Jupiter’s Great Red Spot: Wobbling and shrinking like never before!
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot (GRS) has long been a mystery to astronomers.
This massive storm, larger than Earth, has swirled in Jupiter's atmosphere for over...
Microquasar in our galaxy fires powerful radiation towards Earth, study finds
For a long time, astronomers believed that extremely high-energy radiation was produced only in the jets of active galaxies, far from Earth.
But new observations...
Voyager 1 is forced to rely on its low power radio
Voyager 1 was launched waaaaaay back in 1977. I would have been 4 years old then!
It’s an incredible achievement that technology that was built...
Scientists discover surprisingly smooth disk around Vega, hinting at unique planetary system
In the movie Contact (1997), a scientist travels to the star Vega and finds herself surrounded by a cloud of debris, a scene that...
It all started with a Big Bang: The quest to unravel the mystery behind...
How did everything begin?
It's a question that humans have pondered for thousands of years. Over the last century or so, science has homed in...
New 3D-printed metal alloy could power the next generation of spacecraft
A team of researchers has developed a high-performance, 3D-printed metal alloy designed for the extreme conditions of space.
This new alloy is built to withstand...
Uranus’ moon Miranda may have a hidden ocean, study finds
A recent study suggests that Uranus' small moon Miranda may have a hidden ocean beneath its icy surface, challenging what scientists once thought about...
Mars may have been habitable more recently than we thought
New research from Harvard University suggests that Mars might have been habitable more recently than scientists previously believed.
The study, published in Nature Communications, reveals...
Astronomers discover one of the fastest-spinning stars in the universe
A team of researchers from DTU Space in Denmark has discovered a neutron star that spins at an incredible speed—716 times per second.
This star,...
Scientists discover new clues about black hole jets
A new study led by the University of Michigan reveals fascinating insights into how black holes shoot out powerful streams of high-energy particles, known...