Betelgeuse's Mysterious Dimming Solved. It was… Dust
Astronomers have solved the mystery of dim Betelgeuse, and discovered how stardust can form.
NASA is Finally Sending a Lunar Lander to the Moon’s far Side
The far side of the moon has been getting more popular than a Pink Floyd album lately. A variety of…
China and Russia Announce their Future Plans for the Moon, Including a Human Base
China and Russia have released a Guide that details their plans for a lunar base that will rival NASA's, and…
Astrobiologists Detect a Signature of Life Remotely. Don’t get too Excited, Though, it was With a Helicopter Here on Earth
Chirality is a word normally found in biological textbooks that will occasionally pop up in the astronomy community, usually when…
Teeny Tiny Space Telescope has Taken Thousands of Pictures of Both Earth and Space
A new nanosat has been quietly snapping over 4500 pictures of the Earth and the sky after its launch on…
Space Telescopes Could Provide Next-Level Images of Black Hole Event Horizons
Back in 2019, the world was treated to the first ever image of a black hole, which was originally captured…
Supermassive Black Hole Winds Were Already Blowing Less Than a Billion Years After the Big Bang
New evidence shows that black holes and galaxies have a significant effect on each other in young galaxies.
Juno Captured This Image of Earth on its Way Out to Jupiter Back in 2013
Since the Juno spacecraft has been in orbit around Jupiter for nearly five years -- since July 4, 2016 --…
Astronomers saw the Same Supernova Three Times Thanks to Gravitational Lensing. And in Twenty Years They Think They’ll see it one More Time
It is hard for humans to wrap their heads around the fact that there are galaxies so far away that…
Astronomers Find a Blinking Star Near the Center of the Milky Way
In this week’s edition of new unexplained astronomical phenomena, a team of astronomers led by Dr. Leigh Smith from Cambridge…