Scientists discover sun-like stars produce superflares every 100 years
The sun, our temperamental star, is known for its powerful solar storms.
These storms can cause dazzling auroras and even disrupt technology on Earth.
But could...
Webb weighs an early twin of the Milky Way
What was the Milky Way like billions of years ago?
One way we can find out is by looking at the most distant galaxies in...
How supermassive black holes in the early universe grew so fast
Not long ago, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) peered into Cosmic Dawn, the cosmological period when the first galaxies formed less than one...
Scientists unlock secrets of the sun’s history using Thallium decay
The sun, the powerhouse of life on Earth, generates its energy through nuclear fusion and constantly releases neutrinos—tiny particles that act as messengers of...
NASA thinks it knows why Ingenuity crashed on Mars
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter sent its final signals to Earth in the earlier part of the year.
Engineers have been studying these and have started to...
Scientists reveal firefly sparkle galaxy, a window into the universe’s first billion years
For the first time, scientists using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have discovered and measured the mass of a galaxy that existed...
Tidal steams of interstellar objects may flow through the Milky Way like braided rivers
We know that interstellar objects occasionally visit our solar system.
So far, we have only discovered two interstellar objects (ISOs), but that’s mainly because we...
Does life really need planets? Maybe not
Do we have a planetary bias when it comes to understanding where life can perpetuate? It’s only natural that we do. After all, we’re...
Zap! A black hole scores a direct hit with its jet
Most galaxies are thought to play host to black holes.
At the center of Centaurus A, a galaxy 12 million light years away, a jet...
Astronomers spot a black hole jet colliding with a mystery object
Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have made a fascinating discovery in a galaxy called Centaurus A (Cen A), located about 12 million light-years...