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…
Balloon telescope sheds new light on pulsars and black holes
Long before rockets and satellites reached space, the Crab Nebula stood out as a steady beacon of high-energy…
Worm experiments expose hidden health risks of deep space travel
When scientists first sent microscopic worms into orbit in 2018, they hoped to answer a question that has…
Underground water in Martian dunes points to hidden habitable zones
Late in the story of Mars, long after its lakes and rivers had faded, something quiet still moved…
Astronomers discover a galaxy making stars 180x faster than the Milky Way
The night sky often feels calm, yet the early universe tells a very different story. A newly studied…
Astronomers solve cosmic mystery surrounding two massive black holes that shouldn’t exist
Astronomers knew something did not add up when detectors picked up a vast cosmic crash in 2023. The…
Astronomers reveal what happened less than a second after the Big Bang
Cosmologists have traced the Big Bang’s earliest moments with great care, from the explosive inflation that set spacetime…
Cosmic discovery reveals how mysterious buckyballs form in deep space
Far from Earth, drifting between the stars, lies a quiet ocean of carbon. Astronomers call it the interstellar…
Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io is burning much hotter than expected
Jupiter’s volcanic moon has always felt like a place that tests your sense of what a world can…
New quantum sensors aim to detect hidden forces behind dark matter
For decades, you have heard scientists say that most of the universe is missing. They are not being…
New high-res black hole images challenge Einstein’s theory of relativity
A black hole can feel like the most distant and unreal object you could ever think about, yet…
Earth’s magnetic field flipped wildly 565 million years ago and life changed forever
Long before life thrived in Earth’s oceans, the planet’s magnetic field became disorganized. Deep within the ancient rocks…