Black holes or galaxies: Which came first?
The James Webb Space Telescope has delivered some groundbreaking insights that could rewrite our understanding of the universe's earliest days.
According to a recent analysis,...
Black holes are surprising builders of the universe
Once upon a time, at the very beginning of everything, the universe was a place of incredible creation and mystery.
New research has turned our...
Making space travel sustainable: a new approach to mining on the moon and Mars
Scientists are taking important steps towards a future where astronauts can extract essential materials directly from the dust of the moon and Mars.
This breakthrough...
NASA is one step closer to deploying fission reactors on the Moon
What’s the most important thing you need to live and work on the Moon?
Power. For NASA’s upcoming Artemis program, getting power to lunar bases...
Orbital resonance − the striking gravitational dance done by planets with aligning orbits
Planets orbit their parent stars while separated by enormous distances – in our solar system, planets are like grains of sand in a region...
Scientists find galaxy that shouldn’t exist
In a universe filled with stars and galaxies, a team of space scientists led by Tim Carleton from Arizona State University has stumbled upon...
Atmospheres in the TRAPPIST-1 system should be long gone
Trappist-1 is a fascinating exoplanetary system. Seven worlds orbiting a red dwarf star just 40 light-years away.
All of the worlds are similar to Earth...
Giant planet puzzles scientists by orbiting a tiny star
In a surprising twist to what scientists thought they knew about space, a team from Penn State University has found a planet that's way...
Asteroid Ryugu contained bonus comet particles
On December 5th, 2020, Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission successfully returned samples it had collected from the Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) 162173 Ryugu home.
Since asteroids are basically...
Six planets found orbiting an extremely young star
The field of exoplanet study continues to grow by leaps and bounds.
As of the penning of this article, 5,572 extrasolar planets have been confirmed...