Scientists outline how spacecraft could reach a nearby black hole within a century
A speculative mission concept proposes sending laser-powered, gram-scale spacecraft to a black hole that could potentially exist within…
Astronomers Expected More Tiny Worlds Beyond Neptune – Webb Found Something Else
This artist’s concept depicts a Trans-Neptunian Object (TNO), a small, faint, icy body orbiting the Sun beyond the…
A New Helium Measurement Is Testing the Universe’s First Five Minutes
The research team focused on 15 of the most “pristine” small, remote galaxies ever discovered for these papers.…
Fastest Star Ever Found in the Milky Way Is Racing Around Our Galaxy’s Black Hole
Wide-field view of the center of the Milky Way. Credit: ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide…
NASA scientist discovers moon’s largest newly formed crater after asteroid impact
Bethany Ehlmann, president of The Planetary Society, joins FOX Weather to discuss how a NASA spacecraft spotted a…
Potential dark matter detection gives scientists hope for study
Potential dark matter detection sparks hope in search for elusive substance Dark matter is invisible and makes up…
Supernova origin of galactic turbulence revealed by superbubbles
Elmegreen, B. G. & Scalo, J. Interstellar turbulence I: observations and processes. Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 42, 211–273…
Astronomers Detect a Faint Hydrogen Signal From Billions of Light-Years Away
A faint hydrogen signal from billions of light-years away could help astronomers build a new 3D map of…
Potential dark matter detection gives scientists hope for study
Potential dark matter detection sparks hope in search for elusive substance Dark matter is invisible and makes up…
One Asteroid Strike May Have Reshaped an Entire Martian Moon
A single asteroid strike may have carved Deimos’ southern depression and spread a thick layer of debris across…
Stardust Buried in Antarctic Ice Exposes an 80,000-Year-Old Cosmic Mystery
A radioactive isotope hidden in ancient Antarctic ice may trace the Solar System’s passage through nearby clouds of…
Parent body of asteroid Ryugu formed early in solar system history, study finds
A research team from Hokkaido University and other institutions said Friday that the parent celestial body of the…