There May Be Hundreds of Rogue Black Holes in the Milky Way
Uh oh, this doesn't sound good. It turns out there could be hundreds of rogue black holes, each weighing thousands…
If You Crashed Neptune and Jupiter Together…
Our early Solar System was a violent place. For hundreds of millions of years, large planetoids smashed together, forming larger…
Earth, Barely Habitable?
Our home planet has been often described in glowing, nurturing terms. A cradle for life, right in the goldilocks zone.…
Hidden Quasars – Found!
Quasars are some of the brightest objects in the Universe. Just a single quasar can blaze more than a hundred…
The Universe Held a Party, and We Missed It
It's too bad. Life evolved here on Earth after the Universe's big parties already ended. Sure, there's the occasional galaxy…
Beautiful View of the Cygnus Loop
Let's stop all this science talk for a second and just enjoy this amazing photograph. It's an image of Pickering's…
Massive Disk Galaxies Collapsed From a Single Cloud of Gas
Here's the traditional thinking. The grand spiral galaxies like our own Milky Way took a long time to come together…
Time Lapse Animation of Galaxy Jets
The Academy Awards doesn't have a category for "Best Galaxy Jet in a Leading Role", and that's too bad. If…
A Powerful Blast From the Distant Past
As sure as the Sun rises, you can expect that astronomers are going to beat their records. Today, we can…
A Snapshot of NASA’s Science Plans
As you're probably aware, NASA has a lot of robotic explorers out there in space, and even more the works…