Strange multi-planet system proves not all hot Jupiter exoplanets are lonely giants
Hot Jupiters may not be the lonely giants scientists once thought they were.
Rubin Observatory aces 1st image tests, gets ready to use world’s largest digital camera
The Rubin Observatory will eventually hold the world's largest digital camera. It's therefore a good sign it has aced its first image test.
Feeding supermassive black holes are more common than thought across the universe
Feeding supermassive black holes are more common in the cosmos than previously suspected. What could possibly hide such ravenous cosmic titans?
Dark matter may have caused a baffling break in this star stream
A strange break in a stream of stars in the Milky Way could be the result of dark matter, but only if the dark matter is hot and self-interacting.
Los Angeles fires leave NASA’s Deep Space Network mission control empty for 1st time in 60 years
Despite the evacuation of its Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, no space mission data has been lost, NASA says.
What happened to the flags Apollo astronauts left on the moon?
Astronauts placed six different American flags on the moon during the Apollo program. What became of those flags in the years since, and why were they controversial?
Scientists turn 3 years’ worth of solar flares into audible sound (video)
The European Space Agency has released an audio-visual representation of solar activity over the last three years, using data from the Solar Orbiter probe.
‘Daredevil’ white dwarf star could be closest-known object to a weird black hole
The weird outbursts of a distant supermassive black hole may be caused by a death-defying white dwarf walking a cosmic tight rope around it.
China plans to plant a waving flag on the moon in 2026. Here’s how
China's Chang'e 7 moon-landing mission will apparently include a flag that can flutter in the moon's thin and tenuous atmosphere.
Astronomers investigate black hole jets with Event Horizon Telescope
Astronomers are now confident the Event Horizon Telescope can help them decode elusive origins of black hole jets.