After nearly a century of looking, researchers may have finally detected dark matter
For nearly a century, something unseen has tugged at the cosmos. In the 1930s, Swiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky…
Asteroid 433 Eros will pass close to Earth, and you can watch it live
Many events occur in space, allowing scientists and astronomers to observe them in different ways. But tonight, an…
How one image taken from 3.7 billion miles away proved Earth is a speck in space
Voyager 1’s photographs included Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Venus. According to NASA’s website, ‘Mars was obscured by…
NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX probe has captured striking images of Earth and the Moon
NASA has conducted various missions to study many structures in our universe. Whether black holes, galaxies, or exoplanets,…
First-ever images of powerful X1.3-class solar flare captured by solar telescope
From 93 million miles away, the Sun just got a lot more personal. Astronomers have now seen some…
‘Ripple effects’: support soars for dark sky haven
As progress continues toward a proposed Dark Sky Reserve in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, 89 per cent of…
Voyager 1 will be one light-day, 16 billion miles, from us next year
It takes a beam of light a single day to travel 16.1 billion miles, a distance known as…
NASA’s ESCAPADE mission has taken its first photo, and it’s good news
Mars is a planet that fascinates many scientists, notably regarding the presence of life elsewhere in the solar…
Astronomers discover nearby super-earth in star’s zone
Astronomers have discovered a potentially habitable super-Earth located a relatively short 18 light-years from our solar system, positioning…
Sun bombards Earth with a series of coronal mass ejections
An image of the Sun taken by the Solar Orbiter (Image source: ESA; cropped) The Sun recently released…
NASA to share new images of 3I/ATLAS today. Here’s how to watch
Ready to get a better look at 3I/ATLAS? Here’s what to know about the comet, and how to…
Astronomers detect first giant stellar eruption beyond our solar system
For the first time, astronomers have confirmed the detection of a colossal coronal mass ejection (CME) originating from…