Astronomy Cast: Ep. 755: Intermediate Mass Black Holes
May 12, 2025 Astronomy Cast Ep. 755: Intermediate Mass Black Holes By Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on May 5, 2025. Hosted by: Fraser Cain and Dr. …
Job opening: Systems Assistant | The Planetary Society
Position Summary Reporting to and working under the guidance of the Chief Systems Administrator (CSA), the Systems Assistant supports the day-to-day IT operations of the organization. The Systems Assistant will …
Weird X-ray Flashes Lose Some of Their Mystery
Some fast X-ray transients — quick flashes of energetic radiation — may come from massive stars collapsing and exploding at the same time. The post Weird X-ray Flashes Lose Some …
Interstellar invader comet 3I/ATLAS could be investigated by these spacecraft as it races past the sun: ‘This could be literally a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’
New research investigates the possibility that different spacecraft could visit Comet 3I/ATLAS, giving scientists a unique on-location view of the interstellar visitor, or even offering the chance to collect material …
Did Dark Matter Shape the Massive Black Holes of the Early Universe?
A groundbreaking study, published in March 2025 on the preprint server arXiv, reveals that ultralight dark matter might have played a pivotal role in the formation of supermassive black holes …
Astronomy Cast: Ep. 756: SphereX
May 19, 2025 Astronomy Cast Ep. 756: SphereX By Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on May 12, 2025. NASA’s newly launched SphereX mission is up & operational …
Planetary Radio: Book Club Edition
Become A Member When you become a member, you join our mission to increase discoveries in our Solar System and beyond, elevate the search for life outside our planet, and …
Baby Planet Clears Gap in Young Protoplanetary Disk
With the Very Large Telescope in Chile, astronomers have spotted a planet forming around a star 430 light-years away. The post Baby Planet Clears Gap in Young Protoplanetary Disk appeared …
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will fly by Mars 1 month from now — and Europe’s Red Planet orbiters will be ready
The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing for a unique opportunity to study the interstellar comet 3I/Atlas from what could be the best vantage point in the solar system. Astronomers …
Big Bang Theory Debunked? A Physicist Presents An Alternative
A groundbreaking cosmological theory is taking the scientific community by storm, suggesting that the universe did not originate from a single Big Bang. Instead, this bold idea proposes that the …