New View of the Swan Nebula From NASA’s Airborne SOFIA Telescope
Using the SOFIA telescope, a team of NASA astronomers have conducted the most detailed survey of the interior of the…
Almost 800,000 Years Ago, an Enormous Meteorite Struck Earth. Now We Know Where.
20% of the surface of Earth's Eastern Hemisphere is littered with a certain kind of rock. Black, glossy blobs called…
In About 3 Million Years, WASP-12b Will Spiral into its Star and be Consumed
A new study led by Princeton researchers has confirmed that in the long run, hot Jupiters are destined to be…
Hubble Finds Teeny Tiny Clumps of Dark Matter
Using data from Hubble and the gravitational lensing technique, a team of astronomers have found definitive evidence that Dark Matter…
There’s a new method to measure the expansion rate of the Universe, but it doesn’t resolve the Crisis in Cosmology
In a recent post I wrote about a study that argued dark energy isn't needed to explain the redshifts of…
The Perfect Stars to Search for Life On Their Planets
We tend to think of our Earthly circumstances as normal. A watery, temperate world orbiting a stable yellow star. A…
TESS Finds a Planet That Orbits Two Stars
Researchers working with data from NASA's TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) have a found a planet that orbits two stars.…
An Upcoming Impact With the Magellanic Clouds is Already Causing Star Formation in the Milky Way
A new study presented at the 235th meeting of the AAS this week shows how star formation is already happening…
A Huge Wave is Passing Through the Milky Way Unleashing New Stellar Nurseries
Stars are formed within large clouds of gas and dust known as stellar nurseries. While star formation was once seen…
Chang’e-4 Wraps Up a Year Roving on the Far Side of the Moon
During its 370 days on the lunar surface, China's Yutu 2 rover has broken multiple records - including distance traveled…