Researchers find planet that defies how worlds are supposed to form
Astronomers have long believed that planetary systems follow a familiar blueprint. Small rocky planets stay close to their…
New simulations reveal the hidden forces shaping ‘snowman’ worlds beyond Neptune
On a frigid orbit beyond Neptune, some of the solar system’s smallest worlds project a strange silhouette. Two…
PHD student built the first-ever 3D map of Uranus’s upper atmosphere
Uranus does not behave like an ordinary planet. Its magnetic field tilts by nearly 60 degrees and sits…
How to View the ‘Blood Moon’ Total Lunar Eclipse on March 3
The first major astronomical event visible in 2026 is a total lunar eclipse, or “blood moon.” This phenomenon…
Nearly invisible galaxy may be built mostly of dark matter, Hubble finds
A tight clump of four star clusters sits in the Perseus galaxy cluster, and at first glance it…
A Galaxy Composed Almost Entirely of Dark Matter Has Been Confirmed
Astronomers have just identified what appears to be a cosmic anomaly: a faint galaxy with so few visible…
Skipping the supernova: straight from star to black hole
As stars approach the ends of their lives and run out of fuel, their core becomes unstable and…
The Art of Observing Space
Hard science meets soaring imaginations in a show brimming with cosmologically inspired artworks Christopher Le Brun, Phases of…
Einstein Probe’s Violent X-Ray Flash Points To A Black Hole Devouring A Dead Star
Scientists at the University of Hong Kong are convinced that the Chinese Einstein Probe space telescope has detected…
Astronomers spot ‘jellyfish galaxy’ torn apart 8.5 billion years ago
Long strands of glowing gas stretch behind a distant galaxy, dotted with pockets of newborn stars. The shape…
Scientists find a freezing cold “Earth”
From NASA’s retired Kepler Space Telescope data, an international science team has found a candidate exoplanet that is…
Scientists Identified A Gravitational Wave Detection That Is Nothing Like They Have Ever Seen Before, Sparking Discussion On What Might Have Caused It » TwistedSifter
Unsplash Just a decade ago we had no way to detect gravitational waves from deep in space, but…