Dozens of previously invisible quasars have suddenly come into focus, offering the clearest evidence yet…
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White Dwarf ‘Cannibal’ System Discovered as One Dead Star Tears Material From Another Every 8.5 Minutes
Astronomers have captured one of the clearest views yet of a rare binary system where…
Scientists Discover Nearby Super-Earth Orbiting a Highly Active Red Dwarf Just 28 Light-Years Away
Hidden within years of noisy stellar data, astronomers have uncovered a temperate super-Earth orbiting the…
Earth’s Core Suddenly Reversed Direction Beneath the Pacific—and Satellites Caught It Happening
Deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, molten iron in Earth’s outer core unexpectedly reversed direction in…
James Webb Telescope Detects Methane in Rare Temperate Giant Planet Atmosphere
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the clearest look yet at the atmosphere of…
Mysterious Radio Ring Found in Deep Space May Be the Smallest Odd Radio Circle Ever Seen
Astronomers may have uncovered the smallest-known example of an “odd radio circle,” a bizarre class…
Neutrinos May Decide Whether a Star Explodes—New Study Reveals a Hidden Supernova Switch
New research published in Physical Review Letters suggests that an ultra-fast neutrino process called fast…
JWST Spots a 13-Billion-Year-Old Galaxy That May Preserve Signs of the Universe’s First Stars
Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have identified a faint galaxy called LAP1-B as…
Astronomers Detect One of the Most Persistent Optical Signals Ever Seen From a Distant Blazar
An international team of astronomers has identified a remarkably persistent optical quasi-periodic oscillation, or QPO,…
Astronomers Confirm a 3.3 Million Light Year Radio Halo Spanning the Galaxy Cluster RXCJ0232–4420
New radio observations of the galaxy cluster RXCJ0232–4420 confirm that its central diffuse emission spans…
Moon’s Giant South Pole–Aitken Crater May Have Been Carved by a 260-Kilometer Impactor, New Study Finds
A new study in Science Advances has narrowed down how the Moon’s enormous South Pole–Aitken…
The Biggest Black Holes May Be Built Through Repeated Cosmic Collisions Not Star Death
A new study suggests the most massive black holes detected through gravitational waves were not…
This Scorched Alien World Completes a Full Year in Just 11 Hours
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have successfully characterized the surface of LHS 3844…
Astronomers Discover a Massive Star Factory Hidden Inside the Needle Galaxy
Using the high-resolution capabilities of the ALMA telescope, astronomers have mapped the molecular gas structure…
Alien Stars Hiding in the Milky Way Disk Traced to a Dead Galaxy Named Loki
Researchers have identified a distinct group of metal-poor stars located within the Milky Way’s galactic…
Astronomers Detect One of the Faintest Supernova Remnants Ever Found Hiding in the Milky Way Halo
An international team of astronomers has identified a massive, ultra-faint supernova remnant named Abeona located…
Scientists Identify Asteroid Based Shortcut That Could Cut Mars Round Trip to 153 Days in 2031
A groundbreaking study reveals that using early orbital data from asteroids can uncover hidden “shortcuts”…
Massive Gas Giant Planets Form More Easily Around Binary Stars Than Single Suns
New computer simulations reveal that binary star systems are remarkably efficient at producing large numbers…
Ancient Quasar Twins Caught Merging Only 900 Million Years After the Big Bang
Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a rare pair of twin quasars engaged in a…
Scientists Finally Solve the Decades-Old Mystery of the Gas Clouds Orbiting Sagittarius A*
New research reveals that the mysterious gas clumps orbiting the Milky Way’s central black hole…
Researchers Uncover The 75 Million Year Old Secret To Surviving A Mass Extinction
Researchers have identified a new 75-million-year-old mammal species, Cimolodon desosai, from a rare skeleton found…
Astronomers Discover Unexpected Water-Ice Clouds on Closest Super-Jupiter
A team of astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope has identified surprising evidence of…