Astronomers Directly Image Debris Disk and find a Jupiter-Sized Planet Orbiting a Sunlike Star

By Matthew Williams - November 29, 2022 03:49 PM UTC | Exoplanets

The SHINE collaboration recently observed a Super-Jupiter within a young debris orbiting a nearby star. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); M. Weiss (NRAO/AUI/NSF)

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BlueWalker 3 is a Cellphone Tower in Space and One of the Brightest Objects Ever Launched. Astronomers Aren't Happy.

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - November 29, 2022 02:45 PM UTC | Site News

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Quasars Produce Giant Jets That Focus Like Lasers. Why They Focus is Still a Mystery, but it's not Coming From the Galaxy Itself

By Andy Tomaswick - November 29, 2022 02:29 PM UTC | Extragalactic

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Baby Gas Giants Cast Shadows on Their Siblings

By Evan Gough - November 29, 2022 11:08 AM UTC | Exoplanets

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The Technique for Detecting Meteors Could be Used to Find Dark Matter Particles Entering the Atmosphere

By Allen Versfeld - November 29, 2022 08:41 AM UTC | Physics

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The Second-Closest Supermassive Black Hole Might be in a Nearby Dwarf Galaxy

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - November 28, 2022 11:17 PM UTC | Black Holes

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Nature's Ultra-Rare Isotopes Can't Hide from this New Particle Accelerator

By Evan Gough - November 28, 2022 03:41 PM UTC | Physics

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OK, Artemis. Now You're Just Showing Off. A Stunning View of the Moon Eclipsing Earth From the Orion Spacecraft

By Nancy Atkinson - November 28, 2022 12:20 PM UTC | Missions

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Gaze Slack-jawed at the Haunting Beauty of Galaxy NGC 1566, Captured by JWST, Processed by Judy Schmidt

By Nancy Atkinson - November 28, 2022 10:52 AM UTC | Extragalactic

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What's Next for China's Lunar Exploration Plans?

By Andy Tomaswick - November 27, 2022 02:34 PM UTC | Space Exploration

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Astronomers Spotted a Tiny Asteroid A Few Hours Before it Impacted the Earth, and Predicted Exactly Where and When it Would Crash

By Andy Tomaswick - November 27, 2022 02:22 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Based on the JWST Controversy, NASA is re-Evaluating the way it Names Spacecraft

By Matthew Williams - November 27, 2022 02:04 PM UTC | Space Policy

In a surprise twist, NASA has suggested it will reexamine its naming policies, due to the controversy surrounding the JWST.

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Asteroid Explodes Over Canada, Artemis I Updates, Very Large Telescope Improvements

By kuingul-gmail - November 26, 2022 04:20 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Air-Breathing ion Engines can Continuously Boost Spacecraft Anywhere There's an Atmosphere

By Andy Tomaswick - November 26, 2022 03:43 PM UTC | Space Exploration

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Subaru Telescope can now Analyze 2,400 Galaxies Simultaneously

By Andy Tomaswick - November 26, 2022 01:46 PM UTC | Telescopes

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Why 'Contact' still resonates after 25 years

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - November 25, 2022 09:14 PM UTC | Astrobiology

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The First SLS Launch Caused Damage to the Launch Pad. How bad was it?

By sjohnston - November 25, 2022 08:49 PM UTC | Missions

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What Happened to those CubeSats that were Launched with Artemis I?

By Matthew Williams - November 25, 2022 07:00 PM UTC | Missions

The Artemis I mission deployed ten CubeSat's as part of its mission, but only four appear to be operational.

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If We're Going to Get Under the Ice on Europa, How Will We Send a Signal Back to the Surface?

By Evan Gough - November 25, 2022 01:00 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Mars Once had Enough Water for a Planet-Wide Ocean 300 Meters Deep

By Matthew Williams - November 25, 2022 12:32 PM UTC | Planetary Science

New research has shown that Mars may have been covered in a worldwide ocean when Earth was still covered in molten lava.

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