Scientists discover exoplanet-forming disk with water older than the star it orbits
V883 Orionis is a young star that formed in the Orion Nebula half a million years ago.
Could the world’s 1st private space telescope help find stars with habitable exoplanets?
The world's first commercial astronomy space telescope will look for stars that may host habitable exoplanets.
Stars and satellites streak over Gemini North telescope | Space photo of the day for Oct. 17, 2025
A striking new image from the Gemini North telescope captures the changing face of the night sky, where stars mingle ever more frequently with satellite trails.
Dry ice may burrow through Mars like sandworms in ‘Dune’
Blocks of carbon dioxide ice appear to carve mysterious gullies on Mars as they melt down dune slopes and blast away sand.
Rule-breaking black hole destroys star in puzzling way: ‘This is truly extraordinary’
The so-called tidal disruption event also produced two puzzling delayed outbursts.
Rule-breaking black hole destroys star in puzzling way: ‘This is truly extraordinary’
The so-called tidal disruption event also produced two puzzling delayed outbursts.
Where the ridge meets the river | Space photo of the day for Oct. 16, 2025
From above Earth, LandSat 9's keen eye captures a stunning Y-shaped meeting of ridge and river in China's Tarim Basin.
Not-so-dark matter? Mysterious substance might leave red and blue ‘fingerprints’ on light
A new study suggests dark matter could subtly tint or polarize light, leaving faint color clues that next-generation telescopes might detect.
How scientists are using spinning dead stars to find ripples in the fabric of spacetime
Identifying the gravitational waves from black holes binaries could also make it clearer to detect primordial gravitational waves that date back to inflation at the moment of the Big Bang.
Asteroid discovered only 2 days ago will fly by Earth closer than the moon today
A small asteroid, called 2025 TP5, will safely fly by our planet Oct. 15 at about a quarter of the distance to the moon.