Saturn shows mysterious “beads and stars” in its atmosphere
For decades, Saturn has fascinated scientists with its rings, storms, and unusual north-pole hexagon.
Now, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has uncovered something even...
NASA’s Hubble spots white dwarf star devouring a Pluto-like world
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have witnessed a rare cosmic meal: a white dwarf star consuming pieces of a frozen world similar to...
Astronomers spot a black hole growing 2.4 times faster than the cosmic limit
Astronomers have discovered a black hole that is growing faster than almost any ever seen before.
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, researchers found that this...
Did a dying black hole create the universe’s most powerful ghost particle?
Scientists may have just found a clue to one of the universe’s biggest mysteries.
A new study from MIT suggests that the most powerful neutrino...
Scientists pinpoint when life first colonized an ancient meteorite crater
A new study has revealed that life not only survives catastrophic meteorite impacts but can actually thrive in the craters they leave behind.
For the...
Small asteroids can explode without warning, study warns
Most of us imagine asteroids as giant space rocks that can cause catastrophic damage if they hit Earth.
But a new study published in Nature...
Mars could once have had an ozone shield like Earth, study finds
Scientists studying the harsh winter at Mars’s north pole have uncovered surprising conditions inside the planet’s polar vortex—an enormous, swirling current of air that...
Scientists discover surprisingly slow winds from a neutron star
Astronomers using the new X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) have discovered that the fierce winds blowing from matter spiraling into a neutron star...
How the Milky Way’s spiral arms shaped life on Earth
New research from Curtin University suggests that Earth’s history isn’t just written in rocks—it’s also written in the stars.
A team of scientists has discovered...
Astronomers spot Einstein Cross that shouldn’t exist
Astronomers have made a discovery that looks like something out of science fiction: a rare “Einstein Cross” with an extra image that shouldn’t exist.
This...