Astronomy
There's So Much Going on in This Star-Forming Nebula
Look at this beautiful image of the Lupus 3 star-forming interstellar cloud captured by the Dark Energy Camera.
Remember Those Impossibly Massive Galaxies? They May Be Even More Massive
A new analysis of those James Webb images showed that the galaxies it observed (deemed "too massive") could be even…
Artemis V is Going to the Moon With Blue Origin
NASA has announced a second lunar lander provider for its Artemis program, choosing Blue Origin’s National Team to deliver astronauts…
ESO is Using a New System to Allocate Telescope Time. It’s Working Well
Most astronomers know the struggle of getting time on the world's most powerful telescopes. Even though this observing time might…
New Climate Model Accurately Predicts Millions of Years of Ice Ages
New research by a team of Japanese climatologists and an astronomer shows how astronomical forces have caused major changes in…
An Astronomical First! A Radiation Belt Seen Outside the Solar System
For the first time, a team of astronomers has imaged the radiation belt of an object from beyond the Solar…
The Largest Explosion Ever Seen in the Universe
Astronomers have witnessed the most powerful supernova on record, which could provide insight into the forces that shape galaxies.
A Brief History of the Discovery of Cosmic Voids
At first the sum total of large, orderly structure in the Universe appeared to arrive in two categories. There were…
Fatty Acids Might Exist in Space
A team of physicists have discovered that the environment of a molecular cloud in interstellar space can support the existence…
Astronomers Prepare for the Next Thousand Years of Hazardous Asteroid Impacts
It is as inevitable as the rising of the Sun and the turning of the tides. Someday another large rock…