Webb Telescope unveils rare galaxy collision from 7 billion years ago
Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a rare and intriguing cosmic formation that looks like a question mark in space.
This shape...
Scientists discover iron winds on an ultra-hot exoplanet
A team of astronomers, including scientists from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the PlanetS National Center of Competence in Research, has made an...
A strange planet shakes up ideas about how planets form
A team of researchers led by Lund University in Sweden has discovered a small planet with unusual behavior that challenges what scientists know about...
A surprise asteroid lit up the sky over the Philippines
With all of humanity’s telescopic eyes on the sky, it’s rare for an asteroid to take us by surprise.
But that’s what happened this morning...
Dark oxygen could change our understanding of habitability
The discovery of dark oxygen at an abyssal plain on the ocean floor generated a lot of interest. Could this oxygen source support life...
How gravitational waves could help detect Star Trek-style warp drive spaceships
How much do we really know about what else is out there in the universe?
Let's take an outlandish example.
If there were aliens flying around...
Europe is sending a drill to the Moon to search for water
The Moon has been a source of interest of late largely due to the focus on getting humans back to the Moon.
Future human explorers...
Massive asteroid impact shifted the axis of solar system’s biggest moon
Around 4 billion years ago, a massive asteroid struck Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon, causing it to shift its axis, according to a new study...
This ancient galaxy merger will produce a very luminous quasar
In the contemporary Universe, massive galaxies are plentiful. But the Universe wasn’t always like this.
Astronomers think that galaxies grew large through mergers, so what...
Double-peaked supernovae unravel new cosmic mysteries
Recent research is shedding light on the mysterious double-peaked supernovae, offering valuable insights into how massive stars evolve and eventually explode.
These findings could help...