Blazars are active galaxies that emit narrow jets of ionized matter from their centers, aimed towards Earth. Depending on properties...
Gravitational lensing often evokes images of a cosmic funhouse mirror: duplicated galaxies, dramatic arcs and distorted shapes. But the web-like,...
Powering spacecraft with solar energy may not seem like a challenge, given how intense the Sun’s light can feel on...
Life may not have begun with a dramatic lightning strike into the ocean but from many smaller “microlightning” exchanges among...
Astrophysicists have once again enriched our knowledge of the cosmos with a new discovery: two small planets orbiting TOI-1453. Located...
On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured...
When we observe distant celestial objects, there is a possible catch: Is that star I am observing really as reddish...
More than 3 billion years ago, Mars intermittently had liquid water on its surface. After the planet lost much of...
Scientists have identified a promising new way to detect life on faraway planets, hinging on worlds that look nothing like...
A new study by Rice University researchers Sho Shibata and Andre Izidoro presents a compelling new model for the formation...
Using data collected by NASA’s Juno spacecraft as it flew past Jupiter’s highly volcanic moon Io in late 2023 and...
NASA’s newest space telescope rocketed into orbit Tuesday to map the entire sky like never before—a sweeping look at hundreds...
