Cosmic ‘brain’ ponders the cosmos in colorful new photo of the Medulla Nebula
Kentucky-based astrophotographer David Joyce has shared a glorious deep space vista revealing the fossil light of a vast…
Scientists Just Found a Super-Earth Exoplanet Only 18 Light-Years Away : ScienceAlert
A new exoplanet candidate has just burst onto the scene, and it may be one of the best…
Betelgeuse’s Newfound Companion Star Keeps Breaking Astronomy Rules
A couple months back, astronomers officially confirmed the existence of “Betelbuddy,” Betelgeuse’s long-suspected companion star. Since then, researchers…
Milky Way dazzles over Vera Rubin Observatory photo of the day for Oct. 24, 2025
Named for the pioneering astrophysicist Vera C. Rubin, whose work confirmed the existence of dark matter, the Vera…
A Telescope in the Desert Reached Back a Billion Years and Uncovered Something Incredible
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: About one billion years after the Big Bang, the…
Crater suggests an asteroid hit Guangdong 10,000 years ago with blast like 40 atomic bombs
Scientists have confirmed that a large crater in China’s southern Guangdong province formed as a result of an…
‘Chiron,’ the strange half-comet, half-asteroid beyond Saturn, is now growing its own ring system, study finds
In a universe where change usually unfolds over eons, astronomers have gotten a rare front-row seat to watch…
Observations Of Odd Flashes Of Light On The Moon Predate The Telescope – But What Are They?
For centuries, dating back to long before the invention of the telescope, people have reported odd flashes that…
China prepares to launch Shenzhou-21 crewed spaceship-Xinhua
This photo taken on Oct. 24, 2025 shows the combination of the Shenzhou-21 crewed spaceship and a Long…
Super-Earth Candidate Found in Habitable Zone of Gliese 251
Gliese 251 is an early red dwarf star and the 74th closest star system to our Sun. An…
The corpse of a long-dead star surprises astronomers by eating a planet
A dead star core about 145 light-years away in space is doing anything but resting in peace. Astronomers…
Elon Musk’s Starlink Starts Security Tests in India
Elon Musk’s Starlink is starting security tests in India, one of the final hurdles for the company as…