Multi-viewpoint observation of a failed prominence eruption on the Sun
Priest, E. R. & Forbes, T. G. The magnetic nature of solar flares. Astron. Astrophys. Rev. 10, 313–377…
Hubble Marks 36th Anniversary with Image of Trifid Nebula
NASA celebrated Hubble’s 36th anniversary with a new image of the Trifid Nebula, a star-forming region it first…
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Nears Launch for Epic Hunt Across the Universe
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could launch in 2026 and dramatically expand humanity’s view of the universe. The mission…
Scientists May Have Found Dark Matter’s Fingerprint in a Black Hole Collision
Gravitational waves from colliding black holes may hold subtle clues about one of the universe’s greatest mysteries: dark…
An astronaut aboard the ISS has captured a fireball in the atmosphere
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An image showing the cupola inside the ISS. NASA has recently unveiled an image…
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Could Finally Find the Milky Way’s Missing Neutron Stars
NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could uncover one of the Milky Way’s biggest hidden populations: invisible…
Scientists Find Evidence Earth Is Drifting Through the Ashes of an Exploded Star
Path of the solar system through the Local Interstellar Cloud. The cloud’s profile is preserved as an interstellar…
With a mass of about 50 billion times that of the Sun, this black hole is one of the largest ever discovered
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An image showing a black hole in the universe. Astronomers have recently discovered a…
Asteroid 2026 JH2 Is About to Fly Right Past Earth—Relatively Speaking
look up! Asteroid 2026 JH2 is now approaching Earth; the object, which is about 20 meters (66 feet)…
Extreme lensing signatures revealed by correlations of simulated black hole movies
The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration et al. First M87 Event Horizon Telescope results. I. The shadow of the…
Faint black hole ‘ringing’ provides a sharper test of Einstein’s gravity
When two black holes crash together, the violence does not end at impact. The newly formed black hole…
In 1967, a Cambridge student spotted a ‘scruffy’ printout blip that revealed the universe’s mysterious ticking stars
In 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered an unusual, regularly pulsing radio signal. This led to the identification of…