The Universe May Have Started with a Dark Big Bang
The Big Bang may have not been alone. The appearance of all the particles and radiation in the universe may…
How do Black Holes Make a Shadow?
It's notoriously difficult to take a picture of a black hole. But when they are surrounded by material we have…
Just Dropped: New Close-up Images of Io from Juno, With More to Come
On March 1, 2023, NASA’s Juno spacecraft flew by Jupiter's moon Io, coming within 51,500 km (32,030 miles) of the…
An Earthworm Robot Could Help Us Explore Other Worlds
Evolution is a problem-solver, and one of the problems it solved in many different ways is locomotion. Birds fly. Fish…
It Would Take Hubble 85 Years to Match What Nancy Grace Roman Will See in 63 Days
A NASA-led team of researchers created a simulation that demonstrates what the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will see.
Astronomers Go Hunting for Mysterious Q-balls
Our universe may feature large, macroscopic clumps of dark matter, known as q-balls. These q-balls would be absolutely invisible, but…
Why are Earth’s Hemispheres the Same Brightness? New Research Solves a 50-year-old Mystery.
NASA’s Apollo program most notably explored the Moon. But it also helped us study the Earth as well, as it…
Ultra-Massive Black Holes: How Does the Universe Produce Objects So Massive?
Black holes are the most massive objects that we know of in the Universe. Not stellar mass black holes, not…
ESA’s Solar Orbiter Spies a Transit of Mercury
Solar Orbiter’s unique vantage point recently allowed researchers to make a crucial observation, of the solar system’s innermost world.
A Very Young Star is Forming Near the Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole
An international team of astronomers spotted a young, massive star orbiting very close to Sagittarius A*, which was previously thought…