Astronomers discover the Milky Way’s faintest satellite

Detection plot for Ursa Major III/UNIONS 1. Tangent plane-projected sky positions of all stars within a…

Idaho scientists could help us get there

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain China has repeatedly stunned the U.S. intelligence community in the last five…

New stellar system discovered by the Kilo-Degree Survey

Color-magnitude diagram of stars located within 5′ from the newfound stellar overdensity center. Credit: arXiv (2023).…

From underground detectors to cosmic secrets: Exploring dark matter-nucleon interactions

The new study explores dark matter-nucleon interactions using the PandaX-4T experiment. Credit: Physical Review Letters (2023).…

Tracking an errant space rocket to a mysterious crater on the moon

The far side of the moon, with distant Earth in the background, is visible in this…

Understanding a satellite’s death spiral

Credit: ESA/University of Bern Down on the ground, death equals stillness—but not in space. Abandoned satellites…

New Indian telescope identifies its first supernova

A small segment (size: 6 arcmin × 6 arcmin) of a single image frame (102 sec…

Paper explores ideal orbits for space-based interferometers

Artist Impression of LISA, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna. Credit: NASA Ever since the telescope was…

FIRST discovery of dozens of new giant radio galaxies

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Astronomers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and elsewhere report the discovery of…

Researchers use independent measurement methods to reveal earliest stages of star development

Image of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the closest star-forming region to Earth. This study reveals…