NASA’s Webb Telescope Captures the Dust Clouds of Apep, Named for the Egyptian God of Chaos — Colossal
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has come through yet again with an unprecedented image from our Solar System,…
Theia, the planet at the origin of the Moon, may have formed close to the Sun
If the Moon is the natural satellite of the Earth, this has not always been the case. Indeed,…
Our solar system is moving through space 3x faster than expected
The universe is supposed to look the same no matter where you stand. That idea, known as the…
4.6 billion years ago, Jupiter saved Earth during its formation
When the solar system formed about 4.6 billion years ago, a gigantic cloud of dust and gas collapsed…
Astronauts stranded on Chinese space station by debris. What happened?
Three veteran Chinese astronauts are stuck – for now – aboard the Tiangong space station after their return…
The Sun Sent A Coronal Mass Ejection Directly Toward The Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS In A First Of Its Kind Event » TwistedSifter
Shutterstock Interstellar objects entering the solar system are rare. So rare, in fact, that the one astronomers are…
NASA Analysis of 3I/ATLAS Object Reveals Anomalies That Puzzle Experts
A groundbreaking forensic review by NASA has revealed puzzling thermal anomalies in 3I/ATLAS that challenge scientists’ understanding of…
The Physics of the Northern Lights
Neon lights are glass tubes containing neon or other gases. When an electric current is sent from one…
Earth always has more moons than you think
Still, maybe-moons bring a certain immediacy to astronomy that some far-flung wonders can’t achieve. Kat Volk, a planetary…
For the first time, astronomers observed the first moments of a supernova shock wave
Many cosmic events occur in space and sometimes surprise astronomers. This is the case of these scientists who…
Astronomers reveal what happened less than a second after the Big Bang
Cosmologists have traced the Big Bang’s earliest moments with great care, from the explosive inflation that set spacetime…
Astronomers solve cosmic mystery surrounding two massive black holes that shouldn’t exist
Astronomers knew something did not add up when detectors picked up a vast cosmic crash in 2023. The…