Edge of the Milky Way’s star-forming disc finally mapped
image: ©m-gucci | iStock Astronomers have identified the outer boundary of the star-forming region in the Milky Way…
Mississippi State physicist creates neutron star reaction in the lab
For years, physicists have wondered whether one unstable form of copper might act like a traffic jam inside…
How to Watch the 2026 Lyrids Meteor Shower at Its Peak
In mid-April, astronomy enthusiasts will be able to enjoy one of the classic celestial spectacles. The meteor shower…
Reality-shattering ‘bounce’ created universe in bombshell theory that could disprove Big Bang
The Big Bang may be a Big Bogus. A team of physicists at the University of Portsmouth theorize…
Undergraduate students built a cavity detector to search for axion dark matter
Dark matter is supposed to be everywhere, threaded through the Milky Way and outnumbering ordinary matter by a…
Astronomers find compelling new evidence of the first stars formed after the Big Bang
A faint glow of helium, hanging near one of the earliest known galaxies, may be the clearest sign…
The Behind-The-Scenes View From Inside Artemis II Is Fascinating
Recently, the world watched in awe as the Artemis II spacecraft traveled around the Moon, with the four…
Scientists Figured Out How Fast the Universe Is Expanding, But the Answer Is Troubling
You probably heard that the universe is constantly expanding. There’s a bit of an update to that: it’s…
This supermassive black hole is located in an unusual part of its galaxy
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An image showing a spiral galaxy. With the help of the James Webb Space…
This distant galaxy has lost 95% of its brightness in less than 20 years
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An image showing a spiral galaxy. Astronomers have discovered a galaxy located about 10…
Over 150 mergers reveal three different black hole origin stories
For years, astronomers treated merging black holes as if they all came from the same cosmic assembly line.…
Watch a Comet Get Torn Apart by the Sun and Become a Headless Ghost
Bad news for skywatchers: A sungrazing comet that was set to put on a bright display succumbed to…