NASA’s Hubble images a starstruck galaxy
The irregular galaxy Arp 263 lurks in the background of this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, but the view is dominated by...
Astronomers witness a never-before-seen way to destroy a star
Have you ever wondered what happens when stars collide?
A group of international space scientists think they've figured out an exciting new answer.
Usually, bursts of...
NASA’s Hubble sees boulders escaping from asteroid Dimorphos
Ever wondered what happens when you hit an asteroid?
Thanks to NASA and the Hubble Space Telescope, we're getting a front-row seat to the space...
Scientists unravel the secrets of volcanism on ancient Venus
Scientists have made an exciting discovery about Venus, our planet Earth's closest planetary sibling.
Just like Earth, Venus is a rocky planet, but instead of...
Scientists discover surprisingly calm and remote galaxy cluster
Scientists have stumbled upon the most remote 'relaxed' galaxy cluster to date—making it the furthest we've seen that isn't being disrupted by hectic collisions...
First contact with aliens could end in colonization and genocide if we don’t learn...
We’re only halfway through 2023, and it feels already like the year of alien contact.
In February, President Joe Biden gave orders to shoot down...
Scientists detect stellar cradles and graves in the farthest galaxy ever
A group of astronomers has made some exciting observations of a galaxy, MACS0416_Y1, that's incredibly far away - 13.2 billion light-years to be exact!
This...
Astronomers discover a two-faced white dwarf star
In a first for white dwarfs, the burnt-out cores of dead stars, astronomers have discovered that at least one member of this cosmic family...
A dying red giant star has thrown out giant symmetrical loops of gas and...
The Gemini South telescope has captured a new image of the glowing nebula IC 2220.
Nicknamed the Toby Jug Nebula, this object got its name...
Perovskite solar cells could repair themselves in the vacuum of space
Researchers from Australia have made an exciting discovery about solar cells in space.
They found that perovskite solar cells, which were damaged by proton radiation...