NASA’s Fermi Spots Young Star Cluster Blowing Gamma-Ray Bubbles
For the first time, astronomers using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have traced a budding outflow of gas…
Astronomers May Have Finally Solved the Mystery of These Freaky Blue Cosmic Flashes
The cosmos is so full of mysteries that sometimes, astronomers will find answers to things you’ve probably never…
NASA’s Webb Observes Exoplanet Whose Composition Defies Explanation
Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have observed a rare type of exoplanet, or planet outside our…
NASA IXPE’s Longest Observation Solves Black Hole Jets Mystery
Written by Michael Allen An international team of astronomers using NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) has identified…
Astronomers discover spacetime drag around a supermassive black hole — as predicted by Einstein
A star’s fatal brush with a supermassive black hole can light up a quiet galaxy. When gravity shreds…
NASA’s Webb, Curiosity Named in TIME’s Best Inventions Hall of Fame
Two icons of discovery, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and NASA’s Curiosity rover, have earned places in TIME’s…
NASA’s Webb Detects Thick Atmosphere Around Broiling Lava World
Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have detected the strongest evidence yet for an atmosphere on a…
NASA’s Chandra Finds Small Galaxies May Buck the Black Hole Trend
Most smaller galaxies may not have supermassive black holes in their centers, according to a recent study using…
Amendment 28: D.3 XRISM GO Final Text and Due Dates
D.3C X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) General Observer (GO) solicits proposals for participation in the NASA program…
Study spots fluffy ice grains that float and swirl inside cold plasma
Researchers in the US have just discovered a new behavior in plasmas after recreating the bizarre conditions seen…
NASA’s Webb Identifies Earliest Supernova to Date, Shows Host Galaxy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has observed a supernova that exploded when the universe was only 730 million…
Watch a black hole fall into a star and then blow up
“We were all still working on Independence Day and writing proposals and trying to point all the telescopes…