Diffuse inter-filament gas is likely a key fuel source for massive star formation Researchers from Kyushu University have discovered that…
NASA’s PUNCH sharpens solar storm forecasting in first test Using continuous imagery from NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona…
Rubin Observatory opens a deep window on a famous cosmic field A new Vera C. Rubin Observatory image featuring hundreds…
Webb reveals warped structure in nearby TW Hydrae’s protoplanetary disk Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers obtained high-contrast…
Solar wind stirs Mars’ upper atmosphere, boosting ion loss to space Our sun constantly releases a stream of high-speed charged…
Moonquakes could reveal ice buried beneath lunar south polar craters Finding water on the moon may only be a matter…
Probing binary stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud with the JWST The formation and evolution of individual stars in a…
Machine learning LDL-C equation comparable to original Martin-Hopkins A simplified machine learning-based low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) equation provides results that…
The future of the UK’s renowned Lovell radio telescope is in question after a funding cut Scientists have reacted with…
How NASA plans to build the Habitable Worlds Observatory We’ve been covering the journey of the Habitable Worlds Observatory for…
Gamma-ray pulsations reveal extreme 3.2-millisecond pulsar 3,900 light-years away By analyzing the data from NASA’s Fermi gamma-ray space telescope, Chinese…
SpaceX launches Starship on another test flight, this time with the most advanced Starlinks SpaceX’s mammoth Starship rocket blasted off…
Rocks from unexplored far side of the moon help rewrite lunar history Ancient samples from the moon’s far side are…
Could alien signals be hiding on a different radio channel? Astronomers searching for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence may have been…
Rescuing satellites is harder than it looks. A growing space junk problem will make doing so more important A commercial…
Electyrolyzer experiment designated ready-to-fly by NASA A Southwest Research Institute and University of Texas at San Antonio experiment has passed…
One idea, two cosmic mysteries—linking Little Red Dots and globular clusters A new study led by astronomers at The University…
How the sun goes to ‘sleep’ could reveal future space weather when it wakes Scientists have developed a new way…
NASA’s Psyche mission delivers Mars flyby data, time-lapse video The spacecraft aced its encounter with Mars. Now, mission scientists are…
FCC approves first launch for space reflector constellation Reflect Orbital moves ahead with the company’s first Eärendil launch amid concerns…
The starry night redux: Dark energy camera captures stars, nebulae, clusters, and more in a rich, van Gogh-esque scene The…
To measure a black hole’s ultimate spin, we have to go to space Despite their depiction as massive monsters that…
Are we missing the universe’s ‘noosignatures?’ Astrobiology has long been split into two camps: a search for “biosignatures” and a…
Most of the moon’s water likely remains chemically bound in its deep interior After decades of analyzing reams of lunar…
Gravitational waves reveal hidden populations within black hole mergers Since gravitational waves were first detected in 2015, instruments including LIGO,…
Could permanent magnets protect astronauts from solar storms? Shielding astronauts from the deadly radiation they face is a central challenge…
To ancient astronomers, Theta Eridani was brighter for 1,000 years—now we know why There’s a bit of a historical mystery…
Observing oscillations, flares and tornados on the sun For six and a half days in July 2024, the balloon-borne solar…
Primordial mini-moons may explain meteorite composition A new Southwest Research Institute-led study proposes a solution to a longstanding puzzle in…
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft wakes from its longest hibernation in good health Following its longest hibernation period ever of nearly…
How an interstellar comet sheds light on universe’s ‘cosmic noon’ Last year, an interstellar traveler entered our solar system. Some…
An island of calm at the violent heart of the galaxy Where would you go to watch a star being…
Planned 1.7 million satellites ‘devastating’ for astronomy: Study The 1.7 million satellites that companies are aiming to launch into Earth’s…
Hot Jupiter winds reveal exoplanet magnetic fields for first time Planets beyond our solar system can have magnetic fields similar…
Dynamic black holes may obey Hawking-style thermodynamics with an alternative entropy measure Of the known things in the universe, black…
LSST begins full operations with key contributions from Japanese researchers and engineers NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has officially begun…
Cosmic eruption caught in the act by submillimeter array’s new fastest response system On Jan. 26, 2026, the Submillimeter Array…
The rise of space AI might explain the Fermi paradox Artificial intelligence (AI) is continuing to have a disruptive impact…
The solar gravitational lens could map white dwarfs and black holes It feels like every few months we get to…
New millisecond pulsar discovered with the Murchison Widefield Array Using the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), astronomers have discovered a new…
Uranus, Neptune may be magma worlds, not ice giants Uranus and Neptune remain two of the most mysterious objects in…
Ancient stellar flyby may still be steering long-period comets today The Gaia mission has allowed researchers to understand the motions…
‘Fingerprints’ of black hole’s event horizon detected for first time Scientists have detected the “fingerprints” of a black hole’s event…
Hubble details early galaxy transforming neighborhood 1.4 billion years after Big Bang Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have found…
Making sense of Mars’ tiny moon Phobos Mars’ innermost moon, Phobos, has long puzzled planetary scientists, who have continually debated…
Mars-like conditions fail to kill some Earth pathogens, experiments suggest Microorganisms from our planet could survive on celestial bodies where…
Sonic booms from meteors can release the energy of hundreds of tons of TNT. Here’s how they work As humans,…
The Sun may not engulf Earth after all, scientists say Need some good news on a Friday after a long…
Long gamma-ray bursts may trace collapsing stars rather than neutron-star mergers Long-duration gamma-ray bursts are some of the most energetic…
Lava planet has hydrogen-rich, active atmosphere It’s 2158, and you’re chugging away on your Ph.D. in planetary volcanology from the…
Are alien probes hiding in our backyard? A new study says we’ve barely looked Even at this early stage in…
Venus’ strange rotation was likely triggered by a high-velocity, moon-sized impactor Venus’ bizarre and extraordinarily slow retrograde rotation on its…
The extraordinary physiological challenges facing amputee John McFall in space The UK Space Agency has announced an agreement with Vast—a…
South African telescope detects record‑breaking signal from the early universe Astronomers using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa have…
Meet REMORA: The autonomous space fleet built to tag and track asteroids To truly understand what an asteroid is made…
A look at the SpaceX IPO by the numbers Elon Musk is all about big numbers—millions, billions, even trillions—and there…
NASA’s CloudCube pioneers miniaturized radar to study clouds, precipitation A compact, multifrequency radar built by a team at NASA’s Jet…
NASA unveils Artemis III astronauts to test technology for a future moon landing NASA on Tuesday revealed the crew for…
Artemis II moon mission research continues on Earth Since NASA’s Artemis II crew members safely splashed down in the Pacific…
Mysterious signals keep coming from space: Astronomers find their ‘Rosetta stone’ A pair of stars spiraling around each other. That’s…
Smart surfaces face zero gravity test in boiling heat experiments A research team led by Davoud Jafari at the University…
Did this star eat its planets? A new study offers clues on ‘chemical paradox’ of a binary system Astronomers have…
Image: Colorful, chaotic Jupiter NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this color-enhanced view of Jupiter’s northern hemisphere during its 61st close flyby…
The next-generation Very Large Array prototype gathers its first light The Very Large Array, the iconic field of radio antennas…
How heavy can a neutron star get? The physics of neutron stars are almost too fantastic to believe: something the…
Roman telescope’s massive infrared mirror is ready to fly NASA has completed its final inspection of the primary mirror on…
A natural chemistry laboratory in protostar shock waves Life exists because elements combine to form complex organic molecules. Astrochemistry studies…
Is extracting oxygen from lunar soil the future of space exploration? A new race to the moon is emerging between…
Blue Origin investigates rocket explosion as public is warned about possible wreckage washing ashore Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is assessing…
Mineral clues in Gale Crater track ancient Mars climate change While NASA imagery has shown evidence of ancient rivers and…
The definitive census of multiple star systems within ten parsecs Our sun is a loner. It lacks a stellar companion…
Astrophysicists strike black gold with treasure trove of gravitational wave detections Researchers from the University of Glasgow’s Institute for Gravitational…
Supermassive black holes can render exoplanets uninhabitable at great distances The thinking around exoplanet habitability is mostly concerned with a…
Study shows how sunspot activity speeds up reentries It’s getting crowded up there. Over the past few years, the advent…
As corporations race for the stars, we need international collaboration on space governance The science academies of G7 member countries…
Just outside Jupiter, one region may have forged six meteorite parent bodies When the solar system formed, a disk of…
NASA’s AWE instrument completes mission to study Earth’s effect on space weather On May 21, ground controllers powered down NASA’s…
Neptune’s mysterious moon Nereid may be original survivor of Triton’s chaotic arrival Neptune’s far-flung moon Nereid may be the last…
AtLAST, a telescope that could reveal the missing half of the universe A new European-led telescope could map the dusty,…
Mars reveals first Zwan-Wolf effect deep in its atmosphere during a solar storm In December 2023, scientists looking at Mars…
Falling space debris poses an escalating risk as spacecraft get stronger and more heat resistant When it comes to space…
First outbursting hot subdwarf binary discovered An international team of astronomers has utilized the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) and the…
Customizable drinks could provide essential nutrients during space missions After the success of Artemis II, longer space journeys are expected,…
Spain gears up for August total solar eclipse Spain, one of the few places in the world where a total…
New UFO files offer no answers—but something is happening in the skies The US Government has released a new trove…
Study identifies geysers the JUICE mission could explore on Ganymede Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon, is also the solar system’s largest…
NASA fuel cell tests pave way for energy storage on the moon With a small blue crane, four researchers hoist…
Radio telescopes confirm 3.3-million-light-year halo in unusually quiet galaxy cluster Astronomers have employed the upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (uGMRT)…
Scientists trace latest interstellar comet’s home to a cold, isolated corner of the Milky Way The comet that rambled past…
Asteroid Apophis will skim past Earth in 2029, and a new joint mission plans to watch every change The European…
Ultrahigh-energy cosmic messengers may carry ultraheavy secrets There may be an ultraheavy explanation for the mystery surrounding the origins of…
How the rise of continents may have set the stage for life on Earth Earth’s earliest continents may have set…
CPR simulator for space use tracks the differences of blood flow in reduced gravity The new focus on manned missions…
We might have massively underestimated Io’s thermal output Io is a world of extremes. It is by far the most…
A bright moon may dim the Eta Aquarid meteor shower made up of Halley’s comet debris The Eta Aquarid meteor…
Solar radio bursts reveal hidden magnetic switchbacks near the sun, Parker Solar Probe data suggest Solar radio bursts are intrinsically…
NASA Laser Terminal enhances views during Artemis II mission Millions of people watched the historic launch of Artemis II and…
US–Indian space mission maps extreme subsidence in Mexico City One of the most powerful radar systems ever launched into space…
Drone radar reveals buried glaciers on Earth, guiding the search for water on Mars Understanding how to explore hidden glaciers…
Thinner than hair and stretchable like rubber, this new shield tackles a space-age problem in one layer Shielding materials are…
