The Universe Can’t Hide Behind the Zone of Avoidance Any Longer

Our view of the cosmos is always limited by the fact we are located within a…

ALMA Takes Next-Level Images of a Protoplanetary Disk

The ESO’s Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is perched high in the Chilean Andes. ALMA is…

We’re Entering a New Age When Spacecraft Communicate With Lasers

In October 2023, NASA launched its long-awaited on-again, off-again Psyche mission. The spacecraft is on its…

Martian Green Nightglow Seen for the First Time

On Earth, there is a phenomenon known as nightglow, where the atmosphere experiences faint light emissions…

Can a Dead Star Keep Exploding?

In September 2022, an automated sky survey detected what seemed to be a supernova explosion about…

Hubble Succeeds Where TESS Couldn’t: It Measured the Nearest Transiting Earth-Sized Planet

Twenty-two light-years away, a rocky world orbits a red dwarf. It’s called LTT 1445Ac, and NASA’s…

An Asteroid Will Occult Betelgeuse on December 12th

I cannot for the life of me remember when it was or what it was but…

Asteroid 2023 WA to fly past Earth at 0.07 LD

A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2023 WA will fly past Earth at a distance of just 0.071…

Take a Plunge Into the Ice Giants

Our Solar System’s ice giants, Uranus and Neptune, have been largely left out of the planetary…

JWST Follows Neon Signs Toward New Thinking on Planet Formation

Everyone knows that the James Webb Space Telescope is a ground-breaking infrared space telescope that’s helping…