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Researchers Discover a New Type of Fast and Furious Cosmic Explosion–Name it After Liverpool Soccer Team
A dazzling and rare cosmic explosion, which outshines most supernovae in the universe, has been spotted by researchers at Queen’s University Belfast.
The unusual new...
Spacecraft ‘Hack’ Results in Never-Before-Seen Views of Our Sun – LOOK
Scientists used a camera aboard a solar orbiter in a new mode which has revealed never-before-seen views of our sun.
The Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI)...
Good News in History, August 25
20 years ago, NASA successfully launched the Spitzer Space Telescope. Spitzer was the third infrared space telescope, but the first to use an Earth-trailing...
Good News in History, August 15
838 years ago today, Queen Tamar of Georgia consecrated the holy cave monastery/city of Vardzia in the mountains of Erusheti on the left bank...
Cosmic Question Mark Spotted in Deep Space By the Webb Space Telescope
A question mark in deep space has been spotted inside pictures captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.
NASA astronomers had trained their sights on...
Webb Telescope Detects Water Vapor Just Hanging Out in Space Inside Fascinating Goldilocks Zone
Reprinted with permission from World at Large, an independent news outlet covering war, travel, science, conservation, and health and fitness.
In a fascinating star system 370...
Scientists Discover Time Moving 5x Slower After Big Bang–Exactly as Einstein Predicted
Most of us know the framework of the Big Bang Theory—the universe began expanding outward from a single point after a large explosion, and...
Eerie Echo Detected Coming From Milky Way’s Black Hole 200 Years Ago (Listen)
An international team of scientists has recorded a sound that came from the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy,...
Black Hole Emits Jets of X-rays 60,000 Times Hotter than Sun–the Brightest Quasar Ever Observed
Jets of light 100,000 billion times brighter than the sun have been captured by astronomers observing a quasar—the most powerful object in the universe.
The...
A Dark Energy Device Just Mapped 100,000 Galaxies Building a 3D Cosmic Map (WATCH)
More than 700,000 objects in the universe are available for study as part of a 3D map cleverly produced by scientists looking to study...
New Solar System Found Where Planets Orbit Two Suns—Just like Luke Skywalker’s Home in Star Wars
A new solar system has been found where planets orbit two suns just like on Luke Skywalker's home planet in Star Wars.
It's the fifth...
X-rays and Webb Telescope Provide Dazzling Views of Space Invisible to the Unaided Eye
Looking for a cool way to get your kids involved in astronomy? Just show them this picture.
These images are composite pieces of technological artwork...
Black Holes Chew Up Wayward Stars Like Messy Toddlers–Taking a Few Bites Before Flinging Leftovers Across the Galaxy
A research team that analyzed black holes determined they are a bit like a messy toddlers when they swallow up wayward stars—taking a few...
Hubble Sees a Possible Runaway Black Hole Creating a Trail of Stars
Perhaps the most astonishing phenomenon ever discovered by astronomers was recently observed "accidentally" by the Hubble Space Telescope.
What Hubble saw was a supermassive black...
NASA is Offering $25,000 for Pieces of a Meteorite that Just Fell in Maine
Just before noon on April 8th, a fireball streaked across the sunlit sky and burned up near Calais, Maine.
The rare event triggered a flurry...
Unprecedented Gamma-Ray Burst is ‘The BOAT’ – Brightest of All Time in Human History
On Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022, a pulse of intense radiation swept through the solar system so exceptional that astronomers quickly dubbed it the BOAT—the...
Scientist Finds Saturn Doing Something Never Seen Before in Our Solar System: ‘Hiding in Plain View for 40 Years’
Using data from several space missions and the Hubble telescope, an astronomer discovered that Saturn's rings are heating its own atmosphere—something that has never...
Galactic Jellyfish With ‘Dangling Tentacles’ of Star-Forming Gas Spotted 800 Million Light-Years Away
Like the ancients naming constellations after the animals they resembled, scientists at the European Space Agency say they have found a galactic 'jellyfish.'
The presence...
On Distant Planets that Don’t Rotate, Life May Exist Under Skies of Permanent Dawn and Dusk
In a new study, astronomers describe how extraterrestrial life has the potential to exist on distant exoplanets inside a special area called the 'terminator...
Scientists Simulate a Small Universe as a Preview of What This New Space Telescope Will Discover – LOOK
By creating a simulated universe, scientists working in concert with NASA have replicated how we can expect the soon-to-be-launched Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope...