Particle accelerator helps reveal lost 2,000-year-old Greek star map
Ancient Greek astronomers made important observations regarding the night sky long before the first telescope was invented in…
Record-breaking neutrino points to exploding primordial black hole
A neutrino slammed into Earth in 2023 with so much energy that it looked almost unreal. The particle…
Largest sulfur-bearing molecule ever found in space links interstellar chemistry to life
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany and the Centro de AstrobiologÃa, part of…
AI Tool Uncovers Hundreds of Hidden Cosmic Oddities in Hubble Data
A team of astronomers based at the European Space Agency demonstrated how artificial intelligence technology will alter existing…
Scientists trace 3,000-light year cosmic jet to first black hole ever imaged
Scientists have traced a 3,000-light-year-long cosmic jet streaming out from the first black hole ever imaged to its…
NASA finds what possibly happens milliseconds before neutron star collisions
When a neutron star merger occurs, it produces one of the most powerful explosions in the universe —…
JWST confirmed the most distant galaxy ever observed at 13.5 billion light years away
With James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), NASA has confirmed its sightings of the farthest known galaxy to date,…
The Gaia space telescope: Discovering the great wave
Johannes Sahlmann, Project Scientist at the European Space Agency (ESA), spoke with Editor Maddie Hall about the Gaia…
Radio telescopes reveal the final years of a rare exploding star
Astronomers have discovered the first radio signals from a unique category of dying stars, called Type Ibn supernovae,…
SpaceX Won’t Go Public Until the Planets Literally Align, Sources Say
After more than two decades as a private company, it was beginning to feel as though Elon Musk’s…
University of Southern Queensland astronomer discovers ‘potentially habitable’ planet candidate
Australian astronomers have led an international study that has discovered a candidate for a “potentially habitable” Earth-sized planet…
John Zarnecki: Titan, Saturn, and beyond
Chris Smith first crossed paths with John Zarnecki in Cambridge during the 1990s, when Chris was immersed in…