Gravity Really Tangled up the Light From a Distant Quasar
Way back in 1979, astronomers spotted two nearly identical quasars that seemed close to each other in the sky. These…
Life can Thrive Around Even the Smallest Stars
By simulating the light of small stars, we now know life can survive on planets orbiting them.
NASA’s Juno To Skim the Surface of Jupiter’s Icy Moon Europa
This next week will mark a scientifically valuable achievement for NASA’s Juno mission, as the pioneering spacecraft is slated to…
JWST’s MIRI Issues, Newborn Quasar, Detecting Exoplanets with Lagrange Points
James Webb is currently experiencing problems with its MIRI instrument. The problem is due to increased friction in one of…
The Moon’s Poles Have “Wandered” Over Billions of Years
Astronomers tracked the Moon's poles over billions of years.
Musk Suggests That Starship Will Probably Make an Orbital Flight in November
SpaceX Founder and CEO Elon Musk recently took to Twitter and hinted that the much-anticipated Starship—currently undergoing upgrades in preparation…
Space Diamonds are Even Harder Than Earth Diamonds
In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, an international team of researchers led…
Webb Scans a Nearby Brown Dwarf and Finds it has Clouds Made of Sand
An international collaboration has used data from Webb to characterize a brown dwarf, and found clouds of sand in its…
There’s a Blob of Gas Orbiting Around the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
Sagittarius A* (Sag A) is usually a pretty quiet object, as supermassive black holes go. It's not wildly active, like…
Axiom’s Next Trip to the ISS Will Carry the First Saudi Woman in Space
Axiom Space says it's working with the Saudi Space Commission to send two spacefliers from the Arab kingdom, including the…