Of the thousands of exoplanets discovered so far, the most common are “super-Earths” — worlds bigger than...
Science & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope peered through dust and gas to reveal star formation in a rare...
NASA’s Perseverance rover has grabbed another rock that may contain clues as to whether there was life...
Dark matter remains frustratingly elusive. We have not seen any direct detection in any of our laboratory...
Scientists have recorded Earth’s shortest day since its rotational period began to be recorded with highly precise...
NASA’s venerable space telescope is seeing double in a stunning new image of a distant galaxy. The...
Scientists have discovered dark matter around galaxies that existed about 12 billion years ago, the earliest detection...
Three big hunks of space junk have been found in rural Australia, suspected to be detritus from...
Despite vast amounts of space in space, cosmic stuff still bumps, smashes, and sideswipes other celestial objects,...
A composite image of the star-forming region 30 Doradus — also known as the Tarantula Nebula — reveals areas of cool...