NASA Targets Early September for Roman Space Telescope Launch
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team now is targeting as soon as early September 2026 for launch,…
NASA Finds Young Stars Dim in X-rays Surprisingly Quickly
Scientists have found that young stellar cousins of our Sun are calming down and dimming more quickly in…
Astronomers may have finally found where universe’s ‘missing’ hydrogen is hidden
Hydrogen gas clouds surrounding galaxies are far more prevalent than previously thought, according to a new study that…
Unprecedented Observation Reveals 2 Supermassive Black Holes Locked in a Tight Death Spiral
It’s no question that supermassive black holes are cosmic big boys, reaching millions to billions of times the…
This Galaxy Is 99% Dark Matter—and Basically Invisible
Dark matter doesn’t emit, absorb, or reflect light. It’s invisible but supposedly makes up 85% of the universe’s…
NASA Webb Pushes Boundaries of Observable Universe Closer to Big Bang
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has topped itself once again, delivering on its promise to push the boundaries…
Dark Energy Survey scientists release new analysis of how the universe expands
The Dark Energy Survey (DES) collaboration is releasing results that, for the first time, combine all six years…
NASA Webb Finds Early-Universe Analog’s Unexpected Talent for Making Dust
Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have spotted two rare kinds of dust in the dwarf galaxy…
Scientists Identify ‘Astronomy’s Platypus’ with NASA’s Webb Telescope
After combing through NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s archive of sweeping extragalactic cosmic fields, a small team of…
NASA’s Hubble Examines Cloud-9, First of New Type of Object
A team using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a new type of astronomical object — a starless,…