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...
Good News. The death star isn’t pointed towards us
It’s ok, Darth Vader hasn’t got our humble planet in his sights!
No this Death Star is a binary system where both stars are locked...
A Dyson swarm made of solar panels would make earth uninhabitable
As civilisations become more and more advanced, their power needs also increase.
It’s likely that an advanced civilisation might need so much power that they...
Scientists discover 2,674 dwarf galaxies with Euclid Telescope
For nearly two years, the Euclid space telescope, operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), has been capturing deep-space images to help scientists create...
Scientists discover the clearest baby picture of the universe
Scientists have taken the clearest-ever images of the universe when it was just 380,000 years old—essentially a baby picture of the cosmos.
This incredible discovery...