Webb Narrows Atmospheric Possibilities for Earth-sized Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d
The exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d intrigues astronomers looking for possibly habitable worlds beyond our solar system because it is…
This Might Be the Most Massive Black Hole Ever Discovered
Astronomers have identified what could be a new supermassive black hole, and with an estimated mass 36 billion…
Heaviest Black Hole Ever Found Pushes Limit of What’s Cosmologically Possible
The largest black hole ever detected is 36 billion times the mass of our Sun. It exists near…
Daring New Plan Lays Out Mission to a Black Hole
Fifty-six years after Disney filmmakers imagined what it would be like for a spacecraft crew to journey to…
Webb Captures Historic New Version of Hubble’s Legendary Deep Field Image
The Hubble Ultra Deep Field is one of the most iconic space photos of all time, showing nearly…
NASA’s Webb Traces Details of Complex Planetary Nebula
Since their discovery in the late 1700s, astronomers have learned that planetary nebulae, or the expanding shell of…
NASA Scientist Finds Predicted Companion Star to Betelgeuse
A century-old hypothesis that Betelgeuse, the 10th brightest star in our night sky, is orbited by a very…
NASA’s Chandra Finds Baby Exoplanet is Shrinking
A star is unleashing a barrage of X-rays that is causing a closely-orbiting, young planet to wither away an astonishing rate, according…
For the first time, astronomers witness the dawn of a new solar system
Press Release 16 July 2025 International researchers have, for the first time, pinpointed the moment when planets began…
Astronomers Detect a Black Hole Merger That’s So Massive It Shouldn’t Exist
Gravitational waves—ripples in space-time caused by violent cosmic events—travel at the speed of light in every direction, eventually…