Hubble captures a dramatic light show around a dying star
ⓘ NASA An Image of Hubble in orbit Hubble provided the clearest image yet of the youngest and…
Scientists find a freezing cold “Earth”
From NASA’s retired Kepler Space Telescope data, an international science team has found a candidate exoplanet that is…
Astronomers Are Closing In on the Kuiper Belt’s Secrets
Out beyond the orbit of Neptune lies an expansive ring of ancient relics, dynamical enigmas, and possibly a…
Something ‘Impossible’ Slammed Into Earth in 2023, and Scientists Have a Wild New Theory About It
Neutrinos, aka “ghost particles,” are extremely elusive subatomic particles that have almost no mass and no electric charge.…
Everything We Know About the Asteroid That Might Hit the Moon in 2032
In 2032, a large asteroid will cruise close to Earth, possibly slamming into the moon’s surface. According to…
Asteroid 2024 YR4 could smash into the Moon in 2032 – and we might see it from Earth
An asteroid the size of a 10-story building could collide with the Moon Asteroid 2024 YR4 could strike…
Scientists show how to narrow the hunt for merging giant black holes
Somewhere in the universe, enormous black holes are circling each other so slowly that their motion can’t be…
Particle accelerator helps reveal lost 2,000-year-old Greek star map
Ancient Greek astronomers made important observations regarding the night sky long before the first telescope was invented in…
NASA finds what possibly happens milliseconds before neutron star collisions
When a neutron star merger occurs, it produces one of the most powerful explosions in the universe —…
Webb’s 255-hour-long observation reveals invisible dark matter in a map area containing nearly 800,000 galaxies
As part of the Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS) project, Webb captured an area of the sky located in…
AI Tool Uncovers Hundreds of Hidden Cosmic Oddities in Hubble Data
A team of astronomers based at the European Space Agency demonstrated how artificial intelligence technology will alter existing…
Scientists trace 3,000-light year cosmic jet to first black hole ever imaged
Scientists have traced a 3,000-light-year-long cosmic jet streaming out from the first black hole ever imaged to its…