Robert Lea

Reference The Chandrasekhar limit determines whether a star ends its life as a smoldering white dwarf or explodes in a supernova becoming a neutron star or black hole.

Reference At the heart of our galaxy lies a supermassive black hole — Sagittarius A*. Here is what we know so far about this massive slumbering cosmic titan.

Reference The Libra Constellation is found in the Southern Hemisphere during the winter and the Northern Hemisphere in the summer. Here we explore the scales in detail.

Reference The Saturn V rocket powered the Apollo missions, changing the course of spaceflight forever. Here we explore this impressive rocket in more detail.

Reference Area 51 is a U.S. military base that has become synonymous with tales of UFOs, government cover-ups and potentially testing alien technology.

Reference These unique star patterns aren’t as big as constellations. How else do they compare and what are some recognized examples?

Reference Kepler's Third Law not only calculated the planetary movements in the solar system, but also helped to determine the average distance of the planet from its stars.

Reference Tachyons are hypothetical particles that move faster than the speed of light and travel backward through time. Whether they exist is still up for debate.

REFERENCE NASA internships play an intrinsic role in a new era of space exploration and astronomy.

REFERENCE Winter Solstice has long marked a time of rebirth, behind it are fascinating astronomical events.

Though we can now be certain the asteroid Apophis will not strike Earth in 2029, its close passage offers us a unique scientific opportunity.

The next era of our investigation of the cosmos is about to be kick-started by the Rubin Observatory, which is currently under construction in northern Chile.