Scientists Find a New Moon Orbiting Uranus
The provisionally named S/2025 U1 is so small it had gone unnoticed by probes and telescopes for the past 40 years.
Meet Wukong, the AI Chatbot China Has Installed on Its Space Station
China has rolled out a chatbot on its Tiangong space station. Its mission: to improve safety, navigation, and coordination in orbit.
The Mysterious Origins of the Most Energetic Neutrino Ever Detected
Two years ago, Earth was hit by the most energetic neutrino in history. Scientists thought it might be a measurement error, but a new study has confirmed this “ghost particle” was real.
This Might Be the Most Massive Black Hole Ever Discovered
New measurements of the galaxy at the heart of the “Cosmic Horseshoe” indicate that it could house the most massive object ever seen in the universe.
Science Reveals the Surprising Origins of the Potato
Potatoes as we know them today are the product of a hybridization that took place 9 million years ago between two plants, one of which was an ancestor of the tomato.
This Star System Contains 5 Potentially Habitable Planets
Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet that may be habitable 35 light-years from Earth. Named L 98-59 f, it joins four other worlds in the temperate zone of an intriguing planetary system.
Newly Discovered ‘Infinity Galaxy’ Could Prove How Ancient Supermassive Black Holes Formed
This collision of two galaxies could demonstrate that theorized “direct collapse black holes” exist.
The Structure of Ice in Space Is Neither Order nor Chaos—It’s Both
Long thought to be completely disordered, space ice appears to have some crystallized regions, new research suggests.
The FDA Just Approved a Long-Lasting Injection to Prevent HIV
Clinical trials have shown that six-monthly injections of lenacapavir are almost 100 percent protective against becoming infected with HIV. But big questions remain over the drug’s affordability.
Astronomers Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Unlock the Secrets of Black Holes
Using a neural network trained with simulations of supermassive black holes, astronomers have found that the one at the center of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A*, likely rotates at maximum speed.