Manhattan-sized interstellar object is covered in a layer of CO2. shocking scientists, NASA images reveal
The Manhattan-sized interstellar object rocketing through Earth’s inner solar system is covered by a cloud of carbon dioxide,…
Astronomers find 1st exoplanet in multi-ring disk around star in ‘remarkable discovery’
Astronomers have discovered a hungry baby planet gobbling up material around an infant star located around 430 light-years…
Why are our solar system planets tilted: These warped exoplanet-forming disks may offer clues
The origin of the differing tilts in the orbits of the planets in our solar system may have…
SpaceX sends 28 Starlink satellites into orbit, completes 400th Falcon 9 droneship landing (video)
SpaceX launched a fresh stack of Starlink internet satellites into orbit Wednesday morning (Aug. 27), and nailed a…
Moon photobombs the sun in wild NOAA satellite image photo of the day for Aug. 27, 2025
To study the sun, scientists use a specialized telescope called a coronagraph. This instrument mimics a solar eclipse…
James Webb Space Telescope’s first observation of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS reveals something strange
Researchers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to observe 3I/ATLAS on Aug. 6. (Image credit: NASA/James Webb Space…
‘Landmark moment’: Scientists reveal the most detailed photo of a solar flare ever captured
The Inouye Solar Telescope captured this image of a solar flare on August 8, 2024. (Image credit: NSF/NSO/AURA,…
DNA in motion spotted on Mars — NASA confirms signal and its hidden meaning
NASA has been searching for any evidence of living organisms that lived or are currently living on Mars…
Harassment at Antarctic research bases could spell problems for moon, Mars outposts
Warning: This story contains details of violence that may be disturbing to some readers. You can find resources…
Warped spacetime with surprise ‘double-zoom’ reveals radiation around distant supermassive black hole
Thanks to a theory put forward by Albert Einstein over 100 years ago and a happy coincidence, astronomers…
Astrophysicists Find No ‘Hair’ on Black Holes
In 2012, physicists showed that this paradox is tightly linked to the nature of the event horizon. They’d…
The Sun’s Hidden Threads Revealed in Stunning Solar Flare Images
For the first time, astronomers have directly observed the Sun’s tiniest magnetic loops, hidden inside a massive solar…