This bizarre exoplanet breaks all the orbital rules
In our solar system, the planetary orbits all have a similar orientation.
Their orbital planes vary by a few degrees, but roughly the planets all...
Scientists discover rare tidal disruption event in nearby galaxy
Scientists at MIT have made a fascinating discovery about a new "tidal disruption event" (TDE) that happened close to Earth.
This event occurs when a...
Exploded stars can pose greater threat to nearby planets than previously thought, shows study
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has found that a phase of intense X-rays from an exploded star can pose a greater risk to planets in...
These two massive touching stars will eventually collide as black holes
Scientists find two massive stars in a neighboring dwarf galaxy, which are orbiting each other and swapping material with each other.
Asteroid’s comet-like tail is not made of dust, shows NASA study
A weird asteroid has just gotten a little weirder.
We have known for a while that asteroid 3200 Phaethon acts like a comet.
It brightens and...
How to land on a planet safely?
When a lander descends toward the moon – or a rocky planet, asteroid, or comet – the exhaust plume of the rocket interacts with...
Medium-sized black holes eat stars like messy toddlers
If they exist, intermediate-mass black holes likely devour wayward stars like a messy toddler — taking a few bites and then flinging the remains...
Astronomers solve the 60-year mystery of quasars
Scientists have unlocked one of the biggest mysteries of quasars – the brightest, most powerful objects in the Universe – by discovering that they...
Scientists discover most distant cluster of galaxies at the edge of the Universe
Astronomers have looked back in time to the early beginnings of the universe, a mere 650 million years after the Big Bang, and observed...
The first light in the universe helps build a dark matter map
In the 1960s, astronomers began noticing a pervasive microwave background visible in all directions.