New map of Milky Way reveals giant wave of stellar nurseries
Astronomers at Harvard University have discovered a monolithic, wave-shaped gaseous structure - the largest ever seen in our galaxy - made up of interconnected...
Astronomers pinpoint two new ‘Tatooine’ planetary systems
Astronomers announced Monday the first discovery made by NASA's TESS mission of a two-star planetary system.
Led by researchers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center...
The curious case of a star crash in a galaxy far, far away
The detection of two neutron stars colliding in space about five billion trillion kilometers away has left an international team of scientists scratching their...
Scientists develop new method to detect oxygen on exoplanets
Scientists have developed a new method for detecting oxygen in exoplanet atmospheres that may accelerate the search for life.
One possible indication of life, or...
A new infrared image reveals our galactic center’s most massive stars
A new panoramic image based on data captured by NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) shows the bustling center of our galaxy like...
Scientists capture the turbulent life of two supermassive black holes in galaxy crash
400 million light-years away from Earth, in the constellation of Ophiuchus, two galaxies are crashing into each other and forming a galaxy we know...
How fast the planet warms will be crucial for livability?
The world is warming … and fast.
The global average temperature has already risen by more than 1°C as a result of greenhouse gas emissions...
Astronomers find wandering massive black holes in dwarf galaxies
Astronomers seeking to learn about the mechanisms that formed massive black holes in the early history of the Universe have gained important new clues...
Scientists pin down timing of lunar dynamo’s demise
A conventional compass would be of little use on the moon, which today lacks a global magnetic field.
But the moon did produce a magnetic...
Research sheds light on the Moon’s dark craters
The next wave of robots to fly to Mars in 2020 could offer scientists an unprecedented understanding of Earth’s closest neighboring planet.
But there are...