Watching the Power of Supermassive Black Holes With X-ray Interferometers

By Andy Tomaswick March 14, 2025 X-ray astronomy is a somewhat neglected corner of the more…

New Horizons Needs a New Flyby Target. Vera Rubin Can Help.

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JWST Cycle 4 Spotlight, Part 1: Exoplanets and Habitability

By Matthew Williams March 13, 2025 The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) has announced the science…

Hubble Finds a Potential Triple Kuiper Belt Object

Sometimes, good things come in threes. If astronomers are correct, a system in the distant Kuiper…

Galaxies in the Early Universe Seen Rotating in the Same Direction

Galaxies are huge structures composed of billions of stars along with gas, dust, and dark matter,…

It’s Time to Stop Being Surprised by Surprising Weather

Extreme weather events come in a range of intensities from the ordinary to the unprecedented covering…

If Mars Samples Contain Life, Can We Detect It?

Many sci-fi plots revolve around alien life reaching Earth and causing problems. In “Invasion of the…

Bright fireball over New Zealand produces sonic boom

A very bright fireball streaked over the Bay of Plenty at approximately 09:48 UTC (22:48 NZDT)…

Vera Rubin Gets its Camera Installed

Vera Rubin was a leading American astronomer who provided the first compelling evidence for the existence…

NASA’s Punch and SPHEREx Missions Safely Blast Off

The SpaceX Falcon 9 is a reusable two-stage orbital launch vehicle that has revolutionised launches into…