05/16/2025 After weeks of calm, solar activity is suddenly high again, with twostrong solar flares erupting…
TESS Has Found Exoplanets. Can it Find Rings Around Them?
Exoplanets—planets that orbit stars beyond our Solar System—have transformed our understanding of the universe. Since the…
Leaving tracks on other worlds
Our rovers and astronauts leave tracks where they explore. But there’s always the possibility that those…
Risk of a star destroying the solar system is higher than expected
A passing star could send planets scattering Triff/Shutterstock Stars whizzing by our solar system could cause…
Glass Beads on the Moon Contain Material Dug Up from Deep Down
If we could peel back the Moon’s cratered crust and examine its mantle, we might find…
Week in images: 12-16 May 2025
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Perseverance Sees Deimos in the Sky
NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover is perhaps the most sophisticated Martian explorer to date, It’s been exploring…
Tracking Down “Annihilation Photons” Could Lead To Unique Binary Systems
Tracking the sources of photons is a hobby of many astrophysicists. Some types of photons are…
NASA X-59’s Latest Testing Milestone: Simulating Flight from the Ground
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft successfully completed a critical series of tests in which the…
A Black Hole is Firing Bullet-Like Blobs of Gas into Space
Black holes are objects that are so dense that not even light can escape their gravitational…