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…
Scientists Discover Bizarre Form Of Water That’s Both Solid And Liquid
Dark, cold, and whipped by supersonic winds, ice giant Neptune is the eighth and most distant planet in…
Night sky to display a planetary parade, eclipse
“The opposition of Jupiter is not a one-night event by any means,” said John Gianforte, director of the…
World’s largest camera detects fastest-ever-spinning asteroid
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has observed a record-breaking ultra-fast-rotating asteroid. The space rock is the fastest-spinning asteroid…
Astronomers Discover Rare ‘Free-Floating’ Rogue Planet
Astronomers have detected a rogue planet with a mass equivalent to that of Saturn, and by taking observations…
Eyes to the Skies for January: Quadrantids meteor shower, winter constellations are inspiring
January for lovers of astronomy is highlighted by the Quadrantid meteor shower, as Greg Redfern highlights in January’s…
Gizmodo’s Guide to the Coolest Space Missions of 2026
There were many impressive moments in spaceflight this year, but if the industry had a slogan, it would…
Behold ‘Dracula’s Chivito,’ the Largest Planet Nursery Astronomers Have Ever Seen
Roughly 1,000 light-years away from Earth, a gigantic disk of gas and dust is swirling around a young…
Lick Observatory damaged by 110-mph winds as storms threaten telescope
Winds exceeding 110 mph that tore across the top of Mount Hamilton early Christmas morning blasted a massive…