Dusty objects orbit safely around Milky Way’s giant black hole: Study
For years, the center of our galaxy has been painted as a place where stars go to meet…
Stunning cosmic butterfly image captured by telescope
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A telescope in Chile has captured a stunning new picture of a grand and graceful cosmic…
First-ever images of powerful X1.3-class solar flare captured by solar telescope
From 93 million miles away, the Sun just got a lot more personal. Astronomers have now seen some…
Europa Clipper captures an impressive image of Uranus at more than 3.2 billion kilometers
Artist’s illustration showing Uranus with its rings. (Image source: 95C – Pixabay) The Europa Clipper probe recently captured…
To save this space telescope, a rocket will be launched from a plane
Launched in 2004, the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory‘s mission is to observe and study gamma-ray bursts from its…
Two asteroid impacts on the Moon filmed by an amateur astronomer
An image showing the Moon and its various asteroid impacts. (Image source: Gunboat_Willie – Pixabay) A Japanese astronomer…
Astronomers might find signs of life on exoplanets in less than 4 years
For centuries, humans have wondered whether they are alone in the universe. And although no concrete evidence has…
Scientists May Have Found the Smallest Clump of Dark Matter Ever Seen — and It’s Still a Million Times Heavier Than the Sun
Overlay of the infrared emission (black and white) with the radio emission (colored). The dark, low-mass object is…
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Is Spewing Water Like a Cosmic Fire Hydrant
Comet 3I/Atlas continues to be full of surprises. As well as being only the third interstellar object ever…
What’s next for comet 3I/ATLAS? How far it is from Earth, sun
The discovery that 3I/ATLAS is making a short journey into and out of our solar system has sparked…
An incredible phenomenon, occurring every 15 years, has been observed on Saturn
Saturn is a planet that, like Earth, has an equinox. And this phenomenon recently occurred on the gas…
6,000 exoplanets found beyond our solar system. Are any like Earth?
For 30 years, the world’s astronomers have searched the cosmos for exoplanets. We recently hit a milestone now…