Why NASA Is Trying to Crash Land on Mars

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - October 20, 2022 08:30 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Webb Sees a Cluster of Galaxies Feeding a Quasar

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - October 20, 2022 05:00 PM UTC | Extragalactic

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A Monster Black Hole has Been Found Right in our Backyard (Astronomically Speaking)

By Matthew Williams - October 20, 2022 03:53 PM UTC | Black Holes

Using data from multiple observstories, a team of astronomers has discovered a monster blackhole right in our backyard!

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First 100 Days of James Webb. Everything You Need to Know

By kuingul-gmail - October 20, 2022 02:27 PM UTC | Telescopes

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Astronomers Chart the Influence of Dark Matter and Dark Energy on the Universe by Measuring Over 1,500 Supernovae

By Brian Koberlein - October 20, 2022 01:38 PM UTC | Cosmology

Two decades of supernova observations still leave big mysteries unsolved.

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Curiosity Arrives in a Salty Region of Mars. Was it Left Over From a Dying Sea?

By Nancy Atkinson - October 20, 2022 12:22 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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What's the Best Shielding to Protect Astronauts on Mars?

By Paul Sutter - October 20, 2022 09:30 AM UTC | Space Exploration

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Our Guide to Tuesday's Partial Solar Eclipse for Europe

By David Dickinson - October 20, 2022 08:30 AM UTC | Solar Astronomy

Europe, the Middle East, and northeast Africa will see the final solar eclipse of 2022 next Tuesday.

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Astronomers Just saw the Most Powerful Gamma-ray Burst Ever Recorded

By Matthew Williams - October 19, 2022 07:47 PM UTC | Stars

In a series of studies, two teams of astronomers shared their data on the closest and most powerful gamma ray burst ever observed.

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Here's Webb's View of the Pillars of Creation

By Evan Gough - October 19, 2022 04:22 PM UTC | Extragalactic

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The Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs Also Flooded the World's Coastlines With a Catastrophic Tsunami

By Matthew Williams - October 19, 2022 03:13 PM UTC | Planetary Science

New research shows that in addition to killing the dinosaurs, the Chicxulub Impact caused a global tsunami 30,000 more powerful than anything we've ever seen!

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The Heaviest Element Ever Seen in an Exoplanet's Atmosphere: Barium

By Evan Gough - October 19, 2022 02:46 PM UTC | Exoplanets

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2.46 Billion Years ago, a day on Earth was Only 17 Hours and the Moon was Much Closer

By Paul Sutter - October 19, 2022 09:03 AM UTC | Planetary Science

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Will Venus finally answer, 'Are we alone?'

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - October 19, 2022 12:39 AM UTC | Astrobiology

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Hubble Examines the Wreckage From the 2017 Kilonova

By Matthew Williams - October 18, 2022 03:42 PM UTC | Stars

A team of astrophysicists examined the site of the 2017 kilonova explosion and observed a rapidly-spinning disk and relativistic jets.

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Remembering the Gutsy and Hilarious Apollo Astronaut Jim McDivitt

By Nancy Atkinson - October 18, 2022 02:33 PM UTC | Missions

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Scientists Discover a New Way Exoplanets Could Make Oxygen; Unfortunately, it Doesn't Require Life

By Evan Gough - October 18, 2022 01:06 PM UTC | Exoplanets

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Planet Formation Doesn't Have to be a Rush job After all

By Paul Sutter - October 18, 2022 08:29 AM UTC | Planetary Science

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Arecibo Won't Be Rebuilt

By Nancy Atkinson - October 17, 2022 04:42 PM UTC | Site News

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Shortly Before They Collided, two Black Holes Tangled Spacetime up Into Knots

By Matthew Williams - October 17, 2022 04:39 PM UTC | Black Holes

An international team led from Cardiff University has confirmed that black hole binaries experience precession.

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