Astronomers find strongest evidence yet that Betelgeuse has a companion
Press Release “The conclusion of a century-long quest” 28 July 2026 At long last, astronomers have firm evidence…
“Beyond the limit”: one million satellites and mirrors in space pose grave threat to the night sky
Press Release 1 July 2026 A new European Southern Observatory (ESO) study has found that current proposals to…
AI’s Threat to Mental Health Care
The U.S. is in the midst of an acute mental health crisis. In late May, the Centers for…
A Hidden Galaxy Called Shadow Blaster May Explain One of Astronomy’s Biggest Mysteries
A conceptual figure of this study. The background diagram represents the history of the Universe stretching from the…
After 50 Years, Astronomers Finally Found What the Milky Way’s Black Hole Was Hiding
Astronomers have uncovered long-sought evidence that the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole is producing a wind, revealing…
Astronomers Trace Elusive High-Energy Neutrino to Star-Forming Galaxy in Early Universe
JCMT0402-0424, a dusty starburst galaxy around 11 billion light-years away, is the strongest candidate yet for the source…
Astronomers Finally Find Milky Way’s Missing Black Hole Wind
After a 50-year search, astronomers have uncovered evidence that Sagittarius A* — the 4.3-million-solar-mass black hole that resides…
Comet 3I/ATLAS Formed in an Ultra-Cold Alien Star System
Water in the Solar System has a unique chemical signature: it is deuterated, that is, enriched in deuterium,…
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Formed in Ultra-Cold Planetary System, ALMA Reveals
Water is made of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom, hence its H2O formula. In typical water…
New look at the stars around the Milky Way's centre – ESO.org
New look at the stars around the Milky Way’s centre ESO.orgThe Most Detailed Image of the Milky Way’s Heart…
3I/ATLAS is Unusually Rich in Methanol, ALMA Observations Show
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have detected hydrogen cyanide (nitrogen-bearing organic molecule commonly seen in…
The Milky Way’s center is hiding exotic chemistry, and ALMA just revealed it
Astronomers have just unveiled a breathtaking new view of the very center of our galaxy, the Milky Way.…