Hubble Telescope has accidentally discovered over a thousand asteroids
The venerable Hubble Space Telescope is like a gift that keeps on giving.
Not only is it still making astronomical discoveries after more than thirty...
Will we know if TRAPPIST-1e has life?
The search for extrasolar planets is currently undergoing a seismic shift.
With the deployment of the Kepler Space Telescope and the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite...
There was a doomed comet near the sun during the eclipse
A surprise appearance of a new comet made the April 8th total solar eclipse all the more memorable.
Any dedicated ‘umbraphile’ will tell you: no...
How methane could be appearing and disappearing on Mars
NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover has brought to light one of the most baffling discoveries on Mars—the presence of methane gas in Gale Crater.
This finding...
NASA’s Voyager 1 back in action, resumes sending data after five months
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has started sending back valuable information about its condition for the first time since November last year.
This development is a...
New study reveals the power of stellar superflares
A recent study has brought us closer to understanding the massive bursts of energy seen in stellar superflares, which are far more intense than...
James Webb Telescope spots possible aurorae on a distant brown dwarf
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have made an intriguing discovery on a brown dwarf—a type of celestial object that is bigger...
Scientists discover radiating exoplanet in “perfect tidal storm”
Can tidal forces cause an exoplanet’s surface to radiate heat?
This is what a recent study accepted to The Astronomical Journal hopes to address as...
NASA’s Juno spacecraft reveals a giant lava lake on Jupiter’s moon Io
NASA’s Juno spacecraft came within 1,500 km (930 miles) of the surface of Jupiter’s moon Io in two recent flybys.
That’s close enough to reveal...
Astronomers discover a record-breaking black hole in our Milky Way galaxy
Astronomers have recently unveiled the most massive stellar black hole ever found in our Milky Way galaxy.
This enormous black hole, located just 2,000 light-years...