TCP J1822 is a symbiotic star, observations find

Light curve of TCP J1822. Credit: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2023). DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad3121…

The longstanding mystery of Mars’ moons—and the mission that could solve it

Credit: NASA The two small moons of Mars, Phobos (about 22km in diameter) and Deimos (about…

Hubble captures a cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope can resolve individual stars in the densely-packed cores of globular clusters like…

Asteroid will pass in front of bright star Betelgeuse to produce a rare eclipse visible to millions

This image made with the Hubble Space Telescope and released by NASA on Aug. 10, 2020…

Scholars say it’s time to declare a new epoch on the moon, the ‘Lunar Anthropocene’

a) Crater formed by impact of USA’s Ranger 6 lunar probe in 1964 (b) USA’s Apollo…

Large exomoons unlikely around Kepler-1625 b and Kepler-1708 b, astronomers say

Several influences can create a moon-like signal in a light curve—even without the presence of an…

PACE testing and preparation continues for launch in early 2024

The PACE spacecraft is inspected and cleaned on a spacecraft dolly in a high bay at…

China scores a big win in race with US for influence on the moon

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain China notched a diplomatic victory in its race against the U.S. for…

New dark matter theory explains two puzzles in astrophysics

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Thought to make up 85% of matter in the universe, dark matter…

Psyche gamma-ray instrument hums to life, marking next generation for space exploration

A portion of the Psyche GRNS and JPL instrument and operation teams at NASA’s Jet Propulsion…