A mysterious Russian satellite whose mission is unknown has come crashing down in Earth’s orbit, creating a dangerous cloud of debris that travels rapidly around…
How to exceed the speed of light?
Unfortunately, it is impossible for any object with mass to travel faster than the speed of light according to the laws of physics. To exceed…
A planet almost exactly the size of Earth has been found 72 light-years away
We’ve just found an exoplanet almost exactly the same size as Earth orbiting a small star not too far away. It’s called K2-415b, and its…
How will our Sun collapse?
Our Sun is a main sequence star, which is a type of star that is in a stable state of fusion and will continue to…
Astronomers discovered an exoplanet 31 light years away from Earth that could be habitable
A team of experts from the Max Planck Institute in Germany found it and named it Wolf 1069b. It is similar in size to the…
Hubble telescope directly measures the mass of a white dwarf for the first time
A view of LAWD 37 as seen by Hubble. Image: NASA, ESA, P. McGill (Univ. of California, Santa Cruz and University of Cambridge), K. Sahu…
Scientists reproduced a gravity field 1,000 times stronger than Earth’s gravity
Solar activity associated with space weather can cause fluctuating electrical currents in space, directly impacting Earth’s electrical grid and energizing electrons and protons trapped in…
Astronomers detect 25 radio bursts that mysteriously repeat themselves throughout the universe
Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are one of the most powerful and enigmatic astronomical phenomena known. Like gravitational waves (GW) and gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), fast radio…
NASA wants to conquer deep space: its new propulsion system promises to help meet that challenge
The first thing is that the human being returns to the Moon. That is the goal of the Artemis program. Then probably Mars. But at…
Ongoing collision between at least three galaxy clusters
Astronomers have captured a spectacular ongoing collision between at least three galaxy clusters, combining NASA’s Chandra Observatory, ESA’s XMM-Newton Observatory, and three radio telescopes. Collisions…