Meteorite discovery changes what we know about Earth’s missing elements
For years, scientists have been puzzled about why Earth and Mars have fewer important elements like copper and zinc compared to ancient space rocks...
Astronomers discover the largest radio jet ever seen in the early universe
Astronomers have made an exciting discovery—a massive radio jet stretching 200,000 light-years across from a distant quasar.
This is the largest radio jet ever found...
Mysterious trenches on Uranus’ moon ariel may reveal its hidden secrets
Scientists have discovered that deep trenches on Uranus’ moon Ariel might be pathways for material from its interior to reach the surface.
These findings could...
This hot Jupiter probably formed close to its star
The current exoplanet census contains 5,832 confirmed candidates, with more than 7,500 still awaiting confirmation.
Of those that have been confirmed, most have been gas...
Mysterious fast radio burst challenges what scientists thought they knew
Last summer, astronomer Calvin Leung was excited to analyze data from a newly built radio telescope.
His goal was to pinpoint the exact location of...
Bullseye! Hubble spots ripples in space from a galaxy collision
What happens when one galaxy shoots a bigger galaxy right through the heart?
Like a rock thrown into a pond, the smashup creates a splash-up...
Gaia was right. It did find a planet.
The ESA’s Gaia mission mapped the positions and velocities of stars with extreme precision by measuring about one billion stars multiple times.
It created a...
NASA’s Hubble captures a distant supernova in Gemini
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of a faraway galaxy that recently hosted a supernova.
This galaxy, located about 600 million light-years...
How aliens might detect Earth: A new study on our signals to space
A team of scientists led by Dr. Sofia Sheikh from the SETI Institute has investigated a fascinating question:
If there were an alien civilization with...
White dwarfs pause their cooling, giving planets a second chance for habitability
When we first began searching for planets around other stars, one of the surprising discoveries was that there are planets orbiting white dwarfs.
The first...