The heliosphere—made of solar wind, solar transients, and the interplanetary magnetic field—acts as our solar system’s personal shield, protecting the...
While eclipse watchers look to the skies, people who are blind or visually impaired will be able to hear and...
New analysis reveals a tiny black hole repeatedly punching through a larger black hole’s disk of gas
At the heart of a far-off galaxy, a supermassive black hole appears to have had a case of the hiccups....
Struggle to wrap your head around daylight savings? Spare a thought for the world’s timekeepers, who are trying to work...
Planets form in disks of dust and gas called protoplanetary disks that whirl around a central protostar during its final...
A team of astronomers led by the University of Victoria and Yale University has detected an ancient star system traveling...
NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, headed to Jupiter’s ice-covered moon Europa in October 2024, will carry a laser-etched message that celebrates...
The ALMA radio telescope has detected more than 100 molecular species, including many indicative of different star formation and evolution...
Japan’s moon lander woke up after unexpectedly surviving a second frigid, two-week lunar night and transmitted new images back to...
Curtin University-led research has discovered a rare dust particle trapped in an ancient extra-terrestrial meteorite that was formed by a...
The sun’s differential rotation pattern has puzzled scientists for decades: While the poles rotate with a period of approximately 34...
A team of European scientists have published the most detailed geological map of Oxia Planum—the landing site for ESA’s Rosalind...
