Aerospace

Astronomers capture rare glimpse of a baby planet forming around a young star

Astronomers have made a rare and unexpected discovery: a newborn planet caught in the act of forming around a young star that resembles our...

From the south pole to the stars: Scientists trace elusive cosmic ghosts

For more than a century, scientists have been puzzled by the origins of cosmic radiation—the constant shower of high-energy particles like electrons, protons, and...

Jupiter’s mysterious core: Giant impacts may not be the answer

Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, has always been full of surprises. One of the biggest mysteries lies at its heart. Instead of...

Astronomers accidentally discover hidden radiation around a supermassive black hole

Astronomers have made an extraordinary discovery by accident: they found millimeter radiation being produced right near the heart of a supermassive black hole. This breakthrough,...

Scientists find 300 mysterious objects in the universe

In a new study, scientists looked deep into the universe and found something unexpected. Using infrared images taken from NASA’s powerful James Webb Space Telescope...

Astronomers captured a century of change in a dying star 4,000 light years away

For the first time in history, astronomers have directly followed the slow death of a star over more than a century. Their findings show that...

Astronomers detect the brightest fast radio burst ever seen

For just a split second, a mysterious flash of radio energy lit up the sky so brightly that it briefly outshone every radio source...

Why a faraway star nearly disappeared for eight months

Astronomers often watch stars fade away as they reach the end of their lives, but one star in our galaxy gave scientists an unusual...

Asteroid Bennu holds 4.5-billion-year-old secrets of our Solar System

Asteroid Bennu, the focus of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, has turned out to be far more than just a space rock. Samples recently brought back to...

What is the Moon made of (hint it’s not cheese)

A set of instruments shut off almost 50 years ago are still producing useful results. It’s the seismometers left by the Apollo missions to monitor...