Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Computer simulations by astronomers support the idea that dark matter—matter that no…
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Revealing the origin of unexpected differences in giant binary stars
This artist’s impression illustrates a binary pair of giant stars. Despite being born from the same…
NASA’s Hubble pauses science due to gyro issue
The Hubble Space Telescope as seen from the space shuttle Atlantis (STS-125) in May 2009, during…
How to catch a glimpse of a new star about to appear in the night sky
Illustration of T Coronae Borealis where material from a red giant star pours onto a white…
NASA scientists gear up for solar storms at Mars
This coronal mass ejection, captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, erupted on the Sun Aug. 31,…
Hubble spots magnificent barred galaxy NGC 2217
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope images showcases the galaxy NGC 2217. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J.…
SpaceX lines up pair of Space Coast launches for the weekend
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain SpaceX has launches set for Saturday and Sunday from the Space Coast.…
America’s ‘big glass’ dominance hangs on the fate of two powerful new telescopes
by Eric D. Isaacs and Thomas F. Rosenbaum, Los Angeles Times Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain More…
New study reveals mystery of decaying exoplanet orbits
Schematic of tidal dissipation due to wave conversion. Credit: The Astrophysical Journal Letters (2024). DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad3c40…
Orion’s erupting star system reveals its secrets
Artist’s impression of the large-scale view of FU~Ori. The image shows the outflows produced by the…