Scientists found evidence of a nearby Kilonova 3.5 million years ago
Most of the times astronomers reported dramatic, cataclysmic events like neutron star mergers or the creation of a black hole; they are taking place...
How ancient stars created super-heavy elements
In a remarkable discovery, scientists have found that ancient stars were not just twinkling lights in the night sky but incredible factories that produced...
If our part of the universe is less dense, would that explain the Hubble...
In the 1920s, Edwin Hubble and Georges Lemaitre made a startling discovery that forever changed our perception of the Universe.
Upon observing galaxies beyond the...
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...