A record-breaking black hole 36 billion times the mass of the Sun may have been detected
They’re cosmic icons and sci-fi legends—and nearly 50 years after becoming scientific headliners, black holes are still full…
Dirty laundry in space: Chinese team joins race to develop washing machine for astronauts
Astronauts have to get used to many things in space, including that they cannot wash their dirty clothes.…
Carl Sagan’s Profound ‘Pale Blue Dot’ Speech Set to a Beautifully Calming Classical Soundtrack
Become Human took the audio from the iconic “Pale Blue Dot” speech by renowned astronomer Carl Sagan, removed…
Program brings greater understanding to star and galaxy formation
“One of the goals of the Webb telescope is to find the first stars, the first galaxies,” Danilo…
5 mysteries of the solar system that still baffle scientists
In 2017, astronomers detected ‘Oumuamua, an interstellar object passing through our solar system. Its unusual shape and acceleration…
Mercury makes an elusive appearance with the bright star Regulus on Sept. 2
Look to the east slightly ahead of dawn on Sept. 2 to catch a fleeting glimpse of fleet-footed…
NASA once celebrated her, then fired her, and then tried to erase her story: The rise and fall of Rose Ferreira |
Image: Brooke Owens Fellowship Rose Ferreira’s life story reads like a tale of resilience against impossible odds. Born…
“Earth’s Magnetic Shield Has a Massive Hole”: NASA Confirms South Atlantic Anomaly Now Splitting Into Two Deadly Zones for Satellites
IN A NUTSHELL 🌍 The South Atlantic Anomaly is a region of weakened magnetic field over South America…
New findings reveal the cause of potentially damaging electrical discharges on satellites
Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers observed that increased electron activity on the surface of a spacecraft, such as…
Watch live online as an asteroid the size of a commercial jet passes within Earth-moon distance on Sept. 3 (video)
A recently discovered asteroid roughly the size of a commercial jet will pass within 1 lunar distance of…
Confirmed by NASA—a rocky planet larger than Earth has been discovered in the “habitable zone” just 137 light-years away, where liquid water could exist
Astronomers have found a new planet. And it’s not just another distant world—it might actually matter more than…