Scientists Simulate a Neutron Star Collision and Watch a Black Hole Jet Emerge
In the deep silence of space, where time stretches and matter bends under immense gravity,...
Water Older Than the Sun Found Around a Baby Star
Far beyond the glare of city lights, nestled deep in the constellation Taurus some 460...
Earth-Sized Telescope Network Captures Sharpest Image of Distant Black Hole Jet
On a rocky plateau in South Africa’s remote Karoo region, 64 radio dishes stand vigil...
Astronomers Uncover How Gas and Dust Evolve Differently in Planet Birth Zones
High above the Chilean desert, nestled among the jagged Andes peaks of the Atacama Plateau,...
Dust Grains Ride Stellar Winds to Build Planets in Deep Space
In a quiet pocket of space, 450 light-years from Earth, a pair of infant stars...
Astronomers Are Using Warped Light and Space Vibrations to Unlock Deep Cosmic Secrets
It begins with a shimmer—a warped sliver of light, bent by the invisible gravity of...
Three Blazing Giant Planets Found Racing Around Distant Suns
When NASA launched the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) in 2018, it had one primary...
This Martian Mountain Could Hold the Secrets to Ancient Life on Mars
When NASA's Perseverance rover touched down on the dusty floor of Jezero Crater in February...
This Jellyfish Galaxy Is Fighting to Keep Its Stars in a Cosmic Windstorm
In the vast darkness more than 300 million light-years away, a galaxy is being reshaped...
James Webb Uncovers the Secret Life of Space-Born Molecules
The vast expanse of space is far from serene. It’s a chaos of radiation, cosmic...
Moon Beads Reveal a Fiery Volcanic Past Hidden for Billions of Years
When the Apollo astronauts set foot on the Moon in the late 1960s and early...
The Sun’s Outer Atmosphere Is Wilder Than We Thought
High above our planet, orbiting aboard the International Space Station, a sleek new instrument has...
Astronomers Uncover New Secrets of SS 433, the First Microquasar Ever Discovered
In the quiet observatories nestled among Russia’s Crimean hills and the snow-lined ridges of the...
Supernova Explosions May Have Triggered Ancient Climate Shifts
In the vast darkness of the cosmos, stars live long lives, but even they are...
Webb Telescope Captures Chilling Portrait of a Rogue Planet in a Chaotic Star System
Somewhere in the Milky Way, just 60 light-years from Earth, a cold and lonely giant...
The Monster Black Hole That Spins Faster Than Anything in the Universe
Imagine a cosmic predator, so massive that it can swallow entire stars, twisting the very...
Astronomers Discover the Largest Cloud of Energetic Particles Ever Seen
In the vast expanse of space, where galaxies swirl and collide in a cosmic dance,...
Young Stars Reveal a Hidden Map of the Milky Way’s Outer Edges
The night sky we gaze upon may seem eternal, a glittering ceiling of fixed stars....
Scientists Discover the Largest Organic Molecule Ever Found in Space
In the silent darkness of space, in a cold molecular cloud drifting 430 light-years from...
The Center of the Milky Way Is Strangely Quiet on Star Birth
At the chaotic heart of our Milky Way galaxy, where gravity howls and stellar winds...