Space & Future

NASA detects powerful gamma rays from a rare “supercharged” supernova

Astronomers have made an exciting discovery that could change how we understand some of the most powerful explosions in the universe. Using data from NASA’s...

Tiny galaxies around the Milky Way may reveal what the infant universe was really...

Astronomers are turning to some of the smallest galaxies in the universe to answer one of the biggest questions in science: what was the...

Scientists discover a new way to spot alien life by looking for hidden patterns

For many years, scientists searching for life beyond Earth have focused on one main question: what kinds of molecules should they look for on...

Ancient galactic crash may have reshaped the Milky Way 11 billion years ago

The Milky Way may have gone through a violent cosmic collision billions of years ago that dramatically changed the structure of our galaxy, according...

Scientists discover exploding star material hidden in Antarctic Ice

Scientists studying ancient Antarctic ice have discovered new evidence that Earth is currently traveling through a cloud of material left behind by long-dead stars. An...

Scientists discover strange “toothpaste-like” space effect deep in Mars’s atmosphere

Scientists studying Mars have discovered a surprising atmospheric phenomenon that was previously only known to exist around Earth. The discovery could change how researchers understand...

Iron and ice: Earth’s passage through the interstellar cloud

Iron-60 is a radioactive isotope of iron that's found in Antarctic ice and in deep-sea crusts. It's only source is nucleosynthesis in the cataclysmic explosive...

Jupiter’s moon Ganymede may still be building its heart of metal

Jupiter’s moon Ganymede is already famous for being the largest moon in the solar system. At more than 3,200 miles wide, it is even...

Scientists find a new way to listen to the “ringing” of black holes

When two black holes crash into each other, the event is one of the most violent and powerful collisions in the universe. The two objects...

Astrophysicists use ‘space archaeology’ to trace the history of a spiral galaxy

Billions of years ago, a young spiral galaxy began to grow in a crowded part of the universe. It pulled in gas and small companion...

Scientists solve a cosmic mystery hidden inside the Perseus galaxy cluster

An international team of scientists has uncovered new clues about how stars lived and died billions of years ago by studying one of the...

Scientists may have detected signs of dark matter in black hole collisions

Dark matter is one of the biggest mysteries in modern science. Astronomers believe it makes up most of the matter in the universe, yet nobody...

Deep Space

Scientists record last moments of a star devoured by supermassive black hole

A rare blast of light, emitted by a star as it is sucked in by a supermassive black hole, has been spotted by scientists...

Unraveling the mysteries of a luminous quasar, J1144

The most luminous quasar, known as SMSS J114447.77-430859.3 or simply J1144, has been observed in X-ray emissions. This observation provides a fresh understanding of how...

Scientists predict a large sunspot for Thanksgiving

Scientists at the National Solar Observatory have predicted the emergence of a new sunspot group just in time for Thanksgiving. Using a technique called helioseismology,...

NASA thinks it knows why Ingenuity crashed on Mars

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter sent its final signals to Earth in the earlier part of the year. Engineers have been studying these and have started to...

New study uncovers evidence of ancient comet airburst

A new study reveals compelling evidence supporting the Younger Dryas Impact hypothesis, which suggests that a fragmented comet collided with Earth's atmosphere 12,800 years...