Our Galaxy’s Sweet Spot for Life Is Bigger Than We Thought
New simulations suggest the Galactic Habitable Zone isn’t fixed: when stars migrate across the Milky Way, the odds…
Observable universe is 93 billion light years wide but what’s beyond it? Here’s what we can’t see…
One of the most important pieces of evidence for this limit is the cosmic microwave background radiation, faint…
That small dot in the picture? A baby planet just discovered by Irish researchers
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Why Saturday’s Rare ‘Black Moon’ Is A Celestial Milestone For Americans
Topline The new moon on Saturday, Aug. 23, will be a seasonal “black moon” — a rare occurrence…
Seven superclouds: Giant gas neighbours of our solar system discovered |
In a stunning breakthrough, astronomers have discovered seven massive structures of gas known as superclouds just beyond our…
The Universe’s First “Little Red Dots” May Be a New Kind of Star With a Black Hole Inside
By all rights, they shouldn’t exist. When NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) first opened its eyes to…
The Night Sky In August 2025
A fireball streaks across the morning sky above NSF Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO), a Program of NSF…
Scientists Baffled by Mysterious Clouds in Center of the Milky Way
In the center of our galaxy, gigantic, balloon-like structures of high-energy radiation extend thousands of light-years above and…