New Discoveries Puts Jupiter at 92 Known Moons
The moon hunter strikes again. A team of astronomers led by Scott Sheppard of the Carnegie Institution has found and…
The World's Largest Radio Telescope Just Scanned 33 Exoplanets for a Signal From Aliens
Using China's FAST telescope and a new technique, an international team of astronomers scanned 33 exoplanets for signs of extraterrestrial…
Astronomers Make a New Map of all the Matter (and Dark Matter) in the Universe
There's a lot of matter in the Universe, but not all of it is visible to us. Matter is, essentially,…
This Exoplanet Orbits Around its Star’s Poles
In 1992, humanity's effort to understand the Universe took a significant step forward. That's when astronomers discovered the first exoplanets.…
Sierra Space Tests Another Inflatable Space Station Module … to Destruction
Oops! They’ve done it again. Sierra Space blew up their space habitat for the third time – intentionally -- all…
Check Out This Great View of Comet 96P Machholz, Courtesy of SOHO
Now’s the time to catch periodic Comet 96P Machholz on its encore dawn performance, before it slides out of view.
Earth-Sized Planet Found At One of the Lightest Red Dwarfs
Astronomers have found another Earth-sized planet. It's about 31 light-years away and orbits in the habitable zone of a red…
Hubble’s New View of the Tarantula Nebula
The Tarantula Nebula, also called 30 Doradus, is the brightest star-forming region in our part of the galaxy. It's in…
Face-on View of Galaxy NGC 4303 Reveals its Arms are Filled with Active Star Formation
Galaxies fill a lot of roles in the universe. The most obvious one is star formation factories. Without that activity,…
JWST Unexpectedly Finds a Small Asteroid During ‘Failed’ Observations
While astronomers and engineers were trying to calibrate one of the James Webb Space Telescope’s instruments last summer, they serendipitously…