Space & Future
Mystery deepens as giant exoplanet refuses to reveal where it was born
Astronomers have taken a closer look at a giant planet called Beta Pictoris b, hoping to solve one of the biggest mysteries in planetary...
Scientists heard the fireball no camera could see
What do you do when a fireball lights up the sky and every camera meant to capture it comes up empty?
Last spring, a bright...
Ancient interstellar comet gives us a rare look at the universe’s youth
An unusual visitor from deep space is helping scientists learn more about what the universe was like billions of years before our solar system...
How two stars work together to create brilliant supernova explosions
When a massive star reaches the end of its life, it explodes in a powerful event called a supernova.
These explosions are among the most...
Astronomers discover promising super Earth that could support life
A nearby planet that could potentially support life may be more Earth-like than scientists first believed.
New observations suggest the planet, called GJ 3378b, is...
Astronomers characterize improbable system shaped by brown dwarf
While studying planets beyond our Solar System (6,316 confirmed exoplanets and counting), scientists have discovered some very interesting systems.
Consider TOI-201, a compact system populated...
Nearby super Earth could host life after all
In 2024, astronomers detected a rocky exoplanet, GJ 3378b, orbiting a red dwarf sun just 25 light-years from Earth in the direction of the...
Scientists warn 1.7 million satellites could destroy our view of the night sky
The number of satellites orbiting Earth is growing at an incredible speed, and scientists say it could soon change the night sky forever.
A new...
Astronomers spot an extremely rare galaxy mega-merger
Scale in the universe is hard to understand from a purely human perspective.
Many times the math just doesn’t sit well with our brains that...
Mysterious black hole has been blasting powerful radio waves for over eight years
Astronomers have discovered a remarkable black hole that has been sending out powerful radio waves for more than eight years, something never seen before.
The...
An extended barrage of asteroid impacts made Earth too hot to form continents
The formation of continents was an important step in Earth's history.
Continents and plate tectonics are connected to the planet's habitability, and the same is...
How A Giant Planet Escaped Its Star’s Death and Lived to Tell the Story
A giant planet that orbits a dead star has surprised scientists once again.
New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggest the planet...
Deep Space
Scientists retrace asteroid’s long one-way trip to Earth
Scientists have reconstructed the 22-million-year journey of an asteroid through the Solar System to its impact on Earth.
The research on the flight path of...
The first space war is here: Find out how the next one may play...
Wars in space are no longer just science fiction.
In fact, Space War I has been raging for more than two years, with no quick...
The case for a small universe
The Universe is big, as Douglas Adams would say.
The most distant light we can see is the cosmic microwave background (CMB), which has taken...
New NASA telescope mission may help scientists find 1400 new planets
A new study from at The Ohio State University suggests that a new NASA telescope mission will help scientists find as many as 1,400...
Ancient blazar discovery suggests early universe had more supermassive black holes
Scientists have discovered the oldest and most distant blazar ever seen, named J0410–0139.
This powerful object is located 12.9 billion light-years away and provides a...