Most distant supernova: James Webb sees a star explode at cosmic dawn
Astronomers from around the world have reached a major milestone in studying the early universe. Using the James…
Scientists may have found the best place for humans to land on Mars
Before humans can make the long trip to another world, scientists must identify a safe and practical place…
Scientists may have found the best place for humans to land on Mars
Before humans can make the long trip to another world, scientists must identify a safe and practical place…
SPHERE’s stunning space images reveal where new planets are forming
Using the SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers have created an extraordinary set of images showing…
Space is filling with junk and scientists have a fix
Each rocket launch sends valuable materials into the sky that cannot be recovered, while also releasing large amounts…
A giant wave is rippling through the Milky Way, and scientists don’t know why
Our Milky Way is constantly in motion: it spins, it tilts, and, as new observations reveal, it ripples.…
It actually rains on the Sun. Here’s the stunning reason
It rains on the Sun, and scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have finally…
It actually rains on the Sun. Here’s the stunning reason
It rains on the Sun, and scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have finally…
Hubble just revealed the fiery heart of the Cigar Galaxy
What lurks behind the dense, dusty clouds of this galactic neighbor? There lies the star-powered heart of the…
NASA’s x-ray telescope finds bizarre features in a cosmic hand
In 2009, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory released a captivating image: a pulsar and its surrounding nebula that is…
Ancient solar system crash may explain Bennu and Ryugu’s origin
A Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) review of data collected from near-Earth asteroids Bennu and Ryugu supports the hypothesis…