James Webb Space Telescope discovers a hot Jupiter exoplanet leaking twin gas tails that defy explanation
"We are only beginning to discover the true complexity of these worlds."
How do you activate a supermassive black hole? A galaxy merger should do the trick
A space telescope and AI teamed up to analyze a million galaxies and learn what triggers supermassive black holes the most.
Uranus may have more in common with Earth than we thought, 40-year-old Voyager 2 probe data shows
The findings provide an answer to a planetary mystery that has bewildered scientists for nearly four decades.
Extremely Large Telescope under construction | Space photo of the day for Dec. 10, 2025
Once completed, this telescope will help usher in a new era of astronomy.
An industrial project in Chile threatens Earth’s darkest sky. 28 leading astronomers signed an open letter urging to move it
"We might lose the ability to observe about 30% of the faintest galaxies. We are at the point of starting to be able to see details of exoplanet atmospheres, but if the sky gets brighter, we may not be able to see those details anymore."
Hear dust devils on Mars crackle with electricity in new NASA Perseverance rover video
For the first time, we can see and hear lightning-like discharges in Mars' thin atmosphere.
The James Webb Space Telescope just found the oldest supernova ever seen
The supernova exploded over 13 billion years ago in a galaxy far, far away.
This 7-hour cosmic explosion is the longest gamma-ray burst ever seen. Could it be from an elusive class of black hole?
"This is certainly an outburst unlike any other we've seen in the past 50 years."
1st human missions to Mars should hunt for signs of life, report says
Humanity's exploration of Mars should be organized around the search for signs of past or present Red Planet life, according to a new report from the U.S. National Academies.
This supermassive black hole flung out matter at 134 million mph: ‘On a scale almost too big to imagine’
In other words, the matter traveled at 20% the speed of light.