Astronomers may find a rare ‘black widow’ binary star system
The star system is likely older than the sun and is orbited by a far-off star.
Astronomers have discovered what could be a "black widow"...
Scientists find clues about how hot Jupiters form
Since the first hot Jupiter was discovered in 1995, astronomers have been trying to figure out how the searing-hot exoplanets formed and arrived in...
Scientists find a way to “see” invisible black holes
Astronomers may have discovered the first free-floating black hole in the Milky Way galaxy, thanks to a technique called gravitational microlensing.
With new observations,...
Scientists release first analysis of rocks plucked from speeding asteroid
After a six-year journey, a plucky spacecraft called Hayabusa2 zinged back into Earth’s atmosphere in late 2020 and landed deep in the Australian outback.
When...
NASA’s NuSTAR mission celebrates 10 years in space
Launched from a rocket strapped to the belly of an aircraft on June 13, 2012, NASA's NuSTAR mission is celebrating 10 years in space.
The...
Yoyo stars caused off-center bubbles of ionized gas, shows study
Astronomers have developed a new code to simulate the formation of a cluster of baby stars.
Comparison with the well-known real case of the Orion...
Astronomers detect rare and strange radio burst
Astronomers have found only the second example of a highly active, repeating Fast Radio Burst (FRB) with a compact source of weaker but persistent...
NASA’s Ingenuity has lost its sense of direction on Mars, but it’ll keep on...
NASA’s Ingenuity has lost its sense of direction on Mars, but it’ll keep on flying
Things are getting challenging for the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars.
The...
Salt may be the key to life on Earth and beyond
The composition of the atmosphere, especially the abundance of greenhouse gases, influences Earth’s climate.
Researchers at Purdue University, led by Stephanie Olson, assistant professor of...
Does a “mirror world of particles” explain the crisis in cosmology
The idea of a mirror universe is a common trope in science fiction.
A world similar to ours where we might find our evil doppelganger...