Three Black Holes. One Epic Cosmic Collision Just Lit up the Sky
A team of astronomers has confirmed the first known system where three galaxies are merging, and all three…
NASA Shares Stunning Photos of a Rare Event Astronauts Witnessed From the Space Station Window
High above storm clouds where commercial jets don’t fly and conventional satellites cannot observe in detail, scientists have…
How Japan’s space industry can regain thrust after H3 rocket failure
Japan’s latest rocket failure has triggered much soul-searching and resurrected a debate about whether the country’s space programme,…
Astronomers Uncover Interstellar “Tunnel” That May Connect Our Solar System to Distant Stars Across the Galaxy
Scientists have detected a narrow structure of hot plasma extending from the Local Hot Bubble surrounding the Sun…
Blue Origin names Tory Bruno to new national security group
Tory Bruno, the former chief executive officer and president of United Launch Alliance, will become the president of…
NASA Satellite Captures Something Strange Blooming in Australia’s Brown Desert
Following record-breaking floods in March 2025, the usually brown desert surrounding Cooper Creek transformed into a sprawling green…
What are orbital data centers?
Image: Kepler A new phrase has been quietly circulating through space-industry discussions over the past year: Orbital data…
Scientists May Have Spotted Light from the First Stars
Welcome to a special holiday edition of the Abstract! It’s been an incredible year for science, from breakthroughs…
The International Space Station Just Spotted Something Unknown 55 Miles Above Earth
In late September 2024, Hurricane Helene reached Florida’s Gulf Coast, bringing storm surges and widespread damage. At the…
Earth 2.0? Experts Reveal Why We May Be Totally Alone in the Galaxy
The odds of discovering another Earth are looking slimmer than once believed. A growing body of evidence suggests…
Black hole has enough water to fill “trillions of Earth-size oceans”
Astronomers enjoy it when the universe throws a curveball, and this object does exactly that. Working in two…
NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory Completes Its First Map of the Cosmos in 102 Infrared Wavelengths
The Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx), which launched back…