asteroid
Reference Psyche is a NASA mission that will explore a 140-mile-wide (225 kilometers) metallic asteroid called 16 Psyche. To provide an insight into planetary formation.
The Pleiades: Facts about the "Seven Sisters" star cluster
Reference The Pleiades is a bright star cluster and a popular skywatching target. We take a look at where it is located and the mythology behind the famous asterism.
What was the space race?
Reference The Space Race was a bitter competition that took place in the late 1950s to the mid-1970s, between the USA and the Soviet Union.
Lucy mission: NASA's journey to the Trojan asteroids
Reference NASA’s Lucy mission is the first to visit the Trojan asteroids. Lucy will help answer questions about the formation of the solar system.
NASA's Artemis program: Everything you need to know
Reference Artemis is NASA's plan to go back to the moon.
Why is Pluto not a planet?
Reference Pluto, officially a dwarf planet, has surprising complexity on its surface. While certainly a world, not everyone agrees it is a planet.
Famous 'alien' Wow! signal may have come from distant, sunlike star
An astronomer proposes that the sun-like star 2MASS 19281982-2640123 is the origin of the Wow! Signal
Why NASA's new 'mega moon rocket' is so incredible
NASA's upcoming Space Launch System is amazing in so many ways.
The 10 wildest things we learned about black holes in 2021
A rundown of awesome results about black holes from 2021.
If the universe is a giant computer simulation, here's how many bits would be required to run it
A trippy new estimate calculates the total number of bits in the visible universe
Weird cosmic object keeps exploding over and over again, and scientists don't know why
Researchers have watched a mysterious fast radio burst shoot out energy far more times than they thought was possible.
The Boeing Company: From rockets to commercial crew
All about the private company Boeing, with an emphasis on its commercial spaceflight operations.
The Copernicus Program & Sentinel satellites
An overview of the Earth-observing fleet of Sentinel satellites that are part of the Copernicus program.
Baby planets marinate in a life-giving cyanide 'soup,' analysis reveals
A major astrochemical project has produced comprehensive maps of molecules in protoplanetary disks and found lots of organic material.
New gravitational wave detector picks up possible signal from the beginning of time
Physicists turned on a new type of gravitational-wave sensor and saw two intriguing results, but they aren't yet ready to claim a discovery.
Quantum crystal could reveal the identity of dark matter
By entangling the motion and quantum properties of a beryllium crystal, scientists have achieved unprecedented precision for measuring electromagnetic waves.
Alien 'Dyson spheres' could be harvesting the power of black holes
Researchers show how intelligent aliens might draw nearly-limitless power from a black hole using a Dyson sphere.
Mystery object in space could be a new arm of the Milky Way
A telescope in China has mapped out what may be a totally new arm of our home galaxy.
How much will Jeff Bezos' New Shepard rocket warm the planet?
An attempt to figure out how much emission Jeff Bezos' jaunt into space will produce and whether we should be concerned about it
What are the chances that Jeff Bezos won't survive his flight on New Shepard?
Two spaceflight experts consulted by Live Science said that Jeff Bezos had decent odds of surviving his upcoming ride into space
New measurement may resolve cosmological crisis
Astronomer Wendy Freedman suggests that the latest observations of red giant stars could be closing the gap on the Hubble tension.
