The sun sits alone at the center of our solar system — but it was actually…
NASA chief warns of Chinese military presence in space
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain China is bolstering its space capabilities and is using its civilian program…
Astronomers discover the most metal-poor extreme helium star
The HRS spectrum of EC 19529−4430. Credit: Jeffery et al., 2024. Using the Southern African Large…
James Webb Space Telescope data pinpoint possible aurorae on a cold brown dwarf
This artist concept portrays the brown dwarf W1935, which is located 47 light-years from Earth. Astronomers…
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter team says goodbye—for now
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, right, stands near the apex of a sand ripple in an image…
Researchers unveil unique tidal disruption event with pronounced early optical bump
Schematic illustration of the processes that occurred in AT 2023lli, ordered in a chronological sequence. Credit:…
Saturn’s ocean moon Enceladus could support life—researchers are working out how to detect extraterrestrial cells there
Scientists could one day find traces of life on Enceladus, an ocean-covered moon orbiting Saturn. Credit:…
The Solar Wind is Stripping Oxygen and Carbon Away From Venus
The BepiColombo mission, a joint effort between JAXA and the ESA, was only the second (and…
Studying spaceflight atrophy with machine learning
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 32 flight engineer, equipped with a bungee harness, exercises on the…
Study finds presence of water molecules not a major obstacle for formation
Dr. Serge Krasnokutski, Laboratory Astrophysics and Cluster Physics group at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy…