NASA’s Europa Clipper is setting off for one of Jupiter’s icy moons, Europa, to see if…
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Our galaxy may host strange black holes born just after the big bang
The Milky Way may be home to strange black holes from the first moments of the…
Starlink tests show how to save radio astronomy from satellites
A radio telescope at the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia J. Seymour/Green Bank Observatory Radio…
A giant wave in the Milky Way may have been created by another galaxy
Was the Milky Way set rippling by another galaxy? Buradaki/Alamy The Milky Way appears to have…
Strange stars full of metals may be created by imploding supernovae
A supernova remnant in the Milky Way galaxy Chandra X-ray Observatory After a star explodes in…
Why we need to save the Chandra space telescope
Chandra X-ray Observatory NASA/CXC & J. Vaughan On 23 July 1999, just months before I started…
Why NASA is sending a probe to Europa – and what it’s looking for
Seen against the backdrop of Jupiter’s dramatic, swirling atmosphere, Europa might at first appear a bit…
Astronomers might finally have explanation for mysterious Wow! signal
The Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico detected radio signals similar to the Wow! signal NAIC/Arecibo Observatory/NSF…
Strange meteorites have been traced to their source craters on Mars
An impact crater on Mars, with darker material exposed beneath the reddish dust NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona…
Lightning can make energy waves that travel shockingly far into space
Lightning can produce special waves of energy RooM the Agency/Alamy An overlooked mechanism lets energy from…