Cannibal Stars and Primordial Black Holes: Birth in Seconds
Moments after the Big Bang, the infant Universe may have been a surprisingly busy place. New research argues that in the...
Space
ESA's Wild Plan: Turning Air and Astronaut Urine into Food
Space agencies face a stubborn problem for long-duration missions: food. Transporting prepackaged meals from Earth works...
Dead Star's Last Meal Reveals Alien Planet Cores Now
When a planet is torn apart and absorbed by its dying star, its ingredients don’t disappear — they become forensic evide...
Enceladus Warms Up: Hidden Heat Hints at Long-Lived Ocean
New analysis of NASA's Cassini data shows Saturn's icy moon Enceladus releases more heat than scientists expected — and ...
Neutrino Shape-Shifters: Global Study Reveals Cosmic Clues
Scientists have produced the clearest, most detailed picture yet of how neutrinos — the universe’s most elusive particle...
10,000× Sun: Massive Stars That Shaped Early Galaxies
New research suggests that a handful of gargantuan, short-lived stars—each thousands of times the mass of the Sun—left c...
JWST Builds First 3D Map Where Water Breaks on WASP-18b
The James Webb Space Telescope has produced the first three-dimensional map of an exoplanet atmosphere, revealing blazin...
Trump Renominates Jared Isaacman to Lead NASA Again
In a surprising political U-turn, President Donald Trump has renominated billionaire entrepreneur and private astronaut ...
Chinese Taikonauts Delayed After Space Debris Strike
Three Chinese taikonauts have had their planned return to Earth postponed after debris struck their Shenzhou-20 return c...
Could Black Hole Shadows Reveal Limits of Relativity?
Black holes, once shrouded in theoretical mystery, are now being probed with images that capture their shadow and surrou...
GJ 251 c: A Nearby Super-Earth Poised to Reveal Life
Less than 20 light-years from Earth, astronomers have flagged a new target that could reshape how we search for life bey...
10 Trillion Suns: The Most Powerful Black Hole Flare
In a burst of light that traveled some 10 billion years to reach Earth, astronomers have observed the most powerful and ...
A Giant Ripple Sweeps Across the Milky Way Disk Today
New analysis of stellar motions captured by the Gaia space observatory reveals a large, outward-propagating ripple in th...
When Black Holes Broke the Rules: Early Universe Titans
The early Universe may have allowed black holes to grow in ways that no longer happen today. New simulations challenge t...
Ozone Recovery Progress: Antarctic Hole Shrinks in 2024
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reports encouraging signs: the Antarctic ozone hole in 2024 was significantl...
Pentagon May Fund $2B SpaceX Satellites for 'Golden Dome'
The Pentagon is reportedly preparing a multibillion-dollar contract with SpaceX to build satellites for a sweeping missi...
Three Earth-size Worlds Orbiting Dual Suns: TOI-2267
Astronomers have identified three Earth-size exoplanets orbiting a tight pair of stars in the TOI-2267 system — a rare c...
Photonic Lantern Sharpens Telescope Views of Stars Now
For the first time, astronomers have used a cutting-edge optical device called a photonic lantern on a ground-based tele...
Cosmic Bat Nebula: Newborn Stars Light Up a Haunted Cloud
Astronomers have captured a striking new view of a red, bat-shaped cloud of gas and dust — a stellar nursery where young...
Webb Unveils the Red Spider Nebula's Hidden Heart
New infrared images from the James Webb Space Telescope have peeled back layers of dust and gas around NGC 6537, the so-...