SpaceX Won’t Go Public Until the Planets Literally Align, Sources Say
After more than two decades as a private company, it was beginning to feel as though Elon Musk’s…
An ultra-high-resolution map of (dark) matter
Massey, R. et al. The Shear Testing Programme 2: factors affecting high-precision weak-lensing analyses. Mon. Not. R. Astron.…
Is Betelgeuse about to explode into a supernova? Astronomers finally have an answer
Between late 2019 and early 2020, the red supergiant Betelgeuse showed signs of weakening that led many to…
Astronomers Spot a Mysterious Metallic Cloud Orbiting Something Even More Mysterious
A team of researchers investigating a star’s dramatic dimming uncovered a cloud of dust and gas about 120…
Supermassive black hole grows 13 times faster than cosmic speed limits
Japanese astronomers have discovered an extraordinary supermassive black hole in the early universe that is growing at a…
Astronomy Days 2026 postponed :: WRAL.com
Astronomy Days at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, has been postponed to January 31…
Intense aurora lights up skies across northern hemisphere
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Streaks of shimmering green and red bands exploded in the dark skies above Alaska’s…
Image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows black hole
A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope by NASA gives a glimpse into a black hole within the…
Capturing the Moment a White Dwarf Exploded
The Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA Array) at Georgia State University has generated detailed images of…
Giant iron bar found in the Ring Nebula may be a destroyed planet
Have you ever seen a cloud made of iron? You may not believe it, but deep inside a…
A practical Bayesian method for gravitational-wave ringdown analysis with multiple modes
Abbott, B. P. et al. Observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger. Phys. Rev. Lett.…
One-of-a-kind discovery sheds light on dark matter
A starless discovery by astronomers in Baltimore is shedding new light on dark matter.Astronomers told WBAL-TV 11 News…