Scientists find the second known Earth Trojan asteroid
Astronomers observed 2020 XL5 and confirmed it is an Earth Trojan asteroid orbiting the sun along the same path as Earth.
2020 XL5 is the...
New Dragonfly telescope is a galactic gas detector
The Dragonfly telescope is undergoing a metamorphosis.
For the past decade, the Dragonfly Telephoto Array — designed by Yale’s Pieter van Dokkum and the University...
Scientists recreate the harsh conditions inside gigantic galaxy clusters
Galaxies rarely live alone.
Instead, dozens to thousands are drawn together by gravity, forming vast clusters that are the largest objects in the universe.
“Galaxy clusters...
What could Spacex’s Starlink do for Ukraine
After Ukraine’s vice prime minister put out a plea to Elon Musk on Twitter, the SpaceX CEO activated his company’s Starlink service and delivered...
The International Space Station may become a casualty of the Russian war in Ukraine
Will the Russian war on Ukraine lead to the demise of the International Space Station (ISS)?
Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, says Western sanctions resulting...
The best way to leave the solar system might be to fly uncomfortably close...
We’ve reported before on the conceptual mission known as the Interstellar Probe.
This ambitious mission would visit the interstellar medium about 1,000 AU away from...
WashU scientists help recover gases from moon rock time capsule
Apollo 17 astronauts Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan collected the sample from the site of an ancient landslide in the moon's Taurus-Littrow Valley.
The astronauts...
This neutron star blows out strong winds while eating companion star
Astronomers have found for the first time blasts of hot, warm, and cold winds from a neutron star whilst it consumes matter from a...
Rapid spin delays the collapse of merged neutron stars into black hole
When two neutron stars spiral into one another and merge to form a black hole — an event recorded in 2017 by gravitational wave...
What’s happening in the depths of other exoplanets
The physics and chemistry that take place deep inside our planet are fundamental to the existence of life as we know it.
But what forces...