Cosmic Phenomena

Artist's impression of the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa touching down on the asteroid Itokawa in 2005.

Extraterrestrial Life

Table Salt With Cosmic Twist: Asteroid Samples Unveil Water’s Ancient Journey To EarthAugust 29, 2023

Cosmic Phenomena

Beyond The Big Bang: Quasars As ‘Clocks’ Unlock Mysteries Of Early UniverseAugust 23, 2023

An artist's depiction of the magnetic lines of force surrounding Earth, known as the magnetosphere.

Cosmic Phenomena

Mystery Of Space Plasma Eruptions Unraveled By New Supercomputer ModelAugust 22, 2023

Astronomers using the Webb telescope discovered evidence of complex organic molecules similar to smoke or smog in the distant galaxy shown here.

Cosmic Phenomena

Universe’s Most Distant Molecules Detected 12 Billion Light Years Away — Thanks To ‘Einstein’s Ring’August 22, 2023

Science and research of the universe, spiral galaxy and physical formulas, concept of knowledge and education. Elements of this image furnished by NASA.

Cosmic Phenomena

Laws Of Physics Differed At Creation Of Universe? Experts Find First Evidence of ‘Symmetry Violation’August 7, 2023

An optical image, left, of the galaxy captured by the Hubble Space Telescope with overlaid temperature contours as detected by ALMA. The image on the right shows the dust temperature map detailed in the study.

Cosmic Phenomena

Unprecedented Temperature Map Sheds Light On Ancient Spiral GalaxyAugust 7, 2023

Geminids Meteor Shower 2018 at Reservoir

Cosmic Phenomena

Geminids Meteor Shower Mysteries Unraveled: Violent Origins Revealed by Parker Solar ProbeAugust 3, 2023

This artist's concept shows an ice-encrusted, Earth-mass rogue planet drifting through space alone.

Planets & Stars

Beyond the Stars: Study Reveals Trillions of Wandering Rogue PlanetsJuly 28, 2023

Stock image showing silhouettes of satellite dishes or radio antennas against night sky.

Extraterrestrial Life

Mysterious Radio Signals from Distant Galaxy May Hold Clues to Extraterrestrial CommunicationMay 11, 2023

The dusty debris disk surrounding the young star Fomalhaut

Cosmic Phenomena

Mystery Of Fomalhaut: JWST Reveals First Asteroid Belt Outside Our Solar SystemMay 8, 2023