Astronomers discover clues about stellar ‘glitching’
Stars that experience structural "glitches" during their lifetimes may be more common than first thought.
Astronomers have found a way to peer into the physics...
These two exoplanets may be mostly water, shows study
A team led by UdeM astronomers has found evidence that two exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf star are “water worlds,” planets where water makes...
Largest earthquake on Mars revealed possible past meteoroid impact
The quake lasted four hours and identified layering in the crust that could indicate a meteoroid impact.
The 4.7 magnitude temblor happened in May 2022...
A black hole has been burping for 100 million years
Black holes are gluttonous behemoths that lurk in the center of galaxies.
Almost everybody knows that nothing can escape them, not even light.
So when anything...
Webb telescope reaches new milestone in its search for distant galaxies
Astronomers have reported the discovery of the earliest galaxies ever confirmed in our Universe.
This ‘hell planet’ orbits its star every 17.5 hours
New technology has helped astronomers follow the fiery trail of the so-called “hell planet.”
It’s an exoplanet located 40 light years from Earth and nicknamed...
A NASA spacecraft will soon enter Earth’s atmosphere at nearly 25,000 mph. What will...
Sunday at around 10:40 a.m. MT, NASA’s Orion spacecraft will splash down in the Pacific Ocean after its several week-long journey to the moon...
A trip to the sun could reveal “ultralight” dark matter if it exists
Sending an atomic clock onboard a spacecraft to fly close to the sun might be the trick to uncovering the nature of dark matter,...
Astronomers discover enigmatic cosmic explosion
Gamma-ray bursts are the most powerful explosions in the Universe, resulting from either collapsing stars or from the collision of two compact stellar remnants.
Scientists reveal the messy death of a star
Around 2500 years ago, a star ejected most of its gas, forming the beautiful Southern Ring Nebula, NGC 3132, chosen as one of the...