UK’s £3 Million Bet Could Help NASA Find Life on Nearby Planets
A conceptual design of the Habitable Worlds Observatory. Credit: NASA A £3 million investment could help secure a…
Super-Speed AI Helps Astronomers Find Cosmic Trove Of New Exoplanets
Seven Earth doppelgängers circle the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one of the most astonishing exosolar systems discovered so…
NASA launches rescue mission to save ageing Swift space telescope
A spacecraft launched by NASA is attempting to rescue an ageing space observatory whose orbit has been lowered…
NASA’s Webb telescope unveils stunning new view of Messier 77
The central region of Messier 77 is dominated by an extremely compact and energetic source that outshines the…
Watch: Scientists create the most detailed dark matter map using James Webb Telescope
By Roselyne Min with AP Published on 28/01/2026 – 9:19 GMT+1 Scientists have created the most detailed map yet of dark…
NASA Just Mapped the Entire Sky in 102 Infrared Colors and Scientists Say it Could Explain How the Universe Began
NASA’s SPHEREx has mapped the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, which are invisible to the human eye…
Astronomers observe never-before-seen gusts of wind from a black hole in a distant galaxy
Published on 10/12/2025 – 13:19 GMT+1 In a galaxy far, far away, a black hole is whipping up…
Has dark matter finally been seen? New study detects mysterious galactic glow
Published on 27/11/2025 – 12:16 GMT+1 A new study from the University of Tokyo claims that NASA’s Fermi…
NASA’s James Webb Telescope maps 400-light-year-distant planet in 3D, revealing heat so extreme it breaks water apart
An artistic depiction of the WASP-18b exoplanet (Image source: NASA) NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has mapped the…
Was 3I/ATLAS sent by aliens? Why the comet from another world continues to baffle
Published on 03/11/2025 – 15:54 GMT+1 When astronomers first spotted 3I/ATLAS on 1 July 2025 using the ATLAS…
A Strange New Rectangular Telescope Could Spot 25 Potentially Habitable Worlds
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Telescopes like the Vera C. Rubin Observatory and the…