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Cosmic Phenomena

Do we live in a giant void? It could solve the puzzle of the universe’s expansionDecember 4, 2023

Milky Way galaxy

Astronomers Crack Code Of The Milky Way’s Mysterious, Shadowy ‘Brick’December 4, 2023

This is an artist’s impression of a young star surrounded by a protoplanetary disk in which planets are forming

Webb Telescope Discovers Rocky Exoplanets Can Form In Hostile Galactic EnvironmentDecember 4, 2023

Artist conception of the James Webb Space Telescope.

Cosmic Phenomena

‘A Real Monster’: Ghostly Galaxy AzTECC71 Unveiled By Webb TelescopeDecember 1, 2023

This illustration depicts asteroid Phaethon being heated by the Sun.

Cosmic Phenomena

Asteroid Phaethon’s Enigmatic Tail Finally Makes Scientific SenseDecember 1, 2023

PhD candidate Ajay Gill from the University of Toronto (left) and Dr Ellen Sirks from the University of Sydney (right) working on a Data Recovery System package.

NASA’s Dark Matter Mapping Mission Salvaged By Innovative Recovery SystemDecember 1, 2023

An artistic rendering of the mass comparison of LHS 3154 system and our own Earth and sun.

Planets & Stars

The Impossible Is Possible: Gigantic Planet Orbiting Tiny Star Upends Astronomical TheoriesDecember 1, 2023

This artist’s impression shows the HH 1177 system, which is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighboring galaxy of our own

Cosmic Phenomena

First-Ever Extragalactic Star Formation Captured By ESO Telescope: ‘It Was A Special Moment’November 30, 2023

Cosmic Phenomena

Person looking up at space and the night sky

Do we live in a giant void? It could solve the puzzle of the universe’s expansion

Milky Way galaxy

Astronomers Crack Code Of The Milky Way’s Mysterious, Shadowy ‘Brick’

Artist conception of the James Webb Space Telescope.

‘A Real Monster’: Ghostly Galaxy AzTECC71 Unveiled By Webb Telescope

This illustration depicts asteroid Phaethon being heated by the Sun.

Asteroid Phaethon’s Enigmatic Tail Finally Makes Scientific Sense

This artist’s impression shows the HH 1177 system, which is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighboring galaxy of our own

First-Ever Extragalactic Star Formation Captured By ESO Telescope: ‘It Was A Special Moment’

NASA

Milky Way galaxy

Astronomers Crack Code Of The Milky Way’s Mysterious, Shadowy ‘Brick’

This is an artist’s impression of a young star surrounded by a protoplanetary disk in which planets are forming

Webb Telescope Discovers Rocky Exoplanets Can Form In Hostile Galactic Environment

Artist conception of the James Webb Space Telescope.

‘A Real Monster’: Ghostly Galaxy AzTECC71 Unveiled By Webb Telescope

PhD candidate Ajay Gill from the University of Toronto (left) and Dr Ellen Sirks from the University of Sydney (right) working on a Data Recovery System package.

NASA’s Dark Matter Mapping Mission Salvaged By Innovative Recovery System

An artist’s illustration of the six newly discovered planets circling their star in resonance.

Cosmic Rhythm: How Six Planets in a Distant System Orbit in Perfect Sync

Photography

This artist’s impression shows the HH 1177 system, which is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighboring galaxy of our own

First-Ever Extragalactic Star Formation Captured By ESO Telescope: ‘It Was A Special Moment’

View from the Insta360 360 degree camera attached to a satellite launched 500km into outer space.

Unprecedented Views Of Earth Snapped By 360-Degree Action Camera In Space

The Horsehead Nebula, also known as Barnard 33, is part of the Orion constellation

Euclid Mission Shares Remarkable First Images Of Galaxies Millions Of Light Years From Earth

The sun's first rays begin illuminating Earth's atmosphere in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 260 miles above the central United States.

NASA Astronaut Shares Beautiful Photo Of Sun Illuminating Earth’s Atmosphere

NASA tool bag orbiting Earth.

See It: Lost NASA Tool Bag Is Now Orbiting Earth!

Mars

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Still Going Strong On Mars After Hitting 4,000-Day Milestone

Illustration showing the dissociation of CO2 molecules in the summer atmosphere and the transport of oxygen atoms to the winter polar regions

What’s Behind That Mysterious Glow On The Night Side Of Mars?

Mars illustration by Planet Volumes

Turning Martian Dreams Into Reality: AI Chemist Innovates Oxygen Production on Mars

Analysis of Martian seismic data recorded by the InSight mission have revealed that Mars’s liquid iron core is surrounded by a150-km thick molten silicate layer, as a consequence of which its core is smaller and denser than previously proposed

Mystery Solved! Scientists Discover Mars Has Molten Layer Covering Its Core

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took this selfie over a rock nicknamed “Rochette”

Soil On The Moon, Mars Presents Challenges For Scientists Developing Extraterrestrial Robots

Space Tech

PhD candidate Ajay Gill from the University of Toronto (left) and Dr Ellen Sirks from the University of Sydney (right) working on a Data Recovery System package.

NASA’s Dark Matter Mapping Mission Salvaged By Innovative Recovery System

View from the Insta360 360 degree camera attached to a satellite launched 500km into outer space.

Unprecedented Views Of Earth Snapped By 360-Degree Action Camera In Space

An illustration of two water-rich exoplanets with hazy atmospheres

Johns Hopkins Scientists Create ‘Alien Haze’ In Lab With Hopes Of Finding Habitable Exoplanets

Illustration of the DSOC flight laser transceiver communicating with the ground systems.

NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Successfully Beams Data 10 Million Miles Back To Earth!

Illustration of a hypothetical form of dark matter

How Quantum Technology Could Be Key To Detecting Dark Matter

Extraterrestrial Life

Sketch of Earth

Dinosaur-Era Earth Offers Clues To Finding Alien Life On Exoplanets

Venus, a scorching wasteland of a planet according to scientists, may have once had tectonic plate movements similar to those believed to have occurred on early Earth, a new study found

Did Venus Harbor Life? Plate Tectonics Theory Shakes Assumptions

A new study leverages the NASA Exoplanet Archive and planetary system simulations to make narrowband SETI searches more efficient

Redefining Search For Alien Life: SETI’s Revolutionary Technosignature Criteria

I-LOFAR telescope array

Astrophysicists Scanning Universe For ‘Technosignatures’ To Find Extraterrestrial Life

A view from the summit of Volcán Salín, one of three Andean volcanoes where researchers uncovered the mummified cadavers of mice.

Mice On Mars? Mummified Remains Suggest Some Mammals Could Survive On Red Planet

Planets and Stars

This is an artist’s impression of a young star surrounded by a protoplanetary disk in which planets are forming

Webb Telescope Discovers Rocky Exoplanets Can Form In Hostile Galactic Environment

An artistic rendering of the mass comparison of LHS 3154 system and our own Earth and sun.

The Impossible Is Possible: Gigantic Planet Orbiting Tiny Star Upends Astronomical Theories

This artist’s impression shows the HH 1177 system, which is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighboring galaxy of our own

First-Ever Extragalactic Star Formation Captured By ESO Telescope: ‘It Was A Special Moment’

An artist’s illustration of the six newly discovered planets circling their star in resonance.

Cosmic Rhythm: How Six Planets in a Distant System Orbit in Perfect Sync

An illustration of two water-rich exoplanets with hazy atmospheres

Johns Hopkins Scientists Create ‘Alien Haze’ In Lab With Hopes Of Finding Habitable Exoplanets

International Space Station

Expedition 69 NASA astronaut Frank Rubio is helped out of the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft just minutes after he and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.

Gravity, Sweet Gravity! NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio Returns To Earth After Record 371 Days In Space

The International Space Station photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking.

NASA Begins Plans for $1 Billion Spacecraft to Safely Pull International Space Station Back To Earth

International Space Station (ISS)

‘Space Dust’ On ISS Contains Higher Levels Of Harmful Chemicals Than Many U.S. Homes

Liat Segal & Dr. Yasmine Meroz's artwork being unveiled on the ISS where microgravity allows the water to stick to the metal frame in large globules.

‘Impossible Object’: Artwork That Can Only Exist In Space Unveiled By Astronaut On ISS

Lightning from space

What Does Lightning Look Like From Space? NASA Reveals Photo Snapped By Astronaut Aboard ISS

Latest News

Person looking up at space and the night sky

Cosmic Phenomena

Do we live in a giant void? It could solve the puzzle of the universe’s expansionDecember 4, 2023

Milky Way galaxy

Astronomers Crack Code Of The Milky Way’s Mysterious, Shadowy ‘Brick’December 4, 2023

This is an artist’s impression of a young star surrounded by a protoplanetary disk in which planets are forming

Webb Telescope Discovers Rocky Exoplanets Can Form In Hostile Galactic EnvironmentDecember 4, 2023

Artist conception of the James Webb Space Telescope.

Cosmic Phenomena

‘A Real Monster’: Ghostly Galaxy AzTECC71 Unveiled By Webb TelescopeDecember 1, 2023

This illustration depicts asteroid Phaethon being heated by the Sun.

Cosmic Phenomena

Asteroid Phaethon’s Enigmatic Tail Finally Makes Scientific SenseDecember 1, 2023

PhD candidate Ajay Gill from the University of Toronto (left) and Dr Ellen Sirks from the University of Sydney (right) working on a Data Recovery System package.

NASA’s Dark Matter Mapping Mission Salvaged By Innovative Recovery SystemDecember 1, 2023

An artistic rendering of the mass comparison of LHS 3154 system and our own Earth and sun.

Planets & Stars

The Impossible Is Possible: Gigantic Planet Orbiting Tiny Star Upends Astronomical TheoriesDecember 1, 2023

This artist’s impression shows the HH 1177 system, which is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighboring galaxy of our own

Cosmic Phenomena

First-Ever Extragalactic Star Formation Captured By ESO Telescope: ‘It Was A Special Moment’November 30, 2023

An artist’s illustration of the six newly discovered planets circling their star in resonance.

Planets & Stars

Cosmic Rhythm: How Six Planets in a Distant System Orbit in Perfect SyncNovember 30, 2023

Bright Sun against dark starry sky in Solar System, elements of this image furnished by NASA

Solar Activity Predicted To Peak In 2024, Which Could Be Bad News For Power Grids On EarthNovember 29, 2023