An ancient asteroid 20 times larger than the one that wiped out the dinosaurs could hit Jupiter’s moon Ganymede New research suggests that Jupiter’s moon…
Vintage NASA photos full of space firsts
The first US spacewalk took place in 1965 during the Gemini 4 mission. Astronaut James McDivitt took this dramatic photo of fellow astronaut Ed White…
Astrophysicists may have found the source of the mysterious “Wow!” signal.
The signal was recorded in 1977 and was initially thought to be an extraterrestrial transmission. On August 15, 1977, the Big Ear Observatory in Ohio…
Gravitational waves hint at the Big Bang’s “super cool” secret
In 2023, physicists were surprised to discover almost imperceptible ripples in the fabric of space and time that form the unified body known as spacetime.…
A giant exoplanet the size of two Jupiters has a hidden companion that disrupts its orbit
Scientists have discovered that a distant “hot Jupiter” has a planetary companion. The two planets perform a rhythmic dance around the star TOI-1408, 455 light-years…
Hubble Discovers Cluster of Emission Nebulae in the Large Magellanic Cloud
This active region of old and new stars is located about 160,000 light-years away in the constellation Cervus. This complex cluster of emission nebulae, known…
New simulation sheds light on the destruction of stars by supermassive black holes
Monash University astronomers have contributed to a groundbreaking breakthrough in understanding the dramatic fate of stars that get too close to the supermassive black hole…
Astronomers find that galaxies in denser environments are up to 25% larger than those in less dense regions
Using Yale University’s supercomputers, a team of astronomers has found for the first time that galaxies in denser environments in the universe are up to…
Baby planets reveal hiding places
New analysis of archival data reveals the presence of shocked gas in the protoplanetary disk surrounding the young star TW Hydra. The discovery suggests the…
Research team releases global color image dataset and 76 meter/pixel map of Mars
Remote sensing images of Mars contain extensive information about its surface morphology, topography, and geological structure. This data is the basis for scientific research and…