Space & Future
Dark matter obeys gravity just like ordinary matter, scientists discover
For decades, scientists have been trying to understand dark matter—the mysterious, invisible substance that makes up about 85% of all matter in the universe.
It...
Repeated impacts could regenerate exoplanet atmospheres around red dwarfs
Exoplanet scientists are eagerly awaiting the discovery of an atmosphere around a terrestrial exoplanet.
Not a thin, tenuous, barely perceptible collection of molecules, but a...
A stormy brown dwarf reveals secrets of how stars and planets are born
Astronomers have discovered a fascinating new object orbiting a small red star not far from Earth — a brown dwarf with powerful storms and...
Tiny galaxies prove dark matter is real, defying modified gravity theories
A new international study has provided one of the clearest signs yet that dark matter—not a change in gravity—is responsible for the mysterious way...
Ancient dead star still feasting on the remains of its planets
In about 5 billion years, our Sun will run out of hydrogen fuel and collapse into a dense, Earth-sized remnant called a white dwarf.
Though...
MIT scientists uncover the richest chemical cloud in the galaxy
Astronomers from MIT have uncovered an astonishingly rich mix of molecules in a region of space known as the Taurus Molecular Cloud-1 (TMC-1).
This dark,...
Colliding black holes might have formed from earlier cosmic smashups
A pair of distant black hole mergers, measured just one month apart in late 2024, are improving how scientists understand the nature and evolution...
Astronomers spot a giant ‘cosmic bat’ flying across the Milky Way
Just in time for Halloween, astronomers have discovered a giant, ghostly “bat” soaring across the Milky Way.
Using the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) at the...
How baby Jupiter sculpted the solar system and helped create Earth
New research from Rice University shows that Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, played a major role in shaping the early solar...
Astronomers reveal stunning new radio portrait of the Milky Way
Astronomers have unveiled the most detailed low-frequency radio image ever created of our Milky Way galaxy, offering a breathtaking new view of the universe...
Most giant stars in the early universe were born as pairs, study finds
A new study from Tel Aviv University (TAU) has revealed that most massive stars in the early universe were likely born in pairs —...
Ripples in space reveal second-generation black holes billions of light-years away
Astronomers have detected two extraordinary gravitational wave events that may have come from black holes formed in earlier black hole mergers — what scientists...
Deep Space
Earliest metal discovery challenges our understanding of first galaxies
Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery by detecting carbon in a galaxy that existed just 350 million years after the Big Bang.
This is the...
New moon rocks brought back by Chang’e-5 are 1.97 billion years old
A lunar probe launched by the Chinese space agency recently brought back the first fresh samples of rock and debris from the moon in...
Scientists detect the most distant flash of radio waves
Imagine you're outside on a clear night, looking up at the stars. Now imagine one of those stars blinking at you super-fast, like the...
How your flight home could be broadcasting Earth’s location to aliens
Every time you take off from Heathrow, land at JFK, or pass through any major airport, you might be inadvertently announcing humanity's existence to...
Mysterious ‘mini halo’ reveals how the early universe was powered
Astronomers have made a stunning discovery deep in space: a vast cloud of high-energy particles—called a “mini halo”—surrounding one of the most distant galaxy...