Astronomy
We Might Soon Detect the Gravitational Waves from Dying Stars
Researchers have discovered an exciting new source of gravitational waves. They are the remnants left over from a supernova explosion,…
Why Didn’t the Big Bang Collapse in a Giant Black Hole?
Despite the enormous densities, the early universe didn't collapse into a black hole because, simply put, there was nothing to…
JWST Shows How the Early Universe Was Furiously Forming Stars
We can gaze out into regions in our neighbourhood of the Milky Way and find orgies of star birth. The…
20 Years of Mars Express Images Helped Build This Mosaic of the Red Planet
To mark the 20th anniversary of the Mars Express mission, the ESA has released a stunning color mosaic image of…
New Satellite Successfully Beams Power From Space
Researchers at Caltech have successfully tested their space solar power demonstrator (SSPD), showing it can beam power from space to…
Betelgeuse is Almost 50% Brighter Than Normal. What’s Going On?
Whenever something happens with Betelgeuse, speculations about it exploding as a supernova proliferate. It would be cool if it did.…
JWST Scans an Ultra-Hot Jupiter’s Atmosphere
When astronomers discovered WASP-18b in 2009, they uncovered one of the most unusual planets ever found. It's ten times as…
Exactly How Massive is the Milky Way?
What is the mass of the Milky Way? What do you get if you add up all the stars, gas,…
Here's How You Could Get Impossibly Large Galaxies in the Early Universe
A study by an Israeli team of astronomers offers a solution to the "impossibly massive" galaxies Webb observed.
The Kepler Mission’s Final Three Planets?
NASA's Kepler spacecraft ended its observations in October 2018 after nine and a half years, a solid six years beyond…