Ripples in Space-Time Confirm Century-Old Theory
When two black holes collide and merge, they release gravitational waves. These waves can be detected by sensitive…
Venus could be hiding an invisible danger for Earth
Space is a vast place full of mysteries. And scientists have identified invisible dangers to Earth located near…
NASA Hits 6,000 Exoplanets. Some Are Stranger Than Sci-Fi
NASA’s exoplanet tally has climbed to 6,000, revealing bizarre and beautiful worlds far stranger than our own. (Artist’s…
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS is Making Its Way Closer to Earth—And New Research Suggests It Probably Isn’t Alone
Astronomers say one of the rarest comets ever observed, the mysterious 3I/ATLAS, likely isn’t alone, and that more…
Astronomers Spot “Impossible” Fifth Image Unlocking Dark Matter Secrets
A mysterious fifth image inside a rare Einstein Cross exposed a massive halo of dark matter, giving astronomers…
Not Spiral. Not Elliptical. So What Exactly Is This Galaxy?
NGC 2775 blurs the line between spiral and elliptical galaxies, leaving astronomers debating its true identity. Hubble’s latest…
Astronomers Capture First-Ever Photo of a Baby Planet Being Born in Darkness
In this artist’s illustration, infalling hydrogen gas causes the growing protoplanet WISPIT 2b to shine brightly in the…
What Webb Is Teaching Us About Our Solar System
Episode description: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is hard at work answering our biggest questions about the birth…
6,000 exoplanets found beyond our solar system. Are any like Earth?
For 30 years, the world’s astronomers have searched the cosmos for exoplanets. We recently hit a milestone now…
Photographers Capture the Sun and Moon Dancing Together Over 12 Months
This slightly cropped version of the project shows the swing of the Sun and the Moon as they…
First-Ever Simulations Reveal Ghost Particles Shapeshifting in Violent Neutron Star Mergers
New simulations of neutron star mergers reveal that the mixing and changing of tiny particles called neutrinos impacts…
NASA’s Webb Just Revealed Something Astonishing in Saturn’s Atmosphere
Detections of near infrared emissions in Saturn’s ionosphere (left) show dark bead-like features embedded within bright aurora. In…