Baby stars discharge “sneezes” of gas and dust
I’m really not sure what to call it but a ‘dusty sneeze’ is probably as good as anything.
We have known for some years that...
How did Pluto get its heart? Scientists suggest an answer
The most recognizable feature on Pluto is its “heart,” a relatively bright valentine-shaped area known as Tombaugh Regio.
How that heart got started is one...
Scientists unravel the mysteries of an ancient galaxy
In a remarkable discovery last September, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) uncovered an ancient, massive galaxy named JWST-ER1g.
This galaxy, found to have formed...
Space telescope probes brightest ever gamma-ray burst for cosmic secrets
In a groundbreaking study using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers from Penn State and an international team have investigated the brightest gamma-ray...
Neutron stars could be heating up from dark matter annihilation
One of the big mysteries about dark matter particles is whether they interact with each other. We still don’t know the exact nature of...
Astronomers discover possibly smallest galaxy near the Milky Way
In a groundbreaking achievement, astronomers from Yale University and the University of Victoria in Canada have discovered what could be the smallest and faintest...
Scientists measure winds of stars similar to our sun for the first time
For the first time ever, a team of international scientists has made a groundbreaking discovery by directly measuring the stellar winds from three stars...
The brightest gamma ray burst ever seen came from a collapsing star
After a journey lasting about two billion years, photons from an extremely energetic gamma-ray burst (GRB) struck the sensors on the Neil Gehrels Swift...
NASA is building an electrodynamic shield to deal with all that dust on the...
Exploration of the Moon or other dusty environments comes with challenges. The lunar surface is covered in material known as regolith and its a...
Did an ancient icy impactor create the Martian moons
The Martian moons Phobos and Deimos are oddballs.
While other Solar System moons are round, Mars’ moons are misshapen and lumpy like potatoes.
They’re more like...