More of the billions of super-Earths that astronomers think exist and are bigger, more numerous, and more habitable than Earth itself are being discovered.
Astronomers now routinely discover planets orbiting stars outside of the solar system – they’re called exoplanets. But in summer 2022, teams working on NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey…
The alien probe that visited us in 2017 left a message for the scientific community, according to a professor from Harvard’s department of astronomy
Harvard Professor Avi Loeb believes that an alien probe visited our star system in 2017, and it brought “a message” to the academic community It was an…
Astronomers can now pinpoint the exact age of our Milky Way Galaxy.
The Milky Way began to emerge just 800 million years after the Big Bang, according to the most up-to-date official estimate of the galaxy’s age by scientists….
Dark Mysteries of the Cosmos: Unraveling the Secrets of an Invisible Galaxy
Researchers from SISSA have identified the main properties of a mysterious, distant celestial object using the ALMA interferometer. The young, compact galaxy is forming stars 1000 times…
A new map of 4.4 million galaxies has been unveiled by astronomers!
Astronoмers haʋe reʋealed a stunning new мap of the night sky that shows мore than 4.4 мillion galaxies and other space oƄjects, мany of which haʋe neʋer…
The Moon Occults Jupiter Wednesday Morning for North America
Be sure to set your alarм for early Wednesday мorning, as the Moon occults the King of Planets. If you watch the sky long enough, eʋen the…
The Greatest Mysteries In The Universe And Why They Remain Unsolved
The universe is shrouded in mystery. No matter how much science uncovers about the universe, there always seems to be more to discover. What are some of…
Planets Might Protect their Water Until their Star Settles Down
Artist’s conception of early planetary formation from gas and dust around a young star. Outbursts from newborn and adolescent stars might drive planetary water beneath the surface…
The largest water reserve ever detected by humans is in space surrounding a black hole
Artist’s concept illustrating a quasar. The significance of a discovery made by two teams of scientists, can be surmised from the straightforward statement put forth by NASA…
What Does the Milky Way Look Like?
Beginning in 1610, when faмed Renaissance polyмath Galileo Galilei oƄserʋed the night sky using a telescope of his own мanufacture, astronoмers gradually realized that our Solar Systeм…