NASA’s Roman Telescope Poised to Transform Hunt for Elusive Neutron Stars
Newswise — Astronomers have long known that neutron stars, the crushed cores left behind after massive stars explode,…
Doomsday scientists predict exact year Earth will turn into a ‘giant black hole’ & warn of rising ‘dark energy’ levels
SCIENTISTS have predicted when the Earth will turn into a giant black hole after reviewing new data and…
Focusing in on Human Health Research at Annual Space Meeting
Newswise — COLUMBUS, Ohio – Long-duration spaceflight can chip away at an astronaut’s health, prompting scientists to find new…
Sightings of Meteors Surge, and Scientists Aren’t Sure Why
It seems as though stars have been shooting across the heavens far more than usual lately. In March,…
“It Was Survival Mode”: The Lunar Mission That Nearly Ended in Disaster
Griffin: During entry, there’s what we call a blackout, which is when it gets so hot that you…
NASA’s Artemis II Is the First Crewed Moon Mission Since 1972. Why Are We Going Back?
An animated 3-D model of the moon, shown on a black background. A 3-D model of the moon…
Gemini South Confirms Long-Suspected Link Between the Composition of Exoplanets and Their Host Stars
Almost 320 light-years away in the Libra constellation lies WASP-189b, an exoplanet known as an ultra-hot Jupiter (UHJ). UHJs have temperatures…
Ancient Star Opens Window to Early Days of the Universe
Newswise — Not all archaeologists study ancient pottery and arrowheads. If you’re a stellar archeologist, you seek the oldest stars…
Experiment Reaches Critical Temperature to Unlock Search for Dark Matter
Newswise — MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (03/18/2026) — University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers working on the Super…
NASA Webb Finds Early-Universe Analog’s Unexpected Talent for Making Dust
Newswise — Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have spotted two rare kinds of dust in the…
NASA Hubble Helps Detect ‘Wake’ of Betelgeuse’s Elusive Companion Star
Newswise — Using new observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based observatories, astronomers tracked the influence of…
Can Scientists Detect Life Without Knowing What it Looks Like? Research Using Machine Learning Offers a New Way
Newswise — When NASA scientists opened the sample return canister from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission in late…