Pluto Breathes and Charon Listens in a Cosmic Dance of Ice and Haze
When the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) turned its powerful gaze toward the icy outskirts...
Parker Solar Probe Uncovers Hidden Source of Sun’s Powerful Energetic Particles
The Sun is far more than a steady beacon in our sky—it is a boiling,...
WASP-121b’s Fiery Orbit Reveals Surprising Methane and Secrets of Planet Formation
Astronomers have long imagined the birthplaces of planets as serene nurseries of dust and gas...
A Dying Star Blazes Twice as Bright in a Distant Galaxy
On a quiet December night in 2024, as Earth rotated on unbothered by the chaos...
Andromeda Merger Less Likely Within 5 Billion Years
For decades, the fate of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, seemed sealed. Like the...
Astronomers Listen to the Most Massive Pulsating White Dwarf
It is hard to imagine the ghost of a star. And yet, floating 326 light...
Supercomputer Unlocks Secrets of Gold Forging Colliding Stars
On the vast canvas of the cosmos, few events are as dramatic, as violent, and...
Ancient Chinese Star Mystery Solved After 600 Years
Long before the telescope reshaped astronomy, when European star charts were still sparse and speculative,...
Beyond Goldilocks Zones The Hunt for Enduringly Habitable Worlds
In the three decades since astronomers discovered the first exoplanet orbiting a sun-like star, the...
Wandering Stars Threaten Solar System Stability
For centuries, astronomers have gazed skyward, working to decode the cosmic choreography that governs our...
Beyond Oxygen The Universe’s Hidden Chemistry
For centuries, the question of extraterrestrial life has captivated human imagination. But in the scientific...
Averting Cosmic Catastrophe How Satellites Could Save Civilization
On Halloween week in 2003, while children in costumes collected candy under the glow of...
NASA’s Walking Robot Could Be the First Explorer of Alien Oceans
It begins with a question as old as humanity itself: are we alone in the...
Scientists Find Vaporized Rock and Methane on a Hellish Distant Planet
In the vast menagerie of alien worlds scattered across our galaxy, few are as baffling—or...
Why Earth’s Place in the Universe Might Reveal the Secrets of Alien Life
The question of whether we are alone in the universe has long haunted our species....
What Is Dark Matter? Exploring the Invisible Universe
Look up at the night sky, and you’ll see stars twinkling like scattered diamonds, galaxies...
Supernova Explosions Shaped Ancient Star Clusters in the Milky Way
For centuries, humanity has gazed up at the stars in wonder, tracing constellations and dreaming...
Scientists Finally Solve the Mystery of Venus’s Flat-Topped Volcanoes
Deep in our solar system, cloaked in a thick, toxic atmosphere and scorched by temperatures...
Astronomers Uncover ‘Missing Link’ Black Holes in Deep Space Collision Data
In the vast, enigmatic theater of the universe, black holes perform as both destroyers and...
From Infinity to Eternity: Scientists Simulate the Full Journey of a Gravitational Wave Through a Black Hole
In the shadowy edges of spacetime, where gravity is so intense that not even light...