New debate over Pluto: Is the dwarf set to become a planet again?
At a recent Senate hearing on NASA’s 2027 budget request, NASA’s Administrator Jared Isaacman made a comment that…
Dark Matter May Have Jump-Started Universe’s First Giant Black Holes
New research by astronomers from the University of California, Riverside, Sam Houston State University and the University of…
Black Holes from Before Big Bang Could Still Exist Today as ‘Cosmic Fossils’
New research by Professor Enrique Gaztañaga from the University of Portsmouth and the Institute of Space Sciences in…
Fungi Survive Space and Mars Conditions, Study Finds
Engineers face an omnipresent but invisible enemy: microbial life in the cleanrooms where spacecraft are put together. All…
Record-Breaking Map Charts Universe in 3D Like Never Before
Astronomers using the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) on NSF’s Nicholas U. Mayall 4-m telescope have produced the…
Dark Matter May Be Made of Black Holes From Another Universe
A recent cosmological model combines two of the most eccentric ideas in contemporary physics to explain the nature…
Researchers Say The Universe’s Color Is Cosmic Latte
Nearly 50 years after the moon landing, the astronauts on Artemis II returned safely from their successful lunar…
Stephen Hawking Quote: Quote of the Day by Stephen Hawking, “We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special ”
Stephen Hawking was one of the most well known scientists of the 20th century. He was known for…
This distant galaxy has lost 95% of its brightness in less than 20 years
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An image showing a spiral galaxy. Astronomers have discovered a galaxy located about 10…
Scientists solve a 20-year puzzle
Heavy elements such as gold and platinum are born in some of the Universe’s most violent events. These…
Astronomers Find Hidden Structures in Early Universe
Using spectral data from the Hobby-Eberly Telescope at McDonald Observatory, astronomers have produced the most detailed 3D map…
Photographer Captures Six Planets Twinkling in the Night Sky in Rare Alignment
There are seven celestial objects in this photo by Josh Dury. Scroll down to see the annotated version.…