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See a stunning supermoon take flight on Dec. 4.... Read more »

Sun news December 4: A CME from X1.9 flare and fast solar wind trigger a stronger-than-expected geomagnetic storm, reaching G3 levels with... Read more »

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column.  December 3: The Moon again blots out the Pleiades... Read more »

FROSTI is a new adaptive optics system that precisely corrects distortions in LIGO’s mirrors caused by extreme laser power. By using custom... Read more »

What can an exoplanet leaking helium teach astronomers about the formation and evolution of exoplanet atmospheres? This is what a recent study... Read more »

arXiv:2512.00492v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We describe how the ESA Comet Interceptor mission, which is due to launch in 2028/29 to a... Read more »

Billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman didn't mince words Wednesday (Dec. 3) during his second hearing before the Senate committee considering his nomination... Read more »

The final full moon of 2025 rises on Dec. 5.... Read more »

Blue Origin's next space tourist launch will make history, sending a wheelchair user to the final frontier for the first time.... Read more »

‘I wanted to elevate it. I didn’t want to do it like the original 'Battlestar Galactica' or 'Babylon 5.''... Read more »

The JWST has made a name for itself by discovering mature galaxies in the Universe's early times. This time, a pair of... Read more »

Why is the gravitational-wave background — the hum made by supermassive black holes colliding across the universe — stronger than expected? The... Read more »

A cosmic ray from a faraway supernova explosion may have sent a packed passenger jet into free fall in late October, forcing... Read more »

Select walls at NASA’s Johnson Space Center have been transformed into works of art. Each piece reflects creativity, collaboration, and the spirit... Read more »

We've long known that we move through the Universe relative to the cosmic microwave background, but a new study of radio galaxies... Read more »

A new report in Nature discusses how the dramatic increase in satellite launches will affect astronomy. Before 2019, the largest group of associated... Read more »

Perseverance confirmed a long-suspected phenomenon in which electrical discharges and their associated shock waves can be born within Red Planet mini-twisters. NASA’s... Read more »

Early this year, a surprise space rock made headlines around the globe when the International Asteroid Warning Network sounded its highest alarm... Read more »

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 4535.... Read more »

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 4535, which is situated about 50 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo... Read more »

Europe's plans to develop its "Argonaut" robotic moon lander are moving ahead with the announcement of an Italy-led consortium that will build... Read more »

The European Space Agency has release its ESA/Webb Picture of the Month and it features a pair of dwarf galaxies engaged in... Read more »

The first test flight of Landspace's Zhuque-3 rocket ended in a fiery explosion after successfully reaching orbit.... Read more »

The U.S. Air Force has given SpaceX permission to develop SLC-37 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station as a launch site... Read more »

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment... Read more »

A surprisingly mature spiral galaxy named Alaknanda has been spotted just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang—far earlier than astronomers believed... Read more »

For thirty years, SOHO has watched the Sun from a stable perch in space, revealing the inner workings of our star and... Read more »

The vantage point at Cerro Pachón, with its dark skies and high-altitude clarity, enhances the richness of the image.... Read more »

When its Atlas Centaur rocket rose from Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 36A at 8:49 P.M. EST on March 2, 1972, Pioneer 10... Read more »

Hazardous Materials Summary Tables (HMSTs) are a compilation of the chemical, biological, and flammability hazards of materials on a given flight or... Read more »

Toxicology and Environmental Chemistry (TEC) monitors airborne contaminants in both spacecraft air and water. In-flight monitors are employed to provide real-time insight... Read more »

Astronomers have spotted a distant world "shedding" its atmosphere into space in real time, creating a giant cloud of helium gas that... Read more »

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to New York as a speedy solar wind and incoming coronal mass ejection are expected to... Read more »

A bold new study claims to have made the 1st ever direct detection of dark matter, but scientists are expressing skepticism. The... Read more »

The 2025 December full moon will occur on December 4. It's also a supermoon, the last supermoon of 2025. It will look... Read more »

There’s been a lot of speculation recently about interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS - much of which is probably caused by low quality data... Read more »

Visible planets and night sky guide. Join EarthSky's Deborah Byrd and John Goss for a video look at December's best night sky... Read more »

Scientists found that many dog breeds have some wolf DNA added after wolves were 1st domesticated into dogs about 20,000 years ago.... Read more »

Asteroid Bennu samples contain life-friendly sugars, a strange "space-gum," and ancient stardust... Read more »

Follow the moon! Here’s why you need an EarthSky lunar calendar, the top tips for using it and where you can order... Read more »

True to its promise, the European Space Agency’s EarthCARE satellite is now being used to calculate directly how clouds and aerosols influence... Read more »

Aldebaran is an enormous star that marks one of the eyes of Taurus the Bull. If placed where our sun is, its... Read more »

Is it an insect? A strange fossil? An otherworldly eye, or even a walnut? No, it’s an intriguing kind of martian butterfly... Read more »

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column.  December 2: Visit the Winter Albireo The Moon passes... Read more »

Phil Aichinger/Jamie Macdougall The Cocoon Nebula (IC 5146) in Cygnus is an emission nebula nestled within dense filaments of gas and dust... Read more »

Earth’s orbit is getting crowded with broken satellites and leftover rocket parts. Researchers say the solution is to build spacecraft that can... Read more »

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim is wrapping up his first mission aboard the International Space Station in early December. During his stay, Kim... Read more »

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink broadband internet satellites launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on... Read more »

Looking to level up your photography gear? Black Friday and Cyber Monday are behind us, but if you're fast, you can still... Read more »

Veteran cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev was taken off SpaceX's Crew 12 mission to the International Space Station after violating ITAR regulations, according to... Read more »

Measuring the time discrepancy between Earth and Mars will help make future navigation and communication systems on the Red Planet more accurate.... Read more »

One of the mantras of amateur astronomy is ‘‘aperture rules.’’ This means you’ll see more detail as you observe through ever-larger telescopes.... Read more »

NASA has selected the University of Alabama at Birmingham to provide the necessary systems required to return temperature sensitive science payloads to... Read more »

All eight of the International Space Station's docking ports are currently occupied by visiting spacecraft, marking a milestone for crewed spaceflight.... Read more »

To celebrate 25 years since the completion of the International Gemini Observatory, students in Chile voted for the Gemini South telescope to... Read more »

It's not too late to get a great Cyber Monday drone deal, as the DJI Mavic 4 Pro is still $500, but... Read more »

NASA and industry partners will fly and operate a commercial robotic arm in low Earth orbit through the Fly Foundational Robots mission... Read more »

The European Space Agency member states have approved a record-breaking budget for the next three years, including increased funding for science exploration.... Read more »

China's space agency has announced it will return a damaged spacecraft back to Earth without crew after a suspected debris strike left... Read more »

Cyber Monday may be behind us, but there are still a few deals to be had. We've rounded up the remaining bargains,... Read more »

The waxing gibbous Moon rises above Earth’s blue atmosphere in this photograph taken from the International Space Station as it orbited 263... Read more »

The waxing gibbous moon rises above Earth’s blue atmosphere in this photograph taken from the International Space Station on Oct. 3, 2025,... Read more »

Why is the Universe filled with matter? Why isn't it an equal amount of matter and antimatter? We still don't know the... Read more »

Next-generation drone flight software is just one of 25 technologies for the Red Planet that the space agency funded for development this... Read more »

The U.S. Senate will hold its second hearing to consider billionaire tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman's nomination for NASA chief on Wednesday (Dec.... Read more »

Would you like to live in a house on Mars made with Earth bacteria and Martian rocks?... Read more »

The microphone on NASA's Perseverance rover unexpectedly heard tiny claps of thunder from sparks caused by colliding dust grains. The post Tiny... Read more »

Cyber Monday may be over, but there are still bargains to be had. Save over $1000 on the Sony A7R V: "a... Read more »

If humans are to expand our habitat beyond Earth’s bounds, we will undoubtedly need the support of plant life: to remove carbon... Read more »

This year marks 30 years of SOHO observing our sun, an extraordinary milestone for a mission originally expected to last only about... Read more »

Move over, Millennium Falcon, the Lego Star Wars UCS Venator starship is amazing value and it's £160 off right now! Hurry before... Read more »

Test your cosmic knowledge with this thrilling Apollo-themed space quiz—where lunar legends and NASA milestones collide!... Read more »

In May 1971, the Soviet Union launched twin missions to Mars: Mars 2 and 3. Both spacecraft made it to the Red... Read more »

The Australian company HEO Robotics wants to join efforts to study a rare space event, conducting its own flyby of the asteroid... Read more »

You can still get some amazing sci-fi streaming content if you're quick, as Paramount Plus and Apple TV's Cyber Monday deals are... Read more »

"These images are not just pretty."... Read more »

Our astronomy expert, Gemma Lavender, was seriously impressed with the ZWO Seestar S30. It's still $50 off in a Cyber Monday sale,... Read more »

Remember back in 2018 when there was a discovery of a briny “lake” underground near the Martian south pole? Pepperidge Farm probably... Read more »

Some white dwarfs in rapid binary orbits are far hotter and larger than theory predicts. Researchers found that powerful tidal forces between... Read more »

Mercury will reach its greatest elongation - greatest distance from the sun - on December 7, 2025. Look east at dawn. It'll... Read more »

Jared Isaacman, President Trump's pick to lead NASA, is on board with moving the space shuttle Discovery to Houston, according to one... Read more »

Scientists analyzed the 150-million-year-old footprints of a long-necked sauropod dinosaur and found it might have been limping. The post New study of... Read more »

On 2 December 1995 the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) blasted into space – on what was supposed to be a two-year mission. From its outpost 1.5... Read more »

Humans are adapted to earthly life. Here are 7 weird things space does to the human body. Knowing these challenges, would you... Read more »

A UC Irvine team uncovered a never-before-seen quantum phase formed when electrons and holes pair up and spin in unison, creating a... Read more »

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 27 Starlink internet satellites early Tuesday morning (Dec. 2). It was the company's 60th liftoff of... Read more »

"The sizes of these radio jets are not comparable to our solar system or even our galaxy."... Read more »

From 2001 to Dune: Prophecy to Wild Wild Space, HBO Max is packed with movies, shows and documentaries, and you can save... Read more »

Here's a quick, one-stop shop of the best last-minute must-get Cyber Monday streaming, Lego and drone deals still available, but they won't... Read more »

This article is for students grades 5-8. What is AI? Artificial intelligence, or AI, is a type of technology that helps machines... Read more »

A German astronaut will be the first European to fly to the moon with a future NASA-led Artemis mission.... Read more »

The complex molecules required for life on Earth might never have formed if it wasn’t for cosmic dust.... Read more »

Tribute Games' take on Marvel comics focuses on the universe's more overlooked cosmic elements and packs a delightfully off-beat roster of heroes.... Read more »

There is a period in the Universe known as the cosmic dark ages. It lies between the recombination of the first atoms... Read more »

NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS has heard the song a star-quaking red giant sings to its partner black hole.... Read more »

Hunting for bargains online? Don't let yourself become the prey. Stay safe with NordVPN, up to 77% off for Cyber Monday, and... Read more »

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope took a look at the Sagittarius B2 molecular cloud, the most massive, and active star-forming region in... Read more »

A powerful X1.9 solar flare from new sunspot AR4299 triggered strong radio blackouts, as giant sunspot AR4294 rotates into view with more... Read more »

As stunning as Lego's UCS sets are, you can get this superb, shelf-sized Lego Star Wars Executor Super Star Destroyer for a... Read more »

Looking for last-minute Cyber Monday deals? This drone deal is among the best available and it's currently $246 off, but not for... Read more »

Have you been checking your Amazon app all weekend? Stop! We've rounded up the best deals from Amazon for you this Cyber... Read more »

Image: Puttalam district in North Western Sri Lanka is currently facing severe flooding, landslides and rockfalls, caused by heavy monsoon rains across... Read more »

Save $10 a month on a subscription to Paramount+. It's the home of Star Trek, Transformers, Halo, The X Files and many... Read more »

It all comes down to the difference in temperature between the North Pole and the equator.... Read more »

Our best compact binoculars for travel, the Occer 12x25 compact binoculars, are half price in this scorching Cyber Monday deal from Amazon.... Read more »

Love Star Wars' Clone Wars era? Save nearly £160 on this massive, 5,000+ piece Lego Star Wars UCS Venator starship with this... Read more »

These must-have Paramount Plus and Disney plus Cyber Monday deals are expiring soon but you can still stream Star Trek, Star Wars,... Read more »

Searching for exomoons - moons the orbit around another planet - was one of the most exciting capabilities expected of the James... Read more »

ESA Discovery and Preparation has launched a new podcast series highlighting the innovative space technologies being developed through its activities.... Read more »

Enjoy 24 festive astronomical images this month... Read more »

During December you can watch for some impressive shooting stars and spend some time with the “Demon Star,” which can’t decide how... Read more »

During December you can watch for some impressive shooting stars and spend some time with the “Demon Star,” which can’t decide how... Read more »

During December you can watch for some impressive shooting stars and spend some time with the “Demon Star,” which can’t decide how... Read more »

What can water in Jupiter’s atmosphere teach scientists about the planet’s composition? This is what a recent study published in the Proceedings... Read more »

What steps can be taken to improve and enhance the lifetime of space solar cells? This is what a recent study published... Read more »

Chemical rockets have taken us to the Moon and back, but traveling to the stars demands something more powerful. Space X’s Starship... Read more »

Growing fresh lettuce and strawberries might sound mundane until you consider doing it on the Moon or Mars. An international team has... Read more »

A team of scientists have detected electric discharges on Mars for the first time, confirming a phenomenon that was theorised for decades... Read more »

Have scientists finally confirmed the existence of the first exomoon? This is what a recent study accepted for publication in Astronomy &... Read more »

What can an ancient supernova teach scientists about Earth and celestial objects? This is what a recently submitted study to Astronomy &... Read more »

What can equatorial jet streams on gas giant planets teach scientists about gas giant planetary formation and evolution? This is what a... Read more »

The discovery of strange, ultra-red objects—especially the extreme case known as The Cliff—has pushed astronomers to propose an entirely new type of... Read more »

Nearly a century after astronomers first proposed dark matter to explain the strange motions of galaxies, scientists may finally be catching a... Read more »

Video: 00:02:51 ESA’s first Scout mission, HydroGNSS, was launched on 28 November 2025, marking a significant step in advancing global understanding of... Read more »

A small space telescope may signal a big new trend for modern astronomy. The post First Private Space Telescope Launches Successfully appeared... Read more »

NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured dramatic plumes, both large and small, spray water ice out from many locations along the famed 'tiger stripes'... Read more »

Week in images: 24-28 November 2025 Discover our week through the lens... Read more »

Saturn remains super-thin-ringed high after dark. The interstellar comet, 11th magnitude, is now nice and high in the dark before dawn. Don't... Read more »

Saturn remains super-thin-ringed high after dark. The interstellar comet, 11th magnitude, is now nice and high in the dark before dawn. Don't... Read more »

Saturn remains super-thin-ringed high after dark. The interstellar comet, 11th magnitude, is now nice and high in the dark before dawn. Don't... Read more »

Saturn remains super-thin-ringed high after dark. The interstellar comet, 11th magnitude, is now nice and high in the dark before dawn. Don't... Read more »

Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captures a spectacular geological wonder in the Sahara Desert of Mauritania: the Richat Structure.... Read more »

The NASA Science Activation program’s PLANETS (Planetary Learning that Advances the Nexus of Engineering, Technology, and Science) project, led by Northern Arizona... Read more »

NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft with its launch abort system is stacked atop the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in High... Read more »

Observers can't resist the challenge of seeking faint objects with curious names. We go deep and visit two — Andromeda's Parachute and... Read more »

Observers can't resist the challenge of seeking faint objects with curious names. We go deep and visit two — Andromeda's Parachute and... Read more »

Observers can't resist the challenge of seeking faint objects with curious names. We go deep and visit two — Andromeda's Parachute and... Read more »

Michigan State University astrophysicists are closing in on one of space science’s biggest mysteries: where the galaxy’s most energetic particles come from.... Read more »

Mars’s Coloe Fossae reveals a landscape shaped by ancient ice ages, with deep valleys, cratered terrain, and frozen debris flows preserved from... Read more »

A group of elementary-aged students gather outside of Oldham County Public Library in La Grange, Kentucky, United States to look at clouds... Read more »

Using its Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam), NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed never-before-seen details in the picturesque Red Spider Nebula with a... Read more »

Astronomers have tuned in to the celestial “songs” of two red giant stars to reveal their hidden histories — including a case... Read more »

Moss spores survived an extended stay on the outside of the ISS and remained capable of germinating once back on Earth. Their... Read more »

As the Sun enters a period of heightened activity, students now have a new way to explore its powerful effects on Earth... Read more »

The atmospheric glow blankets southern Europe and the northwestern Mediterranean coast, outlined by city lights. At left, the Po Valley urban corridor... Read more »

Spain’s offer to host the powerful observatory, mired in funding obstacles and local controversies, might promise a new path forward. The post... Read more »

About 4.5 billion years ago, a colossal impact between the young Earth and a mysterious planetary body called Theia changed everything—reshaping Earth,... Read more »

Scientists flew the XL-Calibur telescope on a high-altitude balloon to measure polarized X-rays from Cygnus X-1. These measurements reveal details about the... Read more »

Researchers have pinpointed a super-Earth in the habitable zone of a nearby M-dwarf star only 18 light-years away. Sophisticated instruments detected the... Read more »

A massive solar storm in May 2024 gave scientists an unprecedented look at how Earth’s protective plasma layer collapses under intense space... Read more »

New measurements of radio galaxies reveal that the solar system is racing through the universe at over three times the speed predicted... Read more »

Uranus is its closest to Earth all year on the night of November 21st, and you can find it easily in the... Read more »

Uranus is its closest to Earth all year on the night of November 21st, and you can find it easily in the... Read more »

Nearly 1,250 middle and high school students from 71 schools around the world joined Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden for the Growing Beyond... Read more »

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a galaxy, NGC 2775, that’s hard to categorize.... Read more »

Saturn's rings are now the closest to edge on that they'll get. The famous interstellar comet has become higher and easier for... Read more »

Saturn's rings are now the closest to edge on that they'll get. The famous interstellar comet has become higher and easier for... Read more »

Saturn's rings are now the closest to edge on that they'll get. The famous interstellar comet has become higher and easier for... Read more »

Saturn's rings are now the closest to edge on that they'll get. The famous interstellar comet has become higher and easier for... Read more »

New observations show that asteroid 1998 KY26 is a mere 11 meters across and spinning twice as fast as previously thought. The... Read more »

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft lifts off for its first flight Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, from U.S. Air Force Plant 42... Read more »

A collaboration between the NASA Earth Science Education Collaborative (NESEC) and Earth to Sky (ETS) – an exciting, growing partnership between NASA,... Read more »

Scientists may finally be closing in on the origins of two colossal, mysterious structures buried nearly 1,800 miles inside Earth—hidden formations that... Read more »

In August 2025, 47 students from NASA’s Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) culminated a summer of science by presenting their research to an audience of... Read more »

Faculty Advisor: Stacey Hughes, University of New Hampshire Graduate Mentor: Katherine Paredero, Georgia Institute of Technology Atmospheric Chemistry Group Introduction Faculty Advisor... Read more »

Faculty Advisors: Lisa Haber, Virginia Commonwealth University Brandon Alveshere, Virginia Commonwealth University Graduate Mentor: Kayla Preisler, University of Arizona Terrestrial Fluxes Group... Read more »

Faculty Advisors: Tom Bell, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Graduate Mentor: Sarah Lang, University of Rhode Island Oceans Group Introduction Faculty Advisor Tom... Read more »

NGC 1068, a relatively nearby spiral galaxy, appears in this image released on July 23, 2025.... Read more »

Watch an Oort Cloud comet disintegrate before your eyes. Meanwhile, interstellar intruder 3I/ATLAS is brighter than expected. The post Comet K1/ATLAS Crumbles,... Read more »

Watch an Oort Cloud comet disintegrate before your eyes. Meanwhile, interstellar intruder 3I/ATLAS is brighter than expected. The post Comet K1/ATLAS Crumbles,... Read more »

Watch an Oort Cloud comet disintegrate before your eyes. Meanwhile, interstellar intruder 3I/ATLAS is brighter than expected. The post Comet K1/ATLAS Crumbles,... Read more »

Cutting-edge simulations show that Enceladus’ plumes are losing 20–40% less mass than earlier estimates suggested. The new models provide sharper insights into... Read more »

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Scientists built a tiny clock from single-electron jumps to probe the true energy cost of quantum timekeeping. They discovered that reading the... Read more »

NASA ER-2 pilot Kirt Stallings waits inside the transport vehicle at Edwards, California, on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, moments before boarding NASA’s... Read more »

Astronomers have, for the first time, recorded the moment a star’s explosion broke through its surface. The nearby supernova, SN 2024ggi, revealed... Read more »

The “Seven Sisters” have far more relatives than anyone imagined. Using NASA and ESA space telescopes, astronomers found thousands of hidden stars... Read more »

Researchers combined deep learning with high-resolution physics to create the first Milky Way model that tracks over 100 billion stars individually. Their... Read more »

LHAASO has uncovered that micro-quasars, black holes feeding on companion stars, are powerful PeV particle accelerators. Their jets produce ultra-high-energy gamma rays... Read more »

Researchers at KRISS observed water’s rapid freeze–melt cycles under ultrahigh pressure and discovered Ice XXI, the first new ice phase found in... Read more »

Dark matter may be invisible, but scientists are getting closer to understanding whether it follows the same rules as everything we can... Read more »

This image shows two massive galaxy clusters. The vast number of galaxies and foreground stars in the image were captured by NASA’s... Read more »

A massive, well-preserved impact crater has been uncovered in Guangdong, revealing the signature of a powerful meteorite strike during the Holocene. Measuring... Read more »

Scientists have finally confirmed a powerful coronal mass ejection from another star, using LOFAR radio data paired with XMM-Newton’s X-ray insights. The... Read more »

Saturn's rings are turning as edge-on as we will see them for another 15 years. The planet awaits your scope high in... Read more »

Saturn's rings are turning as edge-on as we will see them for another 15 years. The planet awaits your scope high in... Read more »

Saturn's rings are turning as edge-on as we will see them for another 15 years. The planet awaits your scope high in... Read more »

There are many meteor showers throughout the year. Here are the most prominent.... Read more »

Everything you need to know to get started with observing meteors.... Read more »

The 57.7-foot-long Canadarm2 robotic arm extends from a data grapple fixture on the International Space Station’s Harmony module in this July 23,... Read more »

A newly detected super-Earth just 20 light-years away is giving scientists one of the most promising chances yet to search for life... Read more »

Researchers engineered “gyromorphs,” a new type of metamaterial that combines liquid-like randomness with large-scale structural patterns to block light from every direction.... Read more »

Simulations reveal that Jupiter’s rapid growth disrupted the early solar system, creating rings where new planetesimals formed much later than expected. These... Read more »

Arctic sea ice is disappearing fast, and scientists have turned to an unexpected cosmic clue—space dust—to uncover how ice has changed over... Read more »

Last night's aurora painted the sky in reds, greens and even oranges. It's expected to return tonight! The post Double Solar Eruptions... Read more »

Last night's aurora painted the sky in reds, greens and even oranges. It's expected to return tonight! The post Double Solar Eruptions... Read more »

Last night's aurora painted the sky in reds, greens and even oranges. It's expected to return tonight! The post Double Solar Eruptions... Read more »

Saturn's as edgy as it'll get for the next 13 years. With special visual treats in store, here's what to keep eyes... Read more »

Saturn's as edgy as it'll get for the next 13 years. With special visual treats in store, here's what to keep eyes... Read more »

Saturn's as edgy as it'll get for the next 13 years. With special visual treats in store, here's what to keep eyes... Read more »

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered a trove of complex organic molecules frozen in ice around a young star... Read more »

Scientists have identified three Earth-sized planets orbiting two stars in the TOI-2267 system. Remarkably, planets transit around both stars — a first... Read more »

New simulations suggest magnetic fields hold the key to forming black holes that defy known mass limits. When powerful magnetic forces act... Read more »

XRISM’s observations of GX13+1 revealed a slow, fog-like wind instead of the expected high-speed blast, challenging existing models of radiation-driven outflows. The... Read more »

New research from UBC Okanagan mathematically demonstrates that the universe cannot be simulated. Using Gödel’s incompleteness theorem, scientists found that reality requires... Read more »

From Cassini’s awe-inspiring flybys to cutting-edge simulations, scientists are decoding the secrets of Enceladus’s geysers. Supercomputer models show the icy moon’s plumes... Read more »

Astronomers have discovered phosphine gas in the atmosphere of an ancient brown dwarf, Wolf 1130C, using the James Webb Space Telescope. The... Read more »

New supercomputer simulations hint that dark energy might be dynamic, not constant, subtly reshaping the Universe’s structure. The findings align with recent... Read more »

NASA’s Cassini mission has revealed surprising heat flow at Enceladus’ north pole, showing the moon releases energy from both ends. This balance... Read more »

The interstellar comet: Can you see it in your scope? Maybe you can, starting late this week as Comet 3I/ATLAS emerges from... Read more »

The interstellar comet: Can you see it in your scope? Maybe you can, starting late this week as Comet 3I/ATLAS emerges from... Read more »

The interstellar comet: Can you see it in your scope? Maybe you can, starting late this week as Comet 3I/ATLAS emerges from... Read more »

Researchers are using black hole shadows to challenge Einstein’s theory of relativity. With new simulations and future ultra-sharp telescope images, they may... Read more »

A colossal black hole 10 billion light-years away has been caught devouring one of the universe’s biggest stars, unleashing a flare 30... Read more »

Using CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron, researchers generated plasma fireballs to simulate blazar jets. The beams stayed stable, suggesting plasma instabilities aren’t responsible... Read more »

A new theory claims dark matter and dark energy don’t exist — they’re just side effects of the universe’s changing forces. By... Read more »

A team of astrophysicists has unveiled how colossal stars thousands of times more massive than the Sun shaped the earliest star clusters... Read more »

Evidence now suggests the universe’s expansion has started to slow, not speed up. The findings imply dark energy is weakening, marking a... Read more »

Astronomers have discovered that aging stars may be devouring their closest giant planets as they swell into red giants. Using NASA’s TESS... Read more »

Researchers using new simulations suggest that the Milky Way’s past collisions may have reshaped its dark matter core. This distorted structure could... Read more »

Astronomers are rethinking one of cosmology’s biggest mysteries: dark energy. New findings show that evolving dark energy models, tied to ultra-light axion... Read more »

Astronomers observed a massive, multi-temperature plasma eruption from a young Sun-like star, revealing how early solar explosions could shape planets. These fierce... Read more »

A team of astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to create the first 3D atmospheric map of an exoplanet. The fiery... Read more »

Researchers uncovered that trace compounds like nickel and urea may have delayed Earth’s oxygenation for millions of years. Experiments mimicking early Earth... Read more »

Spacetime isn’t something that exists; it’s a model for describing how events happen. Treating events as objects creates philosophical confusion and fuels... Read more »

In this month’s Sky Tour astronomy podcast, we’ll watch two sets of shooting stars, spot some bright planets, point out a few... Read more »

Astronomers have captured a haunting image of a “cosmic bat” spreading its wings across deep space. This nebula, 10,000 light-years away, glows... Read more »

Saturn is in excellent view all evening. In a telescope its rings look like a thin needle piercing the big yellow globe.... Read more »

Saturn is in excellent view all evening. In a telescope its rings look like a thin needle piercing the big yellow globe.... Read more »

Witches, bats, ghosts and serpents – do you dare to visit our spooky gallery this Halloween?!... Read more »

The Taurid meteor shower, born from Comet Encke, delights skywatchers but may conceal hidden risks. Research led by Mark Boslough examines potential... Read more »

Earth’s magnetosphere, once thought to have a simple electric polarity pattern, has revealed a surprising twist. New satellite data and advanced simulations... Read more »

Scientists have developed a groundbreaking tool called Effort.jl that lets them simulate the structure of the universe using just a laptop. The... Read more »

JWST observations show that early galaxies were chaotic, gas-filled systems rather than stable disks. Researchers from Cambridge studied over 250 galaxies and... Read more »

In a rare global collaboration, scientists from Japan and the United States joined forces to explore one of the universe’s deepest mysteries... Read more »

An alien comet will soon depart from the Sun's glare and enter the morning sky. It may be even brighter than expected,... Read more »

An alien comet will soon depart from the Sun's glare and enter the morning sky. It may be even brighter than expected,... Read more »

Don't miss the chance to see Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) as it races towards its closest approach of the Sun on 8... Read more »

The latest ESA/Hubble image highlights the spiral galaxy NGC 3370, located nearly 90 million light-years away in the constellation Leo.... Read more »

The crescent Moon returns and waxes to first quarter. Two binocular comets are on the way out. And Arcturus is once again... Read more »

The crescent Moon returns and waxes to first quarter. Two binocular comets are on the way out. And Arcturus is once again... Read more »

Engineers have completed the construction of ESA’s Plato spacecraft — the mission designed to search for Earth-like planets around Sun-like stars —... Read more »

After checking out the two binocular comets right after dark this week, catch a double shadow transit on Jupiter and the late-night... Read more »

Circumstances are ideal for watching debris from Halley's Comet set the morning sky ablaze. The post Dip a Toe in the Orionid... Read more »

Never caught a double shadow transit on Jupiter? This week offers several chances. Meanwhile, Cassiopeia stands high and the Little Dipper leans... Read more »

Astrophysicist Mansi Manoj Kasliwal, whose work has been key to understanding the changing infrared sky, is guiding Palomar Observatory into its next... Read more »

On 6 October the shadow of Titan, Saturn’s giant moon, can be seen crossing Saturn’s creamy cloud tops.... Read more »

It's Harvest Moon week, when the Moon shines low and bright at nightfall for many days running. Along the way it passes... Read more »

After a dearth of bright comets earlier this year, we look forward to an exciting month ahead. The post Two Bright Comets... Read more »