Scientists reveal mysterious dashes in our Milky Way galaxy’s center
New radio telescope images reveal hundreds of filaments along the galactic plane, each measuring 5 to 10 light-years in length.
These structures likely originated a...
Scientists harness ‘tractor beam’ technology to zap space junk
Imagine two satellites crashing into each other at incredible speeds high above the Siberian Peninsula.
That's what happened on February 10, 2009, when a discarded...
The surprising link between red dwarf stars and alien life: a missing ingredient for...
The dearth of Jupiters suggests that potentially habitable, Earth-like planets might not readily emerge around red dwarf stars.
Scientists confirm the faintest galaxy ever seen in the early universe
After the Big Bang, the universe expanded and cooled sufficiently for hydrogen atoms to form.
In the absence of light from the first stars...
One spacecraft could visit all of Saturn’s inner large moons
If you've ever played Kerbal Space Program, you know how difficult it can be to get your spacecraft into the orbit you want.
It's even...
Why do rocks in the Kuiper Belt come in all colors of the rainbow?...
Imagine our Solar System as a big neighborhood. At the far end of it, just past Neptune's orbit, lies a massive icy zone known as the Kuiper Belt.
Astronomers find the last three planets the Kepler telescope observed before going dark
Astronomers have discovered what may be the last planets that Kepler gazed upon before going dark.
Surprising discoveries about black hole jets challenge existing theories
Scientists have made a remarkable breakthrough in understanding black hole jets, powerful streams of particles emitted by black holes.
One-third of galaxy’s most common planets could be in habitable zone, shows study
Our familiar, warm, yellow sun is a relative rarity in the Milky Way.
By far the most common stars are considerably smaller and cooler, sporting...
When black holes merge, they’ll ring like a bell
When two black holes collide, they don’t smash into each other the way two stars might.
A black hole is an intensely curved region of...