Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have directly measured a black hole that outweighs its own host galaxy, a ...
As the Solar System orbits the center of the Milky Way every 250 million years or so, it repeatedly passes through the galaxy ...
The farside of the moon receives solar wind particles at nearly full speed, while its Earth-facing side is hit by the same ...
Exomoon discovery: astronomers report the strongest evidence yet for a natural satellite outside our solar system — a Jupiter ...
The Hoba meteorite in Namibia is the largest known natural piece of iron on Earth, weighing about 60 metric tons today. By ...
Astronomers detected a strong 170-day signal suggesting a Jupiter-mass object orbits the brown dwarf CD-35 2722 B. The ...
Most asteroids drifting through our solar system are made of rock or ice, but one stands out as strikingly different. Known ...
China’s Tianwen-1 orbiter captured a faint but remarkable view of 3I/ATLAS as the interstellar comet raced past Mars. The ...
Astronomers directly imaged a Jupiter-mass object orbiting a brown dwarf 72 light-years away, making it the strongest candidate yet for the first known exomoon.
Barnard’s Star hosts four hostile small planets whose unusual chemistry and orbital rhythm reveal how compact planetary systems can form and survive.
Scientists have discovered a unique planetary system located 71 light-years away, featuring a red dwarf star orbited by a ...