A multitude of new moons have made their presence known around Jupiter and Saturn, bringing their population of moons to 101 and 285, respectively. The new discoveries also bring the…
Category: Astronomy
These cotton candy exoplanets hide behind a haze even the James Webb Space Telescope can’t penetrate
An exoplanet so light that it would float on water, were there an ocean large enough, is continuing to frustrate astronomers by concealing its closest secrets with a layer of…
‘At the edge of what we thought possible’: Astronomers find extremely rare star from ancient universe
Scientists have adopted the role of “cosmic archaeologists” to discover a rare, iron-deficient second-generation star — essentially a fossil record of our universe’s chemical evolution. Just as uncovering artifacts here…
Watch live today: NASA astronauts conducting spacewalk delayed by ISS medical evacuation
Two NASA astronauts will conduct a long-delayed spacewalk today (March 18), and you can watch the action live. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams will venture outside the International…
How fast is the universe expanding? Astronomers may be one step closer to resolving ‘Hubble trouble’
The local universe may be expanding more slowly than previously thought, scientists have found. The discovery, made in two separate pieces of research, could relieve one of the most troubling…
Deep underground, a telescope may soon detect ghosts of stars that died before Earth existed
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Pablo Martinez Mirave is a Postdoctoral Fellow on Theoretical Particle…
Two days, two coasts, two more SpaceX Starlink batches launched
SpaceX launched two more sets of Starlink satellites on back-to-back, coast-to-coast flights on Friday and Saturday. First up, a Falcon 9 rocket launched from Space Launch Complex 4 East at…
Hubble and NASA space telescopes track ‘game-changing’ gamma-ray burst back to neutron star collision in ‘forbidden’ region of the universe
Astronomers have tracked a powerful blast of radiation called a gamma-ray burst (GRB) back to its source, finding a collision between extreme stellar remnants called neutron stars within colliding galaxies.…
‘Rick and Morty’ season 9 promises ‘No AI slop! Just Grade A organic slop’ when it drops on Adult Swim later this year
“Rick and Morty” is portaling back in for season 9 on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. It’s bound to be another bizarro blast into the multiverse for the zany reality-swapping duo…
Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket reaches orbit on 1st launch since explosive accidents last year (video)
Texas-based Firefly Aerospace is celebrating today (March 11) after successfully launching its Alpha rocket for the first time in nearly a year. Today’s mission, called “Stairway to Seven,” was the…
