Space & Future
Hidden black hole blast revealed years later by a powerful radio glow
Astronomers have uncovered remarkable new evidence of a rare "missing-link" black hole after detecting a powerful burst of radio waves that continued growing brighter...
Can pumping groundwater really flip Earth’s poles
Recently, a government minister in the Northern Territory, pitching a plan to make Darwin "the data center capital of the globe," suggested it might...
Astronomers Uncover the Magnetic Signature Of the Universe’s Most Powerful Explosions
Astronomers have achieved a major breakthrough by detecting a hidden magnetic signal from one of the most powerful explosions in the universe.
Using the U.S....
Hidden Moon Ice May Soon Be Found by Listening to Moonquakes
Scientists may have found a new way to search for water ice hidden beneath the Moon's surface—by listening to the vibrations caused by moonquakes.
A...
Ancient Stardust Helped Build the First Solid Pieces of Our Solar System
Scientists have uncovered new evidence that tiny grains of ancient stardust may have played a key role in creating the first solid material in...
Solar wind creates giant space waves that slowly strip away Mars’ atmosphere
Mars is slowly losing parts of its atmosphere to space, and scientists have discovered that the process may be driven by giant waves created...
Ancient Cosmic Crash May Explain Neptune’s Strange Inner Moons
Neptune’s small inner moons may actually be the broken remains of a much older family of icy worlds that were destroyed billions of years...
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers Vast Honeycomb Landscape on Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered a remarkable landscape on Mars unlike anything it has seen before.
While exploring a valley known as "Valle Grande," the...
The Asteroid That May Be Three Worlds
What shape is an asteroid? For (44) Nysa, the honest answer until now has been that nobody knew.
It is one of the brightest and...
James Webb Telescope Finds Powerful Wind That Can Kill Entire Galaxies
Astronomers have discovered a powerful "galaxy-killing wind" that may explain one of the biggest mysteries about the early universe: why so many massive galaxies...
Supermassive Black Hole Blasts Shock Waves Across 300,000 Light-Years, New Study Finds
Black holes are famous for pulling in everything that gets too close, including gas, dust, and even light.
But new research shows they can also...
Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Created a Planet-Wide Firestorm, Study Finds
A new study suggests that the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs may have been even more deadly than scientists once thought.
Researchers now...
Deep Space
Scientists solve the mystery behind the “Great Dimming” of the Betelgeuse star
Scientists have unraveled the mystery behind why Betelgeuse – a star in the constellation of Orion visible with the naked eye - became visibly...
Moon once had a magnetic field stronger than Earth’s—But only for brief moments
For decades, scientists have debated whether the Moon once had a powerful magnetic field like Earth’s or only a weak one.
Now, a new study...
Scientists use CHEOPS telescope to detect four mini-Neptunes
An international team of European astronomers, using the CHEOPS space telescope, has successfully detected the presence of four new exoplanets.
These mini-Neptunes, which are smaller...
Astronomers find 116,000 new variable stars
Ohio State University astronomers have identified about 116,000 new variable stars, according to a new paper.
These heavenly bodies were found by The All-Sky Automated...
Largest earthquake on Mars revealed possible past meteoroid impact
The quake lasted four hours and identified layering in the crust that could indicate a meteoroid impact.
The 4.7 magnitude temblor happened in May 2022...