NASA’s new experimental antenna tracks deep space laser

This artist’s concept shows what Deep Space Station-23, a new antenna dish at the Deep Space…

Results from South Pole Telescope’s new camera emerge

The cosmic microwave background—the universe’s oldest light—has traversed vast distances before reaching us. During its extended…

Researchers discover cosmic dust storms from Type 1a supernova

Schematic sketches of SN 2018evt at the different phases. Credit: arXiv (2023). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2310.14874 Cosmic dust—like…

Simulations provide potential explanation for mysterious gap in size distribution of super-Earths

Artistic representation of an exoplanet whose water ice on the surface is increasingly vaporizing and forming…

Chinese astronomers find radio pulsar in a supernova remnant

Dual-wavelength image of SNR CTB 87: NVSS 1.4 GHz radio continuum image in red, and Chandra…

JWST data suggest exoplanet K2-18b may have molten surface rather than a watery ocean

The fraction of nitrogen in the planet’s atmosphere compared to the planet’s total inventory, as a…

Astronauts from Turkey, Italy and Sweden return to Earth, ending private space station trip

This photo provided by Axiom Space shows a SpaceX capsule parachuting into the Atlantic Ocean on…

Saturn’s Death Star-looking moon may have vast underground ocean

This Feb. 13, 2010 image provided by NASA shows Saturn’s moon Mimas and it’s large Herschel…

Hubble detects celestial ‘string of pearls’ star clusters in galaxy collisions

Galaxy AM 1054-325 has been distorted into an S-shape from a normal pancake-like spiral shape by…

Did the Galileo mission find life on Earth?

An image of Earth taken by the Galileo spacecraft in 1990. Credit: NASA/JPL In the fall…