Scientists found a potential sign of life on a distant planet: why many are...
A team of astronomers announced on April 16, 2025, that in the process of studying a planet around another star, they had found evidence...
Ancient Egyptians painted the Milky Way in their artwork
The Milky Way may have been painted across ancient Egyptian coffins thousands of years ago—and now, one scientist believes he’s found the evidence.
Dr. Or...
Scientists detect strongest clues yet of alien life on a distant planet
Astronomers have detected the most promising signs so far of possible life beyond our solar system.
Using the powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an...
Spinning star may have cracked a giant galactic “bone”
Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and powerful radio telescopes have likely solved a cosmic mystery—what caused a dramatic break in a massive structure...
How sound waves could help track space junk and meteors
Every year, Earth is bombarded with objects from space—some natural, like meteoroids, and others manmade, like space junk.
Most burn up harmlessly in the atmosphere,...
Some ‘Star Wars’ stories have already become reality
Just 48 short years ago, movie director George Lucas used the phrase "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" as the...
Cosmic surprise: Baby stars are greedier than we thought!
A new discovery is changing how scientists think about how stars and planets are formed. When a star is born, it’s usually surrounded by...
Astronomers observe dark matter bridge in the Perseus Cluster
Galaxy clusters are among the largest structures in the Universe, composed of thousands of galaxies bound together by mutual gravity.
Like galaxies, they grow through...
Soviet-era Venus mission to reenter in May
It’s one straight out of the history books. After over 50 years in space, the late Soviet Union’s Kosmos-482 mission is set to reenter...
NASA’s Juno mission peeks beneath Jupiter’s clouds and Io’s volcanoes
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has just delivered some exciting discoveries from Jupiter and its fiery moon, Io.
The new findings, shared by scientists at a recent...