From NASA Citizen Scientist to Astronaut Training: An Interview with Benedetta Facini
Titans Space Industries, a commercial space company, selected a new cohort of astronaut candidates this spring – and…
Scientists Think This Star Could Be the Next Supernova
Red supergiant DFK 52 and its surroundings as seen by ALMA. The vast, complex bubble blown by this…
Astronomers Solve a Cosmic Mystery
Astronomers were astonished when a seemingly stable star, ASASSN-24fw, nearly vanished from view for eight months between 2024…
What If the Big Bang Wasn’t the Beginning? Supercomputers Search for Clues
By simulating Einstein’s equations under extreme conditions, researchers may finally glimpse what happened before the Big Bang. Credit:…
Can Dark Matter Turn Giant Planets Into Black Holes?
Exoplanets might hold hidden clues about dark matter. New research suggests these distant worlds could even collapse into…
Astronomers Just Uncovered the Secret Fuel Behind Giant Stars
The dust emission of the high-mass star forming region G336.018-00.827 ALMA1 at radio wavelengths. The star symbol indicates…
NASA’s Webb Telescope Discovers 300 Mysterious Objects That Shouldn’t Exist
Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have spotted 300 mysterious objects that may be some of the…
Black holes may be the source of dark energy
For decades, scientists have puzzled over dark energy, the mysterious force that makes up nearly 70% of the…
X-ray and Radio go ‘Hand in Hand’ in New Image
In 2009, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory released a captivating image: a pulsar and its surrounding nebula that is…
This Bright Dot May Be an Entirely New Type of Space Object
At first, the dot looked like any other star. Then the astrophysicists switched to polarized light and found…
If nothing escapes a black hole, could one really swallow the entire universe?
In reality, a black hole’s gravitational influence is limited. Like any other massive object, its pull weakens with…
ESA’s Strategy 2040: A dream for Europe
Heriberto Saldivar, Head of Strategy at ESA, introduces the European Space Agency’s Strategy 2040 and explains how it…