What Animal Has 200 Eyes? This Shellfish Uses Tiny Mirrors to See
The blue dots are the scallop’s eyes. Image credits: Rachael Norris and Marina Freudzon / Mayscallop, Wikimedia Commons.…
NASA telescope captures stars within nebula’s glowing gases
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured protostars and stars within the glowing gases of NGC 7129, a…
A Satellite Falling Out of Orbit Embarks on Its Final Mission
NASA has carried out some notable rescue missions over the past few years, including bringing home the astronauts…
Astronomers discover a water-rich exoplanet that will be swallowed by its star
The number of new exoplanets discovered continues to grow, particularly thanks to observations from various space telescopes. But…
Photos of distant exoplanets taken with the Roman Space Telescope and Max-Planck technology
The Roman Space Telescope is designed to directly image exoplanets using complex opto-mechanical systems developed by the Max…
Fastest star in the Milky Way found zipping around black hole
NEW YORK — A telescope has spied the fastest known star in our galaxy, racing around the supermassive black hole…
Astronomers have observed a wandering black hole shredding a star
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An illustration showing a star and a galaxy. Astronomers have recently detected a black…
Everything you need to know about how to see the solar eclipse next week
AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE celestial event will be visible across Ireland on 12 August: a near-total eclipse of the…
JWST captures stunning images of one of the lightest known exoplanets
Astronomers discovered Beta Pictoris d, a gas giant about 2.4 times Jupiter’s mass, after spotting it in VLT…
The Roman telescope is nearing launch on a historic mission
The telescope focuses on studying dark energyA new step in the journey of space exploration Washington, DC –…
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage will hit the Moon in the coming days
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An image showing the Moon. In the coming days, the upper stage of a…
Scientists Detect Hidden Black Hole in Unusual Three-Galaxy System
Within the framework of a Chinese–Hungarian research project, scientists have proven the presence of a hidden black hole…