A cataclysmic collision in space provides new clues on astronomy’s biggest stalemate
Second only to black holes, neutron stars – incredibly dense star remnants – are the densest…
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Did a medieval flying monk spot Halley’s comet, twice? It’s complicated
Early in the 11th century, a young Benedictine monk named Eilmer jumped from the 150-foot tower…
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Aliens might exist. But there are three reasons why they’re not visiting us
The United States government’s recent release of hundreds of previously classified Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) cases…
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LIVE: May’s Second Full Moon Creates Magical Scene Over Historic Greek Landmark | AL1N
A stunning celestial display unfolded in Greece as May’s second full moon rose behind the ancient…
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Stardust trapped in Antarctic ice reveals tens of thousands of years of Solar System’s past
When you think of outer space, you’re likely picturing stars, planets and moons. But much of…
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We keep finding the raw material of DNA in asteroids—what’s it telling us?
On Monday, a paper announcing that all four DNA bases had been found on an asteroid…
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Perseverance’s radar revealed ancient subsurface river delta on Mars
When NASA’s Perseverance rover landed in Jezero Crater in 2021, its primary mission was to scour…
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SpaceX rocket fireball linked to plume of polluting lithium
“Space regulations don’t cover the new problems emerging – interference with astronomical observations, risk of collision…
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Too many satellites? Earth’s orbit is on track for a catastrophe – but we can stop it
On January 30 2026, SpaceX filed an application with the US Federal Communications Commission for a…
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Puzzling slow radio pulses are coming from space. A new study could finally explain them
Inspired by a previous study on a white dwarf pulsar, we modelled GPM J1839-10 as a…
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Embark on a visual voyage of art inspired by black holes
Gamwell sees echoes of Mitchell’s dark stars, for instance, in Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, “A…
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What was the ‘Christmas Star’? Astronomy might hold the answer
In the run up to Christmas, carols fill the air. Many have an astronomical twist, singing…
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10 years ago, gravitational waves changed astronomy. A new discovery shows there’s more to come
Ten years ago, scientists heard the universe rumble for the first time. That first discovery of…
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The most powerful tool in an astronomer’s arsenal is a lens – but not the kind you might think
Astronomers are living in a golden age of bigger and better telescopes. But even our most…
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Move over Mercury – Chiron is in retrograde. What even is Chiron?
You might have seen an interesting phrase popping up in your social media feeds lately: “Chiron…
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Astronomers may have found a third interstellar object
There is a growing buzz in the astronomy community about a new object with a hyperbolic…
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A strange bright burst in space baffled astronomers for more than a year. Now, they’ve solved the mystery
Around midday on June 13 last year, my colleagues and I were scanning the skies when…
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Simulations find ghostly whirls of dark matter trailing galaxy arms
“Basically what you do is you set up a bunch of particles that represent things like…
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The truth about life on other planets – and what it means for humans
3 days ago Pallab Ghosh BBC Listen to this article on BBC Sounds There are some…
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Scientists find ‘strongest evidence yet’ of life on distant planet
Scientists have found new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be…
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Pre-Historic Technology in Egypt Left by Unknown Civilization
The concept of an advanced pre-Egyptian civilization, existing before the well-documented dynastic periods of ancient Egypt,…
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Pre-Egyptian Megastructure Built BEFORE The Great Flood
The concept of an advanced pre-Egyptian civilization, existing before the well-documented dynastic periods of ancient Egypt,…
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You’ve heard of the Big Bang. Now astronomers have discovered the Big Wheel – here’s why it’s significant
Deep observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed an exceptionally large galaxy in…
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Isidore of Seville: the patron saint of the internet who shaped knowledge for generations
In a world where information flows freely, it’s easy to forget that, for centuries, knowledge was…
