James Webb Telescope Discovers Hidden Giant Planet in Famous Star System
This artist’s concept shows the Beta Pictoris system with the discovered giant exoplanet Beta Pictoris d at the…
Kilometre-scale Jovian moon characterized for a potential JUICE flyby
Minor Planet Center. Natural Satellites Ephemeris Service (IAU Minor Planet Center, accessed 28 May 2026); https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/NatSats/NaturalSatellites.html Sheppard, S.…
Hubble and Webb uncover Omega Centauri’s first stellar-mass black hole after 23 years of observations
For decades, Omega Centauri has presented astronomers with a paradox. The Milky Way’s largest globular cluster contains roughly…
Hidden planet finally revealed after years of cosmic hide-and-seek
The luminous, hot star Wolf-Rayet 124 (WR 124) is prominent at the center of the James Webb Space…
FCC approves launch of satellite designed to reflect sunlight back to Earth
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved a satellite launch on Thursday to test a reflector designed to…
A Stray SpaceX Rocket Will Crash Into the Moon Next Month. Here’s What You Should Know
The upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has been stuck in a highly elliptical orbit for…
The Oh-My-God particle still defies explanation
On the evening of October 15, 1991, the University of Utah’s Fly’s Eye detector at Dugway Proving Ground…
Auroras may shine over Canada tonight. Will you see them?
Check your weather forecast for clear skies tonight! A blustery solar wind could cause a burst of the…
Diffuse puffs of “missing” matter surround most galaxies | MIT News
Stars and galaxies make up much of the universe’s ordinary, observable matter. But for decades, scientists have wrestled…
The Universe Can Expand Faster Than Light Without Breaking Physics
The observable universe extends far beyond its age in light-years because space itself has expanded during the journey…
Researchers Used Two Telescopes to Discover a Planet Hidden In Plain Sight
‘This image, taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) shows Beta Pictoris d, a new planet found orbiting…
Dark matter may be naturally tuned to a hidden fifth dimension
Dark matter appears to hold galaxies together, yet it has never shown itself directly. A new theory suggests…