“Lucy’s Baby” asteroid is a toddler of the solar system
A group of scientists led by Cornell University has unveiled a remarkable discovery about an asteroid known as "Lucy's baby," found orbiting another asteroid...
Scientists reveal the mystery of disappearing exoplanet orbits
A recent study led by scientists at Durham University has unveiled a new discovery that sheds light on a puzzling phenomenon: the gradual decay...
The universe could be filled with ultralight black holes that can’t die
It’s that time again!
Time for another model that will finally solve the mystery of dark matter.
Or not, but it’s worth a shot.
Until we directly...
A new star is on the horizon. Here is how to catch it
Get ready to witness a celestial spectacle!
Astronomers predict that sometime this year, a new star will burst into view in the night sky within...
Starlink on Mars: NASA is paying SpaceX to look into the idea
NASA has given the go-ahead for SpaceX to work out a plan to adapt its Starlink broadband internet satellites for use in a Martian...
New study unveils the mystery of star zombies and their cosmic meals
In the vast expanse of our galaxy lies a peculiar phenomenon: white dwarfs, eerie remnants of stars long gone.
Imagine these as dense, Earth-sized objects...
Did you hear Webb found life on an exoplanet? Not so fast…
The JWST is astronomers’ best tool for probing exoplanet atmospheres.
Its capable instruments can dissect the light passing through a distant world’s atmosphere and determine...
Two stars in a binary system are very different. It’s because there used to...
A beautiful nebula in the southern hemisphere with a binary star at it’s center seems to break our standard models of stellar evolution.
But new...
Webb Telescope’s search for life on distant exoplanet faces challenges
Recent excitement about NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) potentially finding signs of life on a distant planet has been tempered by a new...
Astronomers think they’ve found examples of the first stars in the universe
When the first stars in the Universe formed, the only material available was primordial hydrogen and helium from the Big Bang.
Astronomers call these original...