We recently examined how and why Saturn’s icy moon, Enceladus, could answer the longstanding question: Are we alone? With its...
Astronomy
JWST’s MIRI is fully operational again. Have astronomers found the first strange star? The first test of an inflatable heat...
The James Webb Space Telescope Early Release Science (ERS) program – first released on July 12th, 2022 – has proven...
We finally have the technological means to detect interstellar objects. We’ve detected two in the last few years, ‘Oumuamua and...
Nearly 37 years ago the world watched in stunned horror as an explosion destroyed the space shuttle Challenger. The accident...
Keck’s new Planet Hunter Instrument Comes Online, Searching for Smaller, More Earth-Sized Exoplanets
There’s a new planet hunter in town, and it’s got its sights set on nearby Earth-sized planets in the galactic...
Here’s a dramatic and spectacular new view of the Cone Nebula, as seen by the Very Large Telescope (VLT). This...
Engineers with the James Webb Space Telescope have figured out a way to work around a friction issue that arose...
Today, the number of confirmed exoplanets stands at 5,197 in 3,888 planetary systems, with another 8,992 candidates awaiting confirmation. The...
Something huge lurks in the shadows of the Universe. Known as the Great Attractor, it is causing the Milky Way...
