Uranus and Neptune may be rock giants, not ice giants
New computer models of Uranus and Neptune suggest these distant worlds might be rock giants rather than pure…
Radio Observations Find Nothing at Omega Centauri’s Heart
Omega Centauri dominates the southern sky as the Milky Way’s largest and brightest globular cluster, a dense sphere…
Scientists Intrigued by Large Spider-Like Blob on Europa
Spiders from Mars? Try Europa. A team of planetary scientists from Ireland have examined and named an intriguing…
See the best northern lights photos of 2025
Watch a video of some of the best northern lights photos of 2025, from Capture the Atlas’s annual…
Aiming for space economy: Bangladesh plans rockets, satellites, and a space industrial park
Highlights: Bangladesh launched feasibility study for rockets, satellites, space industrial park SPARRSO aims indigenous rocket launches, lower costs,…
A New Window on the Expansion of the Universe
The universe is getting bigger, and there’s a problem. Two different ways of measuring its expansion rate give…
Tonight is your last chance to see the Geminids meteor shower
The holidays aren’t here yet, but for the sky-obsessed amongst us, Christmas has come a little early. The…
December’s overlooked meteor shower peaks next week — will the Ursids surprise us?
When skywatchers think of meteor showers in December, they immediately think of the Geminids, which over the years…
The first images of a supernova shatter a 50-year-old belief
Astronomers have just captured something extraordinary: the first-ever map of a supernova’s shape. Using data from the European…
Forget Stardust – It Was Star-Ice All Along
Carl Sagan famously said that “We’re all made of star-stuff”. But he didn’t elaborate on how that actually…
Blue Origin Sets Date for Historic Spaceflight with First Wheelchair User on Board
Blue Origin is set to launch its NS-37 mission this December with an extraordinary passenger—Michaela Benthaus, the first…
Alphabet poised for another paper gain as SpaceX valuation jumps
Alphabet Inc. is set to book another sizable paper gain after SpaceX completes a tender offer that effectively…