NASA’s Hubble sees a brand new triple star system
In a world that seems to be switching focus from the Hubble Space Telescope to the James Webb Space Telescope, Hubble still reminds us...
Scientists discover how crucial life ingredient forms in space
A team of chemists from the University of Maryland has uncovered a new method to create carbenes, a class of highly reactive molecules essential...
Scientists detect solar storms deep under the ocean
A powerful solar storm that lit up the skies with the aurora borealis last weekend also caused surprising effects deep in the ocean.
New findings...
Scientists discover earth-sized planet orbiting a cool star
An international team of astronomers has discovered a new Earth-sized planet just 55 light-years away, orbiting an ultra-cool red dwarf star.
This planet, named SPECULOOS-3...
High school student creates soundscape of exploding stars
Using data from the Zwicky Transient Facility, Southern California high school student Vanya Agrawal creates new "space music."
In September 2023, Vanya Agrawal, a senior...
Scientists discover “cotton candy” planet WASP-193b
An international team of astronomers has discovered a giant planet with an extremely low density, similar to that of cotton candy.
This new planet, named...
Scientists observe the dawn of a sun-like star with Hubble
Looking like a glittering cosmic geode, a trio of dazzling stars blaze from the hollowed-out cavity of a reflection nebula in this new image...
A star became 1,000 times brighter, and now astronomers know why
Astronomers were surprised in 1937 when a star in a binary pair suddenly brightened by 1,000 times.
The pair is called FU Orionis (FU Ori),...
White dwarfs are often polluted with heavier elements. Now we know why
When stars exhaust their hydrogen fuel at the end of their main sequence phase, they undergo core collapse and shed their outer layers in...
TRAPPIST-1 outer planets likely have water, shows study
The TRAPPIST-1 solar system generated a swell of interest when it was observed several years ago.
In 2016, astronomers using the Transiting Planets and Planetesimals...