NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft today began its six-year cruise to the Jupiter system, with the goal…
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It’s Like Looking into a Mirror, 13 Billion Years Ago
The early Universe continues to offer surprises and the latest observations of infant galaxies are no…
How Gravitational Waves Could Let Us See the First Moments After the Big Bang
Cosmology has had several ground-breaking discoveries over the last 100+ years since Einstein developed his theory…
Can an Asteroid’s Movements Reveal a New Force in the Universe?
There are four fundamental forces in the Universe. These forces govern all the ways matter can…
New Research Could Help Resolve the “Three-Body Problem”
Perhaps you’ve heard of the popular Netflix show and the science fiction novel on which it…
Webb Observations Shed New Light on Cosmic Reionization
The “Epoch of Reionization” was a critical period for cosmic evolution and has always fascinated and…
SpaceX’s Mechazilla Catches a Starship Booster on First Try
For the first time ever, SpaceX has followed through on a Starship test launch by bringing…
A Possible Exomoon Could be Volcanic, like Jupiter’s Moon Io
In 2012, astronomers detected a gas giant transiting in front of WASP-49A, a G-type star located…
Asteroid 2024 TH11 flew past Earth at 0.08 LD
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2024 TH11 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.08 LD…
Milky Way galaxy is part of a much larger, unseen cosmic superstructure
An international team of astronomers has found evidence that the Laniakea supercluster, which contains the Milky…