Construction of world’s largest digital camera for astronomy is completed

Construction of world’s largest digital camera for astronomy is completed

The U.S. Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory completed in late March the construction of the......

[video] A passing star altered Earth’s orbit 2.8 million years ago

[video] A passing star altered Earth’s orbit 2.8 million years ago

Our planet’s orbit around the Sun has not been exactly the same since the inception of the Solar System – and......

JWST discovers a cosmic monster 4 billion light-years from Earth

JWST discovers a cosmic monster 4 billion light-years from Earth

A group of astronomers representing the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, and other academic institutions has detected......

Study: our universe might be merging with parallel baby universes

Study: our universe might be merging with parallel baby universes

A research paper published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics in December 2023 suggests that the universe......

A star devours a planet, gets a “remember me” metal scar

A star devours a planet, gets a “remember me” metal scar

A white dwarf responsible for a celestial carnage after its death bears a metal scar on its surface, which astronomers back on......

Asteroid 33 Polyhymnia likely contains elements outside periodic table

Asteroid 33 Polyhymnia likely contains elements outside periodic table

Asteroid 33 Polyhymnia is believed to possess elements that extend beyond the boundaries of the periodic table due to its......

Asteroid Bennu might have been part of an ocean world

Asteroid Bennu might have been part of an ocean world

A sample from the asteroid Bennu, brought back by the OSIRIS-REx mission, contains hints that it was once part of a planetesimal......

Scientists suspect there's microbial life on Mercury

Scientists suspect there's microbial life on Mercury

Researchers from the Planetary Science Institute claim they have evidence of salt glaciers on Mercury, and beneath those glaciers......

Huge deposits of ice discovered at Mars equator

Huge deposits of ice discovered at Mars equator

More than 15 years ago, the European Space Agency's Mars Express mission scrutinized a region near the equator called Medusae......

Forget what you know about cosmos – astronomers find a galaxy without stars

Forget what you know about cosmos – astronomers find a galaxy without stars

Researchers working at the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia, the U.S., announced at the 8 January 2024 annual meeting of......

The Milky Way contains trillions of orphan planets

The Milky Way contains trillions of orphan planets

Scientists from the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Osaka University in Japan expect that the Roman......

Earth has just experienced the worst solar flare so far

Earth has just experienced the worst solar flare so far

Our planet has been hit this December with powerful flares as the Sun is entering the most active phase of its 11-year cycle,......