Astronomers Think They Have a Warning Sign for When Massive Stars are About to Explode as Supernovae
A study of red supergiant supernovae suggests they become dim and red just before they day.
Huge DART Success, JWST Sees Weird Rings, Moon’s True Origin
DART’s results are in and they exceed all expectations. The Moon might just be a big chunk of the Earth…
If we Detect This gas on Other Planets, it’s a Good Sign There’s Life There
Here is an idea that likely never crossed the mind of most space enthusiasts - a gas emitted from broccoli…
If Earth Were an Exoplanet, it Would Still be Tricky to Figure Out if There’s Life Here
How would Earth appear to alien astronomers? What would their observations tell them about Earth if they searched the heavens…
New Views of Ganymede and Europa From Earth’s Most Powerful Telescope
Scouting mission locations in the outer solar system is complicated. It is difficult to know what you find before you…
SpaceIL’s Beresheet 2 Lander Will try Growing Various Plants on the Moon
Where better to grow plants that on the Moon? Well, lots of places, to be honest, including almost everywhere on…
Mars Express Watched Deimos Pass in Front of Jupiter and its Moons
That’s no moon … wait … yes, it is, and more! ESA’s Mars Express has captured an unusual and rare…
A new Launch Date for Artemis 1: November 14th … at Night
If the next launch attempt of the Artemis I mission goes as planned, it should be a spectacular sight. NASA…
A Black Hole Burps out Material, Years After Feasting on a Star
When observing a black hole that devoured a star three years earlier, an international team of astronomers noticed it "burping"…
Webb Sees Organic Molecules in the Hearts of Galaxies, Surprisingly Close to Active Supermassive Black Holes
When the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched, one of its jobs was studying galactic formation and evolution. When we…