Horizontal and vertical exoplanet thermal structure from a JWST spectroscopic eclipse map
We applied two complementary spectroscopic eclipse mapping methods to the data: Eigenspectra7 and ThERESA29. We used two methods…
‘Fireballs’ Will Soon Swarm Around A Supermoon — Here’s When To Watch
The Southern Taurids peak overnight on Tuesday, Nov. 4, through Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. getty The Northern Hemisphere’s…
Mayan astronomers built a 700-year-long eclipse calendar centuries before telescopes
More than a thousand years ago, astronomers from the Maya civilization developed one of the most sophisticated time-keeping…
Hidden ‘Planet-Killer’ Asteroid Found in Sun’s Glare Exposes Dangerous Blind Spot
“Twilight” discovery: Astronomers have spotted a 700-meter-wide asteroid lurking in the sun’s glare, designated 2025 SC79, which orbits…
Artificial light is drowning out the Moon: here is what city bright lights are doing to humans and other species
Many city slickers may find it hard to comprehend, but the moon used to be the brightest source…
Evidence for small-scale torsional Alfvén waves in the solar corona
Data description The data were obtained on 30 October 2023 by the Cryo-NIRSP instrument located at the US…
Astronomers Have Discovered Earth’s Latest Quasilunar Moon
The Earth has just added its seventh confirmed quasilunar moon. It is 2025 PN7, a small Apollo-type asteroid…
Earth Could Have Six More ‘Quasi-Moons’ Like 2025 PN7
There’s a new moon in town — sort of. The much-discussed 2025 PN7, dubbed Earth’s “second moon,” is…
Watch suspected space junk be found on remote road in Australia
See mysterious debris (possibly from space) found in Australia Burning space “junk” was found at rural mining site…
California Startup Wants to Launch 4,000 Mirrors to Orbit. Scientists Are Alarmed
A California startup’s plan to launch thousands of mirrors into orbit has caused quite a stir among astronomers…
Does Earth have 2 moons? Not exactly. Here’s what to know
James Webb Space Telescope reveals clues into moon formation NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is giving scientists an…
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…