History ‘Wow!’ the signal may finally have a source. Sorry, they are not strangers
One of the most compelling possible signs of extraterrestrial communication may have an astrophysical explanation. Called “Wow!” signal, the bright […]
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The Webb Telescope’s look at a stellar nursery also finds minor planets
A distant stellar nursery holds a cluster of newborn worlds the size of Jupiter, the smallest of which is surrounded
2 spacecraft captured the waves that can heat and accelerate the solar wind
A lucky alignment of two sun-studying spacecraft may have finally solved a decades-old solar mystery. Data from NASA’s Parker Solar
In an epic cosmological clash, rival scientists begin to find common ground
The biggest conundrum in cosmology may be closer to being solved, thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope. Scientists disagree
As a dying star is similar to a lava lamp
For the first time, astronomers have seen gas boiling and bubbling on the surface of a distant star. Scientists observed
Betelgeuse has a small companion star hidden in plain sight
Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse! The red supergiant that marks Orion’s left shoulder may have a tiny, unseen companion. Two independent studies found
Barnard’s star has at least one planet orbiting it
A red dwarf star known as Barnard’s Star, located just six light-years from our solar system, has at least one
Runaway stars can impact the cosmos far away from their galaxies
Dozens of runaway stars were caught escaping from a dense star cluster in a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
Saturn’s first Trojan asteroid has finally been discovered
Astronomers have finally found an asteroid that keeps pace with Saturn in its orbit around the sun. Such objects, called
NASA’s Europa mission is a homecoming for a planetary astronomer
Planetary astronomer Bonnie Buratti remembers exactly where she was the first time she heard that Jupiter’s icy moon Europa might