Space & Future
Ancient galactic crash may have reshaped the Milky Way 11 billion years ago
The Milky Way may have gone through a violent cosmic collision billions of years ago that dramatically changed the structure of our galaxy, according...
Scientists discover exploding star material hidden in Antarctic Ice
Scientists studying ancient Antarctic ice have discovered new evidence that Earth is currently traveling through a cloud of material left behind by long-dead stars.
An...
Scientists discover strange “toothpaste-like” space effect deep in Mars’s atmosphere
Scientists studying Mars have discovered a surprising atmospheric phenomenon that was previously only known to exist around Earth.
The discovery could change how researchers understand...
Iron and ice: Earth’s passage through the interstellar cloud
Iron-60 is a radioactive isotope of iron that's found in Antarctic ice and in deep-sea crusts.
It's only source is nucleosynthesis in the cataclysmic explosive...
Jupiter’s moon Ganymede may still be building its heart of metal
Jupiter’s moon Ganymede is already famous for being the largest moon in the solar system. At more than 3,200 miles wide, it is even...
Scientists find a new way to listen to the “ringing” of black holes
When two black holes crash into each other, the event is one of the most violent and powerful collisions in the universe.
The two objects...
Astrophysicists use ‘space archaeology’ to trace the history of a spiral galaxy
Billions of years ago, a young spiral galaxy began to grow in a crowded part of the universe.
It pulled in gas and small companion...
Scientists solve a cosmic mystery hidden inside the Perseus galaxy cluster
An international team of scientists has uncovered new clues about how stars lived and died billions of years ago by studying one of the...
Scientists may have detected signs of dark matter in black hole collisions
Dark matter is one of the biggest mysteries in modern science.
Astronomers believe it makes up most of the matter in the universe, yet nobody...
Ancient Martian mega-flood carved a valley as long as Italy
A massive valley on Mars may hold some of the strongest evidence yet that enormous floods once rushed across the red planet billions of...
Astronomers finally capture how turbulent space warps light across the galaxy
Astronomers have directly observed how turbulent gas and charged particles floating between stars can bend and distort light traveling across the galaxy.
The discovery gives...
Astronomers discover violent past hidden inside a “calm” galaxy cluster
A giant galaxy cluster once thought to be one of the calmest places in the universe is now revealing signs of a violent past.
Astronomers...
Deep Space
The case of the ‘missing link’ neutron star
Scientists have made an intriguing discovery in the vast expanse of space, revealing an enigmatic star that defies categorization.
This peculiar celestial object, known as...
Many planets could have atmospheres rich in helium, study finds
We now know there are thousands and thousands of planets out there circling faraway stars, and they come in all sorts of shapes and sizes.
Scientists set new limits on dark matter’s mysterious lifetime
Dark matter is one of the greatest mysteries in the universe.
Scientists believe it makes up most of the mass in the cosmos, yet they...
Scientists discover X-rays from Uranus for the first time
Astronomers have detected X-rays from Uranus for the first time, using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory.
This result may help scientists learn more about this enigmatic...
NASA’s Curiosity observes solar eclipses on Mars
In a new study, researchers report that NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has captured two solar eclipses on Mars.
Since the past few weeks, Curiosity has...