An artist’s impression of a super-Earth exoplanet. (Photo credit: ESO Kornmesser) A giant “super-Earth” has been discovered with extreme climate conditions that make it habitable only in a certain part of its orbit, which circles a star 2,472 light years…
The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter has captured the first ever image of the Sun’s south pole. (Photo credit: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team, D. Berghmans (ROB)) This time, you can safely take a look at the sun – provided…
(Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Astronomers have identified a stunning new phenomenon in the catalog of extreme events in the Universe – a class of cosmic explosions so powerful that they rank among the most energetic events since the Big Bang. These…
The full “strawberry moon” rose over several famous landmarks, including the Empire State Building in New York City. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Contributor via Getty Images) The “Strawberry Moon” appeared over Earth last night as an event known as a “major…
An artist’s impression of a cracked neutron star orbiting a black hole. (Image credit: Caltech Hurt (IPAC)) The universe is full of spectacular and violent events, but it’s unlikely that anything could be more dramatic than a black hole tearing…
An artistic illustration of the early universe. (Image credit: Shutterstock) For the first time, scientists have used ground-based telescopes to peer into the cosmic morning – the period more than 13 billion years ago when the light of the first…
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A solar flare erupting from the Sun, captured in ultraviolet light by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory on February 9, 2024. (Image credit: NASA/SDO) While making a perilous plunge into the Sun’s atmosphere, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has directly captured a…
(Image credit: EHT Collaboration) The enormous black hole lurking at the center of the galaxy M87 is a true behemoth. It’s one of the largest in our neighborhood, making it the perfect first target for the Event Horizon Telescope. Scientists…
The Milky Way rises above the Blue Ridge Mountains in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. (Photo courtesy of The Washington Post via Getty Images) It’s an ideal time to observe the core of our magnificent home galaxy, the Milky Way. Wherever…
A new image of the Sombrero Galaxy taken by the James Webb Space Telescope’s near-infrared camera. Sequels don’t usually live up to the originals, do they? That’s certainly not the case with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), whose latest…
(Image credit: Dane Ballard, CC BY-SA) The idea of terraforming Mars — changing the planet’s climate to support life as we know it — has long been considered the stuff of science fiction. But new research suggests it’s time to…