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Unlocking Exoplanetary Secrets: Webb Space Telescope’s Deep Dive Into TRAPPIST-1
Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope shed light on the TRAPPIST-1 solar system, particularly planet TRAPPIST-1 b. The study emphasized the star’s substantial influence on...
Black holes explained: Why they’re some of the strangest objects in space
What are black holes and why are they so fascinating to scientists and all of us? Here's what to know about the strange phenomenon and why...
Lava Worlds Could Hold the Keys to Habitability, New Study Suggests
Weird lava worlds can shed light on our planet’s past, suggests a recent study. When you think about a habitable planet, you probably don’t picture a...
The October night sky offers everything stargazers could want
October is a great time to stargaze; the skies are frequently clear, and the temperatures (hopefully) haven’t yet dipped to the...
Solar flair
— or wait 16 years for the opportunity to see it again. New Mexico residents and visitors will have a front-row seat for...
It’s Official: The M87 Black Hole Is Spinning
To capture the first image of a black hole, researchers had to build a telescope as big as Earth by stitching together data from observatories...
Astronomers get ‘best glimpse’ of hidden cosmic web structures
Astronomers have mapped hidden cosmic web structures using the Keck Cosmic Web Imager.
This Week’s Sky at a Glance, September 29 – October 8
■ Even as the stars come out in late twilight, Cassiopeia is already higher in the northeast than the sinking Big Dipper is in the northwest....
Astronomers study whether a remote moon in our solar system can support life
Audio will be available later today. One...
Don’t Miss the Last Supermoon of 2023 This Weekend
September’s Harvest Moon will shine in the night sky this weekend, with special guest appearances by our Solar System’s gas giants. Since July, the full Moon...
New York Will See This For The Last Time In 2023
You might want to grab some coffee, stay up a bit later, and get outside tonight. Tonight will be the last time you will have a...
Origin of Saturn’s Rings: Massive Collision Between Icy Moons During the Time of the Dinosaurs?
Saturn’s rings may have formed from a collision between two icy moons millions of years ago, according to supercomputer simulations by NASA. This discovery provides new...
Why the Webb telescope’s snooping will change life here on Earth — and Delaware will help
On July 12, 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope delivered its first dazzling photographs in brilliant color of places millions of light years away: the Carina Nebula, Stephan’s Quintet, the
Cocteau Twins’ Elizabeth Fraser Gets Asteroid Named In Her Honor
Cocteau Twins’ former lead singer Elizabeth Fraser now has an asteroid named after her, courtesy of the International Astronomical Union. Fraser’s label 4AD Records shared the...
Faithful Living: Jesus is closer than you think
Gotta give a shout out to the Super Blue Moon extravaganza at the end of August. Come on y’all, my hand is up to get your high five … don’t
Living on the edge: Supernova bubble expands in new Hubble time-lapse movie
Though a doomed star exploded some 20,000 years ago, its tattered remnants continue racing into space at breakneck speeds—and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has caught the...
The LHC lead-ion collision run starts
The LHC is back delivering collisions to the experiments after the successful leak repair in August. But instead of protons, it is now the turn of...
A search for links between two of the universe’s most spectacular phenomena has come up empty – for now
Every so often, astronomers glimpse an intense flash of radio waves from space – a flash that lasts only instants but puts out as much energy in a millisecond as
Spielberg-produced UFO doc has more than 300 witnesses for mile-long spaceship
They want to believe. In the new Steven Spielberg-produced Netflix documentary, “Encounters,” now streaming, there was an eye-popping number of witnesses to one of the UFO incidents. For five months
Gravity affects antimatter, too, CERN experiment confirms
TechSpot is celebrating its 25th anniversary. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. In context: Antimatter is a substance composed of antiparticles with an...