Astronomers discover a white dwarf star with two different faces!
Astronomers have made an incredible discovery: a star that has two different sides!
Imagine if one side of your face was chocolate, and the other...
Scientists use special radios to search for dark matter’s missing pieces
For a long time, scientists have known that dark matter exists in our universe.
They've seen its effects on other things in space, but they...
Pentagon unveils new website for reporting (and learning about) UFOs
The Pentagon has opened up a new portal on the internet for professionals to submit reports about UFOs — now officially known as unidentified...
Did this supernova explode twice?
All supernovae are exploding stars. But the nature of a supernova explosion varies quite a bit.
One type, named Type 1a supernovae, involves a binary...
Cosmic mystery solved: why some star explosions are extra bright
Last year, scientists discovered a huge burst of light in space that lasted for 50 seconds.
They named it GRB211211A and thought it was caused...
Scientists find two big exoplanets that take a long time to go around their...
Scientists from The University of New Mexico and MIT have found two new planets that take a long time to go around their star.
These...
This newly discovered planet has longest orbit yet detected by the TESS mission
The frosty gas giant was discovered in a system that also hosts a warm Jupiter.
Of the more than 5,000 planets known to exist beyond...
How a backyard stargazing party accidentally found a new exploding star
On a casual night in May, Alex Filippenko, a professor of astronomy at UC Berkeley, was showing off star clusters and galaxies at a...
The early universe should be awash in active galaxies, but JWST isn’t finding them
For decades the most distant objects we could see were quasars. We now know they are powerful active black holes.
Active galactic nuclei so distant...
Scientists discover giant ‘clouds’ blocking X-rays in a distant galaxy
Did you know that at the center of big galaxies, there's a massive black hole?
These aren't just any black holes; they're "supermassive."
Some of these...