“I Jumped From My Chair” – Astronomers Discover a Hidden Star Orbiting Betelgeuse
This image shows the location of the red supergiant star Betelgeuse in the constellation of Orion (the Hunter).…
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 Soon-to-Launch Telescope Is Expected to Unveil Distant Worlds, ‘Millions’ of Stars’ and ‘Billions of Galaxies’
NEED TO KNOW NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is scheduled to launch from the Kennedy Space Center…
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: Amateur astronomers on Earth catch Artemis II speeding past the stars
Published on 15/04/2026 – 10:50 GMT+2 While the historic Artemis II mission sent back some of the most…
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…
Breathtaking James Webb Telescope image reveals what happens when two galaxies collide
Published on 23/12/2025 – 15:32 GMT+1 A breathtaking new space image has captured two spiral galaxies in the…
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…
Astronomers spot first giant star eruption beyond the Solar System
For the first time, astronomers have watched a nearby star hurl an enormous burst of charged material into…