Dynamic tracking technique can reduce noise in gravitational-wave detectors to peer deeper into the cosmos Researchers have shown that optical…
Five space mysteries Proba-3 will help solve ESA’s Proba-3 will be the first mission to create an artificial total solar…
New map of the universe uses gravitational waves to reveal hidden black holes and cosmic structure An international study led…
New approach uses observed local supervoid to give expansion of the universe an extra push and solve the Hubble tension…
Cosmological model proposes dark matter production during pre-Big Bang inflation As physicists continue their struggle to find and explain the…
How much are asteroids really worth? Popular media love talking about asteroid mining using big numbers. Many articles talk about…
Astronomers investigate the evolution of a supersoft X-ray source Using ESA’s XMM-Newton satellite and NASA’s Chandra spacecraft, German astronomers have…
Investigating how the biggest galaxies in the cosmos grew so quickly before dying Astronomers are closer than ever to working…
Transport phenomena and fundamental physics investigated in the microgravity of the ISS A paper published in Gravitational and Space Research…
Einstein predicted how gravity should work at the largest scales. And he was right, suggests new research When Albert Einstein…
WEAVE spectrograph uncovers dual nature of galaxy shock Using the set of first-light observations from the new William Herschel Telescope…
The dark energy pushing our universe apart may not be what it seems, scientists say Distant, ancient galaxies are giving…
Oldest direct evidence of hot water activity on Mars found New Curtin University-led research has uncovered what may be the…
Video: Our sun is the star in a new simulation NASA supercomputers are shedding light on what causes some of…
Chandra and Hubble tune into ‘flame-throwing’ Guitar Nebula Normally found only in heavy metal bands or certain post-apocalyptic films, a…
New DESI data shed light on gravity’s pull in the universe Gravity has shaped our cosmos. Its attractive influence turned…
The new Mars landing approach: How we’ll land large payloads on the Red Planet Back in 2007, I talked with…
Big Bang: Trump and Musk could redefine US space strategy Should NASA return to the moon, or go straight to…
A new way to detect daisy worlds The daisy world model describes a hypothetical planet that self-regulates, maintaining a delicate…
Solar wind power likely governs Uranus’ thermosphere temperature Uranus’s upper atmosphere has been cooling for decades—and now scientists have shown…
Northern lights: How the aurora borealis captivated 18th-century minds Since May this year, the aurora borealis (northern lights), has at…
Astronomers defy the zone of avoidance to find hundreds of new galaxies There is a region of the sky where…
A formula for life? New model calculates chances of intelligent beings in our universe and beyond The chances of intelligent…
A trash compactor is going to the space station Astronauts on the International Space Station generate their share of garbage,…
Hubble captures barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features NGC 1672, a barred spiral galaxy…
NASA astronauts won’t say which one of them got sick after almost eight months in space Three NASA astronauts whose…
Powerful new US-Indian satellite will track Earth’s changing surface Data from NISAR will improve our understanding of such phenomena as…
Image: Astronaut captures photo of Earth from the International Space Station Earth’s city lights streak by in this long-exposure photo…
Examining how stellar threats impact the habitable zone of exoplanets When we think of exoplanets that may be able to…
How many additional exoplanets are in known systems? One thing we’ve learned in recent decades is that exoplanets are surprisingly…
Webb confirms a longstanding galaxy model Perhaps the greatest tool astronomers have is the ability to look backward in time….
Chinese space station crew returns after six months in orbit A three-person Chinese crew returned to Earth early Monday after…
Learning more about supernovae through stardust Most of the diverse elements in the universe come from supernovae. We are, quite…
Black hole study challenges Kerr solution assumptions Black holes continue to captivate scientists: they are purely gravitational objects, remarkably simple,…
Astronomers predict the orbits of potentially hazardous comets from meteor showers Comets have long been seen as omens and portents,…
As Musk seeks to launch tens of thousands of Starlink satellites, space researchers urge caution Over 100 space researchers signed…
Innovative model offers new way for astronomers to analyze powerful space explosions Astrophysical explosions are, to give a few examples,…
Astronomers map ‘danger zones’ for planet-forming disks in star cluster Most stars form in collections, called clusters or associations, that…
NASA astronaut hospitalized after return from ISS A NASA astronaut who just returned from the International Space Station has been…
Boeing exploring sale of space business: report Boeing is exploring a possible sale of its space business as its new…
Ion engines could take us to the solar gravitational lens in less than 13 years, suggests paper Sending an object…
Discovery of carbon-storing molecules in a distant interstellar cloud may shed light on how our own solar system formed A…
Weather clears for SpaceX Crew-8 to head home to Florida The four members of the SpaceX Crew-8 mission climbed on…
NOAA releases imagery from world’s first operational space-based coronagraph NOAA today shared the first images from the Compact Coronagraph (CCOR-1),…
Betelgeuse Betelgeuse? Bright star Betelgeuse likely has a ‘Betelbuddy’ stellar companion One of the brightest stars in the night sky,…
Hubble captures a new view of galaxy M90 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the striking spiral galaxy Messier…
New research shows most space rocks crashing into Earth come from a single source The sight of a fireball streaking…
Physicists show that neutron stars may be shrouded in clouds of axions A team of physicists from the universities of…
A near-Earth microquasar emerges as a source of powerful radiation Modern astronomy has clung to the belief that the relativistic…
Space Force’s X-37B will perform ‘never before-seen maneuvers’ in orbit The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) has been shrouded in…
Sun reaches maximum phase in 11-year solar cycle In a teleconference with reporters on Tuesday, representatives from NASA, the National…
Asteroid-sample return mission enables researchers to conduct largest geophysical observation campaign of its kind The OSIRIS-REx project made history last…
In a first, Starship megarocket booster caught by SpaceX’s ‘chopsticks’ SpaceX successfully “caught” the first-stage booster of its Starship megarocket…
‘Killer electrons’: Lightning storms play cosmic pinball with space weather When lightning strikes, the electrons come pouring down. In a…
What’s behind the northern lights that dazzled the sky farther south than normal Another in a series of unusually strong…
Astronomers find Webb data conflict with reionization models Reionization is a critical period when the first stars and galaxies changed…
Scientists long urged NASA to search for signs of life near Jupiter; now it’s happening In 2015, Bill Nye was…
Hera probe heads off to see aftermath of DART’s asteroid impact The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft is on its…
Curiosity rover provides new insights into how Mars became uninhabitable NASA’s Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale crater on Mars, is…
NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will investigate whether an icy moon of Jupiter can support alien life Discovering extraterrestrial life would…
Nuclear rockets could travel to Mars in half the time, but designing the reactors that would power them isn’t easy…
The sun unleashes its strongest flare this cycle Yesterday the sun released a huge solar flare, and it’s heading toward…
X-rays advance understanding of Earth’s core-mantle boundary and super-Earth magma oceans Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator…
Investigating the statistical likelihood of triple star systems hosting exoplanets Why is it important to search for exoplanets in triple…
Webb researchers discover lensed supernova, confirm Hubble tension Measuring the Hubble constant, the rate at which the universe is expanding,…
Hubble captures stellar nurseries in majestic spiral galaxy IC 1954 This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features the…
Earth will have a temporary ‘mini moon’ for two months Earth’s moon will soon have some company—a “mini moon.” Go…
SpaceX launches rescue mission to return stranded astronauts A SpaceX rocket soared into the sky Saturday with two passengers on…
Ryugu samples call into question previous ideas about the formation of carbon-rich asteroids Asteroid Ryugu possibly did not travel as…
First lunar farside samples from Chang’e-6 mission analyzed A team of Chinese scientists has studied the first lunar farside samples…
Frozen in time: Rock fossils hint at Mars’s ancient climate Long ago, flowing wind and water shaped Mars’s malleable sand…
What happens to the climate when Earth passes through interstellar clouds? Noctilucent clouds were once thought to be a fairly…
Potential indicators of life on other planets can be created in a lab One way to understand the potential for…
Hubble lights the way with new multiwavelength view of galaxy NGC 1559 The magnificent galaxy featured in this NASA/ESA Hubble…
Exoplanets could be hiding their atmospheres Most of the exoplanets we’ve discovered orbit red dwarf stars. This isn’t because red…
Citizen science collaboration yields precise data on exoplanet WASP-77 A b A planet swings in front of its star, dimming…
Astronomers just detected the biggest black hole jets ever seen—and named them Porphyrion The largest known black hole jets, 23…
New cosmic distance catalog could unlock the mysteries of universe formation A new catalog providing information on millions of distant…
Astronomers discover new feature in exoplanet distribution that’s between the Neptunian Desert and Savanna Astronomers have uncovered the “Neptunian Ridge,”…
New video shows how tiny spacecraft will ‘swarm’ Proxima Centauri Earlier this year, NASA selected a rather interesting proposal for…
Cosmology is at a tipping point—we may be on the verge of discovering new physics For the past few years,…
Boeing ‘ran out of time’ on Starliner: astronaut stuck on ISS A US astronaut stuck on the International Space Station…
Stuck-in-space astronauts make first public comments since Boeing capsule left without them Stuck-in-space astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams said…
Combination and summary of ATLAS dark matter searches within 2HDM+a framework In the 1930s, Swiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky observed that…
Observational study supports century-old theory that challenges the Big Bang A Kansas State University engineer recently published results from an…
National lab takes its radiation expertise to space An experiment designed to answer questions about the radiation environment for manned…
Formation of super-Earths proven limited near metal-poor stars In a new study, astronomers report novel evidence regarding the limits of…
New measurements reveal the enormous halos that shroud all galaxies in the universe Have you ever wanted to make a…
Space travel comes with risk—SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission will push the envelope further than ever Space is an unnatural environment…
Massive merger: Study reveals evidence for origin of supermassive black hole at galaxy’s center The origins of aptly named supermassive…
BepiColombo’s best images yet highlight fourth Mercury flyby The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has successfully completed its fourth of six gravity…
NASA admits tension with Boeing over space rescue plan NASA admitted on Wednesday there was “tension” during meetings with Boeing…
NASA’s mini BurstCube mission detects its first gamma-ray burst The shoebox-sized BurstCube satellite has observed its first gamma-ray burst, the…
Q&A: Scientist discusses the MESSENGER mission to Mercury Twenty years ago, the MESSENGER mission revolutionized our understanding of Mercury. We…
Webb discovers six new ‘rogue worlds’ that provide clues to star formation Rogue planets, or free-floating planetary-mass objects (FFPMOs), are…
Data from space probes show that Alfvén waves drive the acceleration and heating of the solar wind By studying data…
NASA cuts 2 from next SpaceX flight to make room for astronauts stuck at space station NASA on Friday cut…
Observatory reveals key evidence of cosmic ray acceleration limit in W51 for first time The Large High Altitude Air Shower…
New algorithms could enhance autonomous spacecraft safety For humans throughout history, the sky has evoked thoughts of a vast emptiness,…
Dark matter could have helped make supermassive black holes in the early universe It takes a long time for supermassive…
