A star near the center of the Milky Way is a visitor from beyond
There’s an alien red giant star orbiting in the center of our galaxy.
It’s called S0-6 and has chemical fingerprints from its birthplace far outside...
Fly slowly through Enceladus’ plumes to detect life
Enceladus is blasting water into space from the jets at its southern pole.
This makes it the ideal place to send a dedicated mission, flying...
Communicating with a relativistic spacecraft gets pretty weird
Someday, in the not-too-distant future, humans may send robotic probes to explore nearby star systems.
These robot explorers will likely take the form of lightsails...
In 1872, a solar storm hit the earth generating auroras from the tropics to...
Imagine a solar storm generating auroral displays across the entire sky.
No, we haven’t quite seen them that strong in the current solar cycle.
But, back...
99% of space junk is undetectable. That could change soon
Private and military organizations are tracking some of the 170 million pieces of space junk orbiting the planet, but they’re limited to how small...
Astronomers calculate which exoplanets are most likely to have water
Astronomers know of about 60 rocky exoplanets orbiting in the habitable zones of their stars.
When they try to determine how habitable these planets might...
This planet is way too big for its star
Scientists love outliers.
Outliers are nature’s way of telling us what its boundaries are and where its limits lie.
Rather than being upset when an outlier...
Australian Space Agency revealed the name of Australia’s Moon rover: Roo-ver
Australia has chosen.
Roo-ver has secured a place in history as the name of Australia’s first lunar rover, which will launch to the Moon with...
An epic space odyssey: The 10-billion-year journey of a star to our galaxy’s black...
A new study has uncovered a fascinating story about a star's long journey through space.
Researchers have found a star, named S0-6, near the supermassive...
Europa clipper could help discover if Jupiter’s moon is habitable
Since 1979, when the Voyager probes flew past Jupiter and its system of moons, scientists have speculated about the possibility of life within Europa.
Based...