August 21, 2019 Rocky 'Star Wars' exoplanet with three suns discovered A distant rocky exoplanet has gone one better than Tatooine, Luke Skywalker’s home planet on “Star Wars,” which is famously depicted as having two suns in its sky.
August 21, 2019 Fresh interstellar dust discovered in Antarctica By examining Antarctic snow, researchers have discovered, for the first time, interstellar dust that recently fell to Earth, a new study finds.
August 20, 2019 'UFOs' are coming out of black holes and altering galaxies forever: 'It's all very new science' Black holes are still a mysterious force of spacetime, with the first image of one having been released just a few short months ago. Now, a new study suggests that "UFOs" are coming out of them, helping to reshape galaxies along the way.
August 20, 2019 'Evil-genius' neutrino gun could unmask tiniest particles in the universe Neutrinos are perhaps the most underrated particles known to humankind. Physicist, smart guy and smart aleck Wolfgang Pauli first proposed their existence in 1930 as a missing puzzle piece — certain nuclear reactions had more going in than they had coming out. Pauli reasoned that something tiny and invisible had to be involved — hence, the neutrino, which is kind of Italian for "little neutral one."
August 19, 2019 NASA glimpses surface of distant rocky exoplanet Data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has given scientists a first glimpse into conditions on the surface of a rocky exoplanet beyond the solar system.
August 19, 2019 Black hole devouring a neutron star caused ripples in space and time, scientists say A black hole swallowing a neutron star has likely been detected for the first time, according to scientists.
August 19, 2019 'Jellyfish' star found in deep space The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a "jellyfish"-like star deep in space, located in the Orion constellation.
August 15, 2019 Black hole at Milky Way's center seen behaving strangely The black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy is behaving strangely, according to astronomers.
August 15, 2019 Interstellar dust from ancient supernova found on Earth Cosmic dust found in Antarctic snow was likely birthed in a distant supernova millions of years ago. The dust's interstellar journey eventually brought the material to Earth, where scientists discovered the ancient grains.
August 13, 2019 NASA finds evidence of 'interplanetary shock' for first time NASA has captured a phenomenon in space that has eluded humanity for centuries — an "interplanetary shock."