Scientists said on September 20, 2025, that they found evidence an asteroid struck the North Sea…
Category: Earth Sky
Hungry white dwarf devours surprisingly icy Pluto-like world
View larger. | Artist’s concept of the white dwarf star WD 1647+375 surrounded by a disk…
New nova in Centaurus might be visible to the unaided eye
BOOM! A possible new nova has appeared in the southern constellation of Centaurus the Centaur. This…
Finding Mars life might be surprisingly easy
View larger. | Artist’s illustration of the Rosalind Franklin rover. It will launch in 2028 and…
Supernova 1181 was described in an ancient Arabic poem
Many astronomers think Pa 30, a nebula in Cassiopeia (above), is the remnant of supernova 1181.…
Astronomers propose Planet Y in depths of solar system
Astrophysicist and pianist Amir Siraj is lead author on the new work, suggesting an unseen Planet…
New clues about comet 3I/ATLAS revealed in older images
A deep image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS captured by the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) on the…
The tally is in! 6,000 exoplanets now confirmed
NASA has confirmed 6,000 exoplanets! NASA published a longer version of this story on September 17,…
Volcanic sulfur on Mars could have been helpful for life
View larger. | NASA’s Curiosity rover found these pure sulfur crystals on May 30, 2024, after…
Astronomers glimpse growth of baby planet shrouded in dust
Image from the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile showing the growth of baby planet AB…