Astronomers discover new feature in exoplanet landscape: The Neptunian Ridge
Astronomers have recently uncovered a new and intriguing feature in the distribution of exoplanets, called the "Neptunian Ridge."
This discovery, made by an international team...
Earth once had a ring like Saturn, shows study
In an exciting discovery, scientists have found evidence suggesting that Earth may have had a ring system similar to Saturn’s about 466 million years...
What happens to the climate when Earth passes through interstellar clouds
Noctilucent clouds were once thought to be a fairly modern phenomenon.
A team of researcher have recently calculated that Earth and the entire Solar System...
Astronomers find the longest black hole jets ever seen
Black holes often appear in science fiction movies, largely because elements of their existence are still a mystery.
They have fascinating impacts on the surrounding...
The early universe had a lot of black holes
The Hubble Deep Field and its successor, the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field, showed us how vast our Universe is and how it teems with galaxies...
Did Mars once have a third, larger moon
We are all familiar with our one Moon but other planets have different numbers of moons; Mercury has none, Jupiter has 95 and Mars...
Early dark energy could resolve two of the biggest mysteries in cosmology
Of all the mysteries facing astronomers and cosmologists today, the “Hubble Tension” remains persistent!
This term refers to the apparent inconsistency of the Universe’s expansion...
Cosmology is at a tipping point—we may be on the verge of discovering new...
For the past few years, a series of controversies have rocked the well-established field of cosmology.
In a nutshell, the predictions of the standard model...
Scientists save 47 years old of Voyager 1 from disaster with daring thruster fix
NASA engineers have successfully solved a tricky issue with Voyager 1's thrusters, which are crucial to keeping the spacecraft pointed at Earth.
After 47 years...
Astronomers discover giant new planet in the Great Bear constellation
Astronomers from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun have made an exciting discovery—a giant planet in the constellation of the Great Bear.
This massive planet, with...