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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...
Hidden Corridor Discovered Inside Great Pyramid of Giza by Non-invasive Imaging Tech
A new corridor measuring about 30 feet was discovered recently in the biggest of the three Giza Pyramids, the Pyramid of Khufu.
Images and videos...
Supermassive Black Hole Lurking at Edge of the Universe is One of Biggest Ever Detected–and ‘Completely Unexpected’
A supermassive black hole discovered at the edge of the universe is one of the biggest ever detected, containing over a billion solar masses...
Six Enormous Galaxies Detected from the Dawn of Our Universe: ‘Our First Glimpse Back This Far’
Six enormous galaxies that formed just half a billion years after the Big Bang have been detected by astronomers.
They contain some of the first...
Ringed Planet That Defies Known Physics Discovered in Outer Reaches of Our Solar System
It turns out that Saturn isn't the only married planet in the solar system. A European telescope has found a new dwarf planet right...
Hubble Captures Rare Event: Star Eaten By a Black Hole 300 Million Light Years Away (LOOK)
Black holes are gatherers, not hunters. They lie in wait until a hapless star wanders by.
When the star gets close enough, the black hole's...
Green Comet in the Sky This Week Is Rare ‘Messenger from the Outer Reaches of Our Solar System’
A bright green comet is passing through our solar system and has astrophotographers elated for the chance at a once-in-a-lifetime image.
Comet 2022 E3 (ZTF)...
A Star Nursery That Fuels the Formation of New Stars is Seen by VISTA Telescope in Chile
High in the Atacama Desert where the skies are clear, a 67-million-pixel camera imaged a far away star nursery in infrared light, revealing a...
NASA Catches The Sun in a Big Smiley Face Made of Wind (LOOK)
Just in time for Halloween, NASA released a photo of the sun “smiling”.
Their Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the cheery image, sharing it in a...
Black Hole Spews Out Material Years After Shredding a Star: ‘We’ve Never Seen Anything Like This’
In October 2018, a small star was ripped to shreds when it wandered too close to a black hole in a galaxy located 665...
Huge Gas Bubble is Circling the Only Massive Black Hole in Our Galaxy–at 1/3 the Speed of Light
Scientists recently spotted a hot bubble of gas orbiting the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way at 200 million miles...
New Webb Image Captures Clearest View of Neptune’s Rings, Revealing the Ice Giant in Whole New Light
The James Webb Space Telescope is showing off its capabilities closer to home with its first image of Neptune, revealed on Wednesday.
Most striking about...
Saturn’s Rings Could Have Been Formed By a Missing Moon That Smashed Into Planet 160 Million Years Ago
Saturn’s rings and tilt could be the product of an ancient, missing moon, a new study suggests—and a “grazing encounter” may have smashed the...
Webb Telescope Captures Images That Move a NASA Scientist ‘to Tears’ – LOOK
The dawn of a new era in astronomy is here as the world gets its first look at the full capabilities of NASA’s James...
Black Hole at the Heart of Our Own Galaxy is Pictured For First Time
The gargantuan black hole which binds our galaxy together with its powerful gravity has been imaged for the first time.
The capture relied on the...
Hubble Telescope Spots Most Distant Star Ever Seen on Record, From 12 Billion Light Years Away
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has established an extraordinary new benchmark: detecting the light of a star that existed within the first billion years after...
Scientists Discover a Quantum Imprint Within Black Hole’s Gravity That Finally Resolves Hawking’s Paradox
An international team of physicists from the US, UK, and Italy, have co-authored two papers that finally resolve a problem confounding scientists for nearly...
Key Building Block For Life Discovered on a Planet 444 Light-Years Away
Planet forming gas, dust, and ice 444 light years away contains a complex organic molecule that could lead to life, according to new research.
The...
Even Dying Stars Can Still Give Birth to Planets, Scientists Discover
Planets are usually not much younger than the stars around which they revolve. Take the Sun: it was born 4.6 billion years ago, and not...