NASA’s TESS finds eight more super-earths
NASA’s Kepler spacecraft has discovered most of the confirmed exoplanets that we know of.
But its successor, TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite), is catching up.
New...
Black holes feed faster than we thought, shows study
There's a big shake-up happening in the world of space science.
A group of smart folks at Northwestern University, backed by the U.S. National Science...
NASA’s space telescope spots a sizzling solar system with seven planets
NASA's Kepler space telescope may be retired, but it's still a gift that keeps on giving!
Scientists looking at old Kepler data have found an...
Buzzing wearable gadget could help astronauts find their way in space
Imagine floating in space where up and down don’t mean much, and the usual ways we tell left from right don’t work.
This can be...
Old data from Kepler turns up a system with seven planets
NASA’s Kepler mission ended in 2018 after more than nine years of fruitful planet-hunting. The space telescope discovered thousands of planets, many of which...
White dwarfs could support life. So where are all their planets?
Astronomers have found plenty of white dwarf stars surrounded by debris disks.
Those disks are the remains of planets destroyed by the star as it...
Devastating clouds of dust helped end the reign of the dinosaurs
When a giant meteor crashed into Earth 66 million years ago, the impact pulverized cubic kilometers of rock and blasted the dust and debris...
Jupiter looks bizarre in Hubble’s new ultraviolet image
Jupiter has gone pastel!
Check out this ultra-cool image of Jupiter taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
This is a color composite picture of Jupiter seen...
Scientists uncover secrets of the early universe with Webb Telescope
Did you know we can look back in time?
Not by building a time machine, but by gazing into the vast universe through powerful telescopes.
Recently,...
Earth’s hidden scar: How the moon’s creation shaped our planet’s heart
Around 4.5 billion years ago, something dramatic happened in our solar system.
Earth, which was still in its early stages of formation, experienced a massive...