astronomy

The Plan to Make the Moon an Enormous Detector of Cosmic Rays

Posted in Science on 6th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller

Where do these ultrahigh energy cosmic rays come from? Astronomers have a plan to find out, using the moon and a massive new radio telescope array.

Hints of elusive early stars found in our galaxy

Posted in Science on 23rd Aug, 2014
by Alex Muller

Astronomers may have discovered the signature of one of the Universe's earliest stars.

Black Holes? Ill Take a Medium, Please

Posted in Featured, Science on 19th Aug, 2014
by Alex Muller

Scientists may have identified an intermediate-sized black hole for the very first time.

The core of the moon is hot

Posted in Science on 10th Aug, 2014
by Alex Muller

An international research team has found an extremely soft layer inside the Moon where heat is generated by the gravity of the Earth.

Moon mystery: Why our Earth's satellite is lemon-shaped

Posted in Science on 31st Jul, 2014
by Alex Muller

The early Moon was closer to Earth than today, so its shape may have been changed by the tides.