NASA’s DART Mission Changed Orbit of Asteroid Didymos Around Sun
New research reveals that when NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft intentionally impacted the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos…
Ancient Milky Way stars challenge the age of the universe and the Hubble tension
The oldest stars in the Milky Way are forcing a fresh look at one of cosmology’s biggest arguments.…
Asteroid Ryugu fragments carry a magnetic record from the birth of the solar system
A small, round piece of asteroid Ryugu (sample #91), called “S-lunar,” contains tiny particles (less than 1 mm)…
When and where you can see the ‘blood moon’ in Australia tonight
Published on March 3, 2026 A striking ‘blood moon’ will be visible across Australia tonight, 3rd March 2026,…
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World’s Largest Digital Camera Detected 800,000 Cosmic Changes Tuesday
View of Vera C. Rubin Observatory beneath the glittering band of the Milky Way. NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin…
The Good—and Bad—News About Next Week’s Total Lunar Eclipse
On March 3, skywatchers in North America, Australia, New Zealand, and eastern Asia will be treated to a…
New image taken by ALMA telescope reveals ‘extraordinary’ detail of Milky Way’s central zone
A new photo taken by the world’s most powerful radio telescope has revealed “extraordinary detail” in the most…
Scientists develop a new way to measure the expansion rate of the universe
For years, cosmologists have argued over a simple question with an awkward answer: How fast is the universe…
What a rare lensed supernova could mean for measuring cosmic expansion
A burst of light in the deep sky is doing something it should not be able to do.…
The dramatic transition of the extreme red supergiant WOH G64 to a yellow hypergiant
Meynet, G. & Maeder, A. Stellar evolution with rotation. X. Wolf–Rayet star populations at solar metallicity. Astron. Astrophys.…
Dark matter and neutrinos are linked and interact with each other
A quiet shift in the numbers behind the universe’s growth is pushing scientists toward a bold possibility. Two…