South Pole Telescope beneath a rainbow of colors | Space photo of the day for Sept. 8, 2025
A panorama captures a breathtaking view of the night sky above a frozen landscape.
Astronomy or astrology? A quiz of science and stars
Dive into the fascinating crossroads of astronomy and astrology — where science meets symbolism, and the sky tells two very different stories.
The first stars may not have been as uniformly massive as astronomers thought
Chemistry in the first 50 million to 100 million years after the Big Bang may have been more active than we expected.
‘It shouldn’t survive’: Astronomers discover dust on an epic journey far beyond its galaxy
A team of astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope has found tiny dust particles traveling far from their home galaxy, surviving a perilous journey through a harsh cosmic environment that should have destroyed them.
Earth-size stars and alien oceans – an astronomer explains the case for life around white dwarfs
Could an ocean – likely needed to sustain life – even survive on a planet orbiting close to a dead star?
Don’t get burned! The ultimate sun quiz
This quiz is a deep dive into the physics, history, and mysteries of our nearest star.
Baby ‘failed star’ has unusually rich planet-forming disk, James Webb Space Telescope finds
"The results provide a rare, detailed look at how planet-forming chemistry operates in the extreme environments around brown dwarfs, potentially offering clues to the diversity of worlds beyond our solar system."
A new particle detector is ready to probe ‘ashes’ of the Big Bang after passing its ‘standard candle’ test
A new particle detector has passed a crucial test, demonstrating it's ready to start investigating quark-gluon plasma, the hot particle soup that existed during the first milliseconds of the universe.
Scientists capture interstellar invader comet 3I/ATLAS growing a tail: ‘This image is both a scientific milestone and a source of wonder’ (photo, video)
Astronomers have captured a stunning new image of the interstellar intruder 3I/ATLAS, seeing its growing tail and glowing coma.
How the James Webb, Euclid and Roman space telescopes could team up to hunt supermassive black holes from the dawn of time
Three powerful space telescopes, Euclid, Roman, and the James Webb Space Telescope, could team up to detect black holes as early as 250 million years after the Big Bang.