Webb Telescope Detects Gas on Distant Dwarf Planet Makemake for the First Time
An SwRI-led team used Webb telescope observations (white) to detect methane gas on the distant dwarf planet Makemake.…
Catastrophic disruption of asteroid 2023 CX1 and implications for planetary defence
Brown, P. G. et al. A 500-kiloton airburst over Chelyabinsk and an enhanced hazard from small impactors. Nature…
The signature of subgalactic dark matter clumping in the global 21-cm signal of hydrogen
Carniani, S. et al. Spectroscopic confirmation of two luminous galaxies at a redshift of 14. Nature 633, 318–322…
Mysterious “Universe Breaker” Red Dots Could Be Black Holes in Disguise
Artist’s impression of a black hole star (not to scale). Mysterious tiny pinpoints of light discovered at the…
A Black Hole Where It Shouldn’t Be? Astronomers Find Rogue Giant Just 230 Million Light-Years Away
A team of astronomers has discovered a rare “wandering” black hole inside a dwarf galaxy located about 230…
Gravitational waves help scientists measure newborn black hole’s ‘kick’
The historic finding comes about a decade after the first detection of gravitational waves performed by a famous…
Antarctica, New Zealand and a sliver of Australia get prime view of partial solar eclipse
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The bottom of the world is front and center for a partial solar…
Scientists Just Found a Way to Simulate the Universe on a Laptop
Two ‘fans’ corresponding to the two main areas DESI has observed, above and below the plane of our…
Perseverance Rover Captures Elusive Martian Aurora for a Second Time
Scientists have captured visible-light images of auroras glowing green above Mars, thanks to NASA’s Perseverance rover. (Artist’s concept).…
NASA once celebrated her, then fired her, and then tried to erase her story: The rise and fall of Rose Ferreira |
Image: Brooke Owens Fellowship Rose Ferreira’s life story reads like a tale of resilience against impossible odds. Born…
Moon Race Heats Up, Starlink Hits 300 Launches, and Mars Life Clues – Space News Roundup (Sept 13–14, 2025)
Key FactsStarlink Milestone: SpaceX launched its 300th Starlink mission on Sept. 13, lofting 24 internet satellites from Vandenberg…
Astronomers stunned by mysterious repeating gamma-ray bursts beyond galaxy – Space News – News
Astronomers are baffled after spotting a mysterious repeating series of gamma-ray bursts beyond our galaxy. The unexplained phenomenon…