The dimmest supernova ever spotted is at least 100 times fainter than a normal explosion of…
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Saturn’s moon Titan may be doomed to fly away or smash into the planet
Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is slowly migrating away from the planet, which is tilting Saturn onto…
Invasion review: A slow-moving, tedious disaster drama
Apple TV’s Invasion follows various characters as they pick up on hints of alien activity. But many…
Steve Chien interview: Why NASA is inventing curious AI for deep space
Space probes will be the first to explore the furthest reaches of our solar system and…
Arid meteor shower makes new appearance in southern hemisphere skies
A meteor shower called the Arids has appeared in southern hemisphere skies, as predicted by astronomers …
Weird shape-shifting clouds of dust seem to be orbiting a distant star
The light from a distant star appears to be orbited by something that is continually changing…
NASA’s Lucy mission is launching to study asteroids near Jupiter
A NASA spacecraft called Lucy is about to blast off to study the Trojan asteroids near…
How the Hubble Telescope opened a new window on the cosmos
The Hubble Space Telescope’s journey to the sky was a bumpy one, but it was well…
Venus’s surface may have never been cool enough for oceans or life
The surface of Venus may have remained extremely hot since its formation, meaning that water in…
Jupiter-like planet survived the death of its star without harm
Astronomers have spotted a Jupiter-like planet in its original orbit around a white dwarf for the…