Space & Future
Martian landforms look just like Earth’s—And that’s a big deal
Mars may be dry, dusty, and far from hospitable today, but new research suggests it once shared more in common with Earth than we...
NASA’s Webb Telescope uncovers secrets of a hot, mysterious exoplanet
Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have taken a major step toward understanding a puzzling type of planet called a “sub-Neptune.”
These planets don’t...
It’s either the Milky Way’s farthest known star cluster or the smallest known galaxy.
How do you distinguish a galaxy from a mere cluster of stars?
That's easy, right?
A galaxy is a large collection of millions or billion of...
Scientists found a potential sign of life on a distant planet: why many are...
A team of astronomers announced on April 16, 2025, that in the process of studying a planet around another star, they had found evidence...
Ancient Egyptians painted the Milky Way in their artwork
The Milky Way may have been painted across ancient Egyptian coffins thousands of years ago—and now, one scientist believes he’s found the evidence.
Dr. Or...
Scientists detect strongest clues yet of alien life on a distant planet
Astronomers have detected the most promising signs so far of possible life beyond our solar system.
Using the powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an...
Spinning star may have cracked a giant galactic “bone”
Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and powerful radio telescopes have likely solved a cosmic mystery—what caused a dramatic break in a massive structure...
How sound waves could help track space junk and meteors
Every year, Earth is bombarded with objects from space—some natural, like meteoroids, and others manmade, like space junk.
Most burn up harmlessly in the atmosphere,...
Some ‘Star Wars’ stories have already become reality
Just 48 short years ago, movie director George Lucas used the phrase "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" as the...
Cosmic surprise: Baby stars are greedier than we thought!
A new discovery is changing how scientists think about how stars and planets are formed. When a star is born, it’s usually surrounded by...
Astronomers observe dark matter bridge in the Perseus Cluster
Galaxy clusters are among the largest structures in the Universe, composed of thousands of galaxies bound together by mutual gravity.
Like galaxies, they grow through...
Soviet-era Venus mission to reenter in May
It’s one straight out of the history books. After over 50 years in space, the late Soviet Union’s Kosmos-482 mission is set to reenter...
Deep Space
Scientists reveal the secrets of dark-matter-free galaxies
A team led by astronomers at the University of California, Riverside, has found that some dwarf galaxies may today appear to be dark-matter free...
Venus was once more Earth-like, but climate change made it uninhabitable
We can learn a lot about climate change from Venus, our sister planet.
Venus currently has a surface temperature of 450℃ (the temperature of an...
Pluto’s atmosphere is disappearing, shows study
When Pluto passed in front of a star on the night of August 15, 2018, a Southwest Research Institute-led team of astronomers had deployed...
Mars may be too small to hold large amounts of water for life, shows...
Water is essential for life on Earth and other planets, and scientists have found ample evidence of water in Mars’ early history.
But Mars has...
Scientists set new limits on dark matter’s mysterious lifetime
Dark matter is one of the greatest mysteries in the universe.
Scientists believe it makes up most of the mass in the cosmos, yet they...