Credit: NASA Our moon—or la Luna—has inspired humankind for millennia. It’s largely agreed that the moon was created around 4.5 billion years ago when a protoplanet collided with early molten…
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You won’t see interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS zoom closest to the sun on Oct. 30 — but these spacecraft will
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is just a day away from perihelion, which is its closest point to the sun and the time around which it is expected to be most…
A new, expansive view of the Milky Way reveals our galaxy in unprecedented radio color
Credit: International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) Astronomers from the International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have created the largest low-frequency radio color image of the Milky Way…
1st samples ever collected from the moon’s far side could help reveal where Earth got its water
Fragments of a rare type of meteorite have been found in the sample of material brought back from the lunar far side by China’s Chang’e 6 mission, and they could…
Gravitational wave events hint at ‘second-generation’ black holes
GW241011 and GW241110 infographics by Shanika Galaudage / Northwestern University / Adler Planetarium. Credit: Shanika Galaudage / Northwestern University / Adler Planetarium In a paper published in The Astrophysical Journal…
Glowing meteor trail photobombs Comet Lemmon in incredible telescope image
Astronomer Gianluca Masi captured spectacular footage of a glowing meteor trail wrapping around the colossal tail of Comet Lemmon on Oct. 24, as the wandering solar system body approached the…
How AI can improve storm surge forecasts to help save lives
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Hurricanes are America’s most destructive natural hazards, causing more deaths…
Dark matter could color our view of the universe
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Dark matter has two central properties: it has mass like regular matter, and unlike regular matter, it reacts weakly or not at all with light. Neutrinos…
30 years ago, ‘The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror special introduced us to Kang & Kodos, the series’ iconic alien invaders
“Foolish, Earthlings!” The line most commonly uttered by two drooling aliens who have become a staple of “The Simpsons”‘ famed Treehouse of Horror episodes – Kang and Kodos. No, literally,…
