Science
A Six-Exoplanet System Challenges Assumptions of How Planets Form
A recent discovery of an exoplanet star system some 200 light-years away has challenged planetary formation...
Science
A Supermassive Black Hole Turns Red Stars Blue
Something odd happens to red giant stars that stray too close to the center of the...
Science
Your Black Hole Tour Guide: Beyond This Horizon
Traveling through the event horizon of a black hole would be strictly a one-way trip —...
Science
Crushed Space Rocks Hint at Water-Rich Exoplanets
What do you get when you bake crushed space rocks in a laboratory oven? Two research...
Science
Life in the Dark: Understanding Galaxy Death
Astronomers witnessed a galaxy death for the first time. But can a galaxy ever really die?
Black Holes
Could Alien Life Draw Energy from Black Holes?
Negative energy isn't just a gimmick from classic Star Trek. It's a phenomenon that could help...
Science
Jupiter’s Moon Europa May Glow in the Dark
Jupiter's large moon Europa probably has an underground ocean — and possibly life. Now, the glow...
Black Holes
Fermi Bubbles Reveal an Exploding Galaxy: Our Own
NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope discovered two vast plumes of energetic gas near the Milky Way...
Space Exploration
NASA’s Webb Telescope Will Look Farther into Space
JWST will peer into our universe's history by observing the most distant planets and stars. It...
Frontiers
More Geysers on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
NASA's Cassini space probe has provided more evidence of a subsurface ocean on Saturn's moon Enceladus.
Frontiers
What Ever Happened to the Moon’s Magnetosphere?
The astronauts who brought back moon rocks half a century ago also revealed a lunar mystery:...
Frontiers
Venus Rocks! And Some May Have Ended Up on the Moon
Venus rocks may help us understand the forbidden planet of our solar system, which is at...
Frontiers
Red Planet Road Trip: Space Travel to Mars Meets Speculative Sightseeing
When regular space travel to Mars becomes a reality, what would a Red Planet road trip...
Black Holes
A Supermassive Black Hole Sheds Light on Early Universe
Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile have discovered a clump of six galaxies...