NASA reveals DART impact altered asteroid’s orbit and shape
NASA's pioneering Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission has significantly altered the orbit and shape of the asteroid Dimorphos, demonstrating the feasibility of kinetic...
Astronomers find the most massive supercluster to date
The Earth’s place in space is a fairly familiar one with it orbiting an average star. The star – our Sun – orbits the...
Einasto supercluster: universe’s new heavyweight discovery
The cosmos has always been a source of mystery and fascination, inviting us to unravel its secrets.
A recent breakthrough by an international team led...
Red giants’ ‘Baritone’ improves cosmic distance calculations
The cosmos is a grand expanse that keeps stretching, making the task of measuring its size and expansion rate akin to finding a reliable...
Webb telescope reveals secrets of Neptune’s evolution
A twinset of icy asteroids called Mors-Somnus is giving planetary scientists some clues about the origin and evolution of objects in the Kuiper Belt.
JWST...
Webb Telescope finds hints of a third planet at PDS 70
The exoplanet census now stands at 5,599 confirmed discoveries in 4,163 star systems, with another 10,157 candidates awaiting confirmation.
So far, the vast majority of...
Scientists find new way to study life in extreme conditions or beyond Earth
The quest to understand life in the universe has led scientists to some of Earth's most extreme environments, where organisms known as extremophiles thrive...
What will the once-in-a-generation total solar eclipse on April 8 look like?
The moon’s shadow will cast a path of daytime darkness as it traverses the country on a narrow path from Texas to Maine during...
Webb Telescope continues to confirm that universe is behaving strangely
Over a century ago, astronomers Edwin Hubble and Georges Lemaitre independently discovered that the Universe was expanding.
Since then, scientists have attempted to measure the...
Research shows old ice may remain on far-off space bodies
A recent study in the journal Icarus has brought to light new insights about 486958 Arrokoth, a distant object in the Kuiper Belt, and...