Space & Future

Scientists bend space-time to create flashes of light from nothing

In a breakthrough that sounds almost like magic, scientists have discovered a way to create flashes of light that seem to come from nowhere...

Astronomers find hidden dark matter bridge in the Perseus cluster

Astronomers have finally solved a cosmic mystery that has puzzled scientists for decades. Using powerful observations from the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii, an international research...

Webb confirms the coldest planet ever found. It’s orbiting a white dwarf

In 2020, astronomers detected WD 1856+534 b, a gas giant that orbits a star 81 light-years from Earth. This exoplanet, which is roughly six times...

Young stars grow their planet-making disks in a surprising way

A new study is changing the way scientists think about how young stars and planets form. Led by Professor Paolo Padoan from the Institute of...

How dying stars may forge heavy elements in powerful cosmic jets

Scientists have long puzzled over how the heaviest elements on the periodic table—like uranium and plutonium—are formed. Now, researchers led by Los Alamos National Laboratory...

Almost a quarter of all lunar ejecta eventually hits Earth

The Moon's surface is covered by impact craters, ranging from microscopic pits to massive basins over 1,000 kilometres across. These craters formed primarily during the...

New solar camera captures stunning details of the sun from Hawaii’s mountaintop

A powerful new solar instrument has just taken its first high-resolution images of the sun, offering scientists a closer look at solar activity than...

Scientists discover super-Earths are common far from their stars

A new study led by astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has revealed that planets larger than Earth—known as...

Jupiter’s atmosphere is a wild place

The weather gets a little wild and weird on Jupiter. How wild? Spacecraft instruments have measured strong winds, tracked fierce lightning, and found huge methane...

Why Webb may never be able to find evidence of life on another world

The exoplanet K2-18b is generating headlines because researchers announced what could be evidence of life on the planet. The JWST detected a pair of atmospheric...

Mysterious galaxy without dark matter challenges what we know about the universe

Astronomers have discovered a rare kind of galaxy that seems to be missing one of the universe’s most important ingredients: dark matter. Using powerful telescopes...

Scientists warn: Moon dust could threaten future astronauts

New research using moon rocks from the Apollo missions has revealed hidden dangers facing future astronauts. The study, published in Scientific Reports and led by...

Deep Space

The lunar surface remelted, obscuring an easy answer to its true age

How old is the Moon? Astronaut-gathered samples from the lunar surface put its age at about 4.35 billion years. However, other evidence suggests it’s much...

Scientists may find a runaway supermassive black hole

Astronomers say they may have found evidence of a “runaway” black hole, a discovery that would prove a theory that originated five decades ago. Yale...

Scientists unveil secrets of tiny asteroid after Niagara fireball event

In an extraordinary study, scientists from Western University and Lowell Observatory have revealed the details of a small asteroid, 2022 WJ1, which exploded over...

Astronomers find a nearby star that a spitting image of a young sun

Our Sun is about 4.6 billion years old. We know that from models of Sun-like stars, as well as through our observations of other stars...

Astronomers are working to put a radio telescope on the far side of the...

The Moon will be a popular destination for space programs worldwide in the coming years. By 2025, NASA’s Artemis III mission will land the first...