Asteroid 2007 WD5 Won’t Hit Mars
Sorry to disappoint those of you hoping for some Martian fireworks the end of this month. NASA's Near Earth Object…
Researchers Find a Planet, Right Where They Expected
Before Neptune was discovered in the 1840s, astronomers predicted its location based on how it was interacting with Uranus. Once…
Some Stars Can Go through a Second Stage of Planet Formation
Newly forming planetary systems follow a routine. They collapse down from a cloud of gas and dust to form a…
There’s a Lopsided Halo of Antimatter Surrounding the Centre of the Milky Way
Bring matter and anti-matter together, and you get a potent explosion. Since antimatter is annihilated almost as soon as it…
There May Be Hundreds of Rogue Black Holes in the Milky Way
Uh oh, this doesn't sound good. It turns out there could be hundreds of rogue black holes, each weighing thousands…
If You Crashed Neptune and Jupiter Together…
Our early Solar System was a violent place. For hundreds of millions of years, large planetoids smashed together, forming larger…
Earth, Barely Habitable?
Our home planet has been often described in glowing, nurturing terms. A cradle for life, right in the goldilocks zone.…
Hidden Quasars – Found!
Quasars are some of the brightest objects in the Universe. Just a single quasar can blaze more than a hundred…
The Universe Held a Party, and We Missed It
It's too bad. Life evolved here on Earth after the Universe's big parties already ended. Sure, there's the occasional galaxy…
Beautiful View of the Cygnus Loop
Let's stop all this science talk for a second and just enjoy this amazing photograph. It's an image of Pickering's…