Closest Match Yet? New Candidate for Earth-Like Exoplanet Identified 40 Light-Years Away
A planet orbiting a dim red star just 40 light-years away may be the most Earth-like world discovered…
Don’t miss the moon shine close to the Pleiades star cluster on Sept 12
Look east on the night of Sept. 12 to see the waning gibbous moon close to the magnificent…
‘This does not look right’: Scientists accidentally measure ultrahot ring around black hole using rare ‘double zoom’ technique
Black holes may be invisible, but their surroundings aren’t — and for the first time, astronomers have directly…
Rocket Report: Russia’s rocket engine predicament; 300th launch to the ISS
The easiest way to keep up with Eric Berger’s and Stephen Clark’s reporting on all things space is…
NASA is tracking a mysterious object from beyond — it raises more questions than answers
Astronomers first spotted it in early July 2025. Since then, the interstellar object known as 3I/Atlas has been…
40 light-years and breathing — A heavy veil may cloak an Earth-sized twin
What if there were an Earth-like planet orbiting a distant star just 40 light-years away? We’re not talking…
US’ X-37B space plane could be armed to ‘kill’ in orbit, Chinese researchers warn
The United States is angling for space supremacy and will escalate the space race with repeated tests of…
Stellar Slingshots Launch the Galaxy’s Fastest Stars
White dwarfs are the dense, hot cores left behind when Sun like stars die. Imagine squeezing the entire…
Pluto’s Moons and Everything You Didn’t Know You Want to Know About Them
Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, with its dark Mordor Macula (left), along with Hydra (top mid), Nix (bottom mid),…
Moon phase today explained: What the moon will look like on September 11, 2025
Wondering why the moon looks a little smaller tonight? That’s because we’ve just hit day 19 of the…
China Launches Mysterious Yaogan-45 Satellite Into Higher Orbit for Strategic Surveillance Operations
IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 China launched two rockets within 24 hours, highlighting its expanding space program. 🔍 The…
Webb detects gases and activity on dwarf planet Makemake
Makemake, one of the brightest icy bodies beyond Neptune, just joined an exclusive club. Using NASA’s James Webb…