Astronomy
This is a First. An Exoplanet in a Polar Circumbinary Disc Surrounding Two Stars.
We live in an age of exoplanet discovery. One thing we've learned is not to be surprised by the kinds…
Juno Spots Salts and Organic Molecules on Ganymede’s Surface
During its last flyby of Ganymede, the Juno probe reported finding traces of mineral salts and organic molecules on its…
Roman Could Finally Tell Us if Primordial Black Holes Exist
When the Universe erupted into existence with the Big Bang, all of its matter was compressed into a tiny area.…
Supermassive Black Holes Shut Down Star Formation During Cosmic Noon
Using data from Webb's NIRSpec instrument, an international team has confirmed that quasars shut down star formation in galaxies billions…
Searching for the Supernova Neutrino Background to the Universe
It’s a sobering statement that stars like the Sun, more accurately ALL stars will die eventually, yes even the Sun!…
Dimorphos is Probably a Piece of Didymos
Last September, NASA purposefully smashed a spacecraft into Dimorphos, a 160m-wide space rock orbiting a larger asteroid named Didymos. The…
TESS Finds Eight More Super-Earths
NASA's Kepler spacecraft has discovered most of the confirmed exoplanets that we know of. But its successor, TESS (Transiting Exoplanet…
SETI Works Best When Telescopes Double-Check Each Other
A new paper recommends that future SETI experiments rely on simultaneous observations to eliminate background interference.
Lucy Completes its First Flyby… and Discovers a Bonus Asteroid
NASA’s Lucy mission hits the jackpot on its very first asteroid flyby this week.
Comet H2 Lemmon Brightens in Early November Ahead of Expectations
Discovered early this year, Comet C/2023 H2 Lemmon may approach naked eye brightness in November.