The mother of all meteor showers could threaten satellites
Shortly after astronomers detected asteroid 2024 YR4 on December 27, 2024, they realized it posed no threat to Earth.
But it still might impact the...
New NASA telescope could reveal hidden clues about dark matter
Next year, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch—and scientists believe it could change everything we know about dark matter, the...
Planet factories may be running on empty sooner than we thought
A new international study has revealed that planet-forming disks around young stars lose their gas much faster than their dust, challenging long-standing ideas about...
NASA’s Hubble uncovers a dusty mystery on Uranus’s moons
Scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope set out to study how Uranus’s magnetic field interacts with its largest moons—but instead, they stumbled upon a...
Stunning new image reveals baby stars hidden in dark cloud
A new image taken by the powerful Dark Energy Camera (DECam) has revealed a breathtaking view of one of the closest star-forming regions to...
How tiny dust grains become planets: A new clue from the cosmos
Scientists have just made an exciting discovery that helps explain one of the biggest mysteries in astronomy—how planets like Earth begin to form.
Using the...
‘Bunny ears’ in space: Astronomers uncover strange secrets of a jellyfish galaxy
Astronomers have uncovered surprising new details about a galaxy that looks like a jellyfish—and even sports a pair of strange “bunny ears.”
This galaxy, named...
Why the moon glitters with ancient glass beads
When Apollo astronauts walked on the moon in the 1970s, they made all kinds of unexpected discoveries.
One of the most surprising was the sight...
Surprise volcano on Mars could reveal clues about ancient life
Scientists have discovered that a large mountain on the edge of Mars’ Jezero Crater is likely a volcano—a finding that could transform what we...
The Moon is covered in tiny orange glass beads. Now we know why.
When Apollo astronauts first set foot on the lunar surface, they expected to find grey rocks and dust.
What they didn't anticipate was discovering something...