Webb telescope shows colors of the most distant star ever detected
We have a big telescope called the Hubble. For a long time, Hubble was the best at looking at far-off things in space.
In 2022,...
How gravitational waves could unlock the mystery of dark matter
Have you ever heard of dark matter?
It's one of space's biggest puzzles.
Even though it makes up about 85% of all the matter in the...
From a photo to a close-up: The exciting next steps in black hole exploration
Do you remember that impressive photo of a black hole we saw a few years ago?
That was a big deal! Now, the same scientists...
International Space Station was contaminated with chemicals not from the Earth
Imagine if the dust in your house had some chemicals that were more concentrated than what's usually found in most American or Western European...
NASA’s asteroid defense test: success with a surprise!
NASA, our space experts, recently tried a bold experiment.
They wanted to see if they could push an asteroid off its path, just in case...
City killers’ and half-giraffes: how many scary asteroids really go past Earth every year?
Asteroids are chunks of rock left over from the formation of our Solar System.
Approximately half a billion asteroids with sizes greater than four metres in...
Graphene could be a game changing material in space
Graphene has long been put forward as a wonder material.
Undeniably, it has astounding properties – stronger than steel, a better electrical conductor than copper,...
This bronze age arrowhead was made out of a meteorite
It’s sometimes hard to remember that meteorites have been hitting our planets for millions of years.
And some of them are made of valuable materials...
Two stars orbiting each other so closely they could fit inside the sun
Astronomers have discovered a pair of star-like objects orbiting each other extremely quickly, with an entire ‘year’ lasting just 1.9 Earth hours.
Catchily named ZTF...
How gas streamers feed triple baby stars, according to this study
New data reveals that three spiral arms of gas play a significant role in supplying material to three protostars forming in a trinary system,...