April 20, 2017April 20, 2017 by Cody

Asteroid Day is June 30, 2017

The Dirty Afterlife of a Dead Satellite February 6, 2026
Sometimes humans get ahead of ourselves. We embark on grand engineering experiments without really understanding what the long-term implications of such projects are. Climate change itself it a perfect example of that - no one in the early industrial revolution realized that, more than 100 years later, the emissions from their combustion engines would increase […]
The "Little Red Dots" Observed by Webb Were Direct-Collapse Black Holes February 5, 2026
The discovery by JWST of a substantial population of compact "Little Red Dots" (LRDs) presented astronomers with a major mystery. By reproducing their spectra with simulations, a team argued that they were Direct Collapse Black Holes (DCBHs).
Is the Universe Older Than We Think? Part 3: Timescape February 5, 2026
The FLRW metric is a model. And you know the saying, all models are wrong, but some are useful.
Is There A Link Between Primordial Black Holes, Neutrinos, and Dark Matter? February 5, 2026
In 2023, a subatomic particle called a neutrino crashed into Earth with such a high amount of energy that it should have been impossible. In fact, there are no known sources anywhere in the universe capable of producing such energy—100,000 times more than the highest-energy particle ever produced by the Large Hadron Collider, the world's […]
Review: Dwarf Lab's New Dwarf Mini Smart Telescope February 5, 2026
Telescopes are getting smaller. It’s strange to think: smartscopes have been with us for over half a decade now. Since 2020, we’ve tested units from Vaonis, Unistellar and more. In a short time, these smartscopes have revolutionized amateur astronomy, putting deep-sky imaging within reach of causal users. Recently, we had a chance to put Dwarf […]