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...
NASA’s Curiosity rover discovers clues to Mars’ Earth-like past
Scientists using NASA’s Curiosity rover have made a significant discovery on Mars that suggests the planet might once have had conditions similar to Earth.
This...
New evidence supports the existence of dark matter in the universe
Scientists are diving deep into one of space’s biggest mysteries: dark matter.
This invisible substance isn't something we can see directly, but many experts believe...
Scientists reveal the secrets of a fiery exoplanet
Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to create a detailed temperature map of WASP-43b, a giant gas planet known as a...
Citizen scientists discover a unique planet in a binary star system
In a remarkable feat, a group of astronomers and volunteer citizen scientists has uncovered a new planet located in the habitable zone of a...