How many stars are there in space?
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an…
Hubble Spots ‘Superbubble’ in Large Magellanic Cloud
A new images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals LHA 120-N44, a striking nebula located roughly 160,000…
BepiColombo Begins Final Approach to Mercury
After nearly eight years and billions of kilometers of travel, BepiColombo — a science mission led by ESA…
Astronomers confirm Einstein’s gravity by viewing light from behind a supermassive black hole
Astronomers detected delayed X-ray flashes consistent with light reflected from the far side of an accretion disk and…
Webb Find Hidden Stars Making Early Galaxies Far More Massive than Thought
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have revealed a surprisingly large population of faint, low-mass stars…
Mysterious ‘Little Red Dots’ Could Be Tiny Galaxies with Giant Black Holes at Their Hearts
The mysterious objects spotted in the early Universe may not be isolated points of light after all. A…
Water and Dust Found Surviving near Milky Way’s Central Black Hole
Using data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers found that IRS 3 — a bloated giant…
Two Spacecraft Are Creating Fake 5-Hour Solar Eclipses—And Revealing A Faster Solar Wind
Topline If you were lucky enough to witness last week’s total solar eclipse, you’ll have seen one of…
Dusty Accretion Disks around Supermassive Black Holes May Be Secret Planet Factories
Astronomers from New Mexico State University, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center and CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College propose…
Webb Captures Stunning Infrared View of Eskimo Nebula
New infrared observations of the Eskimo Nebula, a bipolar double-shell planetary nebula in the constellation of Gemini, reveal…
ESA opens call to repurpose Gateway communications module
JOHANNESBURG — The European Space Agency is moving ahead with plans to examine the feasibility of repurposing Lunar…
Hubble Spots Spiral Galaxy Warped by Cosmic Forces
A stunning new image captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the lopsided intermediate spiral galaxy NGC…