Scientists capture baby pictures of the universe
Astronomers have released the clearest and most detailed images ever of the universe when it was just a baby—only 380,000 years old.
These incredible "baby...
Mapping the asteroid belt: Where do meteorites come from?
For the first time, scientists are creating a geologic map of the asteroid belt—the region between Mars and Jupiter filled with rocky space objects.
By...
Scientists say strange gases could be signs of alien life
A group of scientists from the University of California, Riverside, has found a new and exciting way to search for alien life—by looking for...
Astronomers discover mysterious filaments near Milky Way’s center
Astronomers have made an exciting discovery near the center of our Milky Way galaxy—long, thin "space tornadoes" made of swirling gas.
These strange structures were...
Wolf-Rayet 104: The “pinwheel star” isn’t a death star after all
A dazzling star system once feared as a potential “Death Star” has turned out to be much less threatening than scientists once thought—and even...
Cosmic dark energy may be weakening, astronomers say, raising questions about the fate of...
The universe has been expanding ever since the Big Bang almost 14 billion years ago, and astronomers believe a kind of invisible force called...
Webb Telescope snaps first clear images of carbon dioxide outside solar system
For the first time, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured direct images of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of planets outside our...
Scientists discover oxygen in the most distant galaxy
Astronomers have discovered oxygen in the most distant known galaxy ever seen, named JADES-GS-z14-0.
This surprising finding is making scientists rethink how quickly galaxies formed...
Chang’e-6 samples reveal moon’s oldest impact basin formed 4.25 billion years ago
A major breakthrough in space science has revealed the age of the Moon’s biggest and oldest crater—the South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin.
Thanks to China’s Chang’e-6...
Could the Milky Way turn dangerous? Discovery of distant galaxy raises big questions
A stunning new discovery has revealed a massive spiral galaxy, located nearly 1 billion light-years away, that is doing something scientists didn’t think was...