This Famous Star Is a Total Fraud, Astronomers Say
In March 2022, the Hubble Space Telescope peered through the distant cosmos and detected the light of an…
Winners of Capture the Dark 2025 Photo Contest Show Why Dark Skies Are Worth Protecting
DarkSky International announced the winners of its fifth annual Capture the Dark photography contest. Winners across eight main…
Astronomers Say They’ve Finally Solved the “Little Red Dots” Mystery
When the James Webb Space Telescope first came online in 2022, it immediately spotted something astronomers had never…
This Might Be the Most Massive Black Hole Ever Discovered
Astronomers have identified what could be a new supermassive black hole, and with an estimated mass 36 billion…
NASA Installs Key ‘Sunblock’ Shield on Roman Space Telescope
Technicians have successfully installed two sunshields onto NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s inner segment. Along with the…
One Survey by NASA’s Roman Could Unveil 100,000 Cosmic Explosions
Scientists predict one of the major surveys by NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope may reveal around…
Dozens of ‘Ghost Galaxies’ Are Orbiting the Milky Way, Astronomers Suspect
The Lambda Cold Dark Matter (LCDM) theory suggests that most galaxies are low-mass dwarf galaxies, many of which…