Illustration of planet formation around a Sun-like star, with the building blocks of the planets – rocks and iron molecules – in the foreground. Credit:…
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Roughly a century ago, scientists began to realize that some of the radiation we detect in Earth’s atmosphere is not local in origin. This eventually…
An MIT-led team has discovered evidence of a giant impact in the nearby HD 17255 star system, in which an Earth-sized terrestrial planet and a…
Image from SHARDS study. Credit: SHARDS research team New images have revealed detailed clues about how the first stars and structures were formed in the…
Artist’s impression of the oscillating, variable radio signal ASKAP J173608.2-321635 arriving at Earth from towards the center of the Milky Way. Credit: Sebastian Zentilomo/University of…
A full Moon rises over Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park in Santa Clarita, California, on June 24, 2021. Credit: NASA/Preston Dyches The Next Full Moon…
Schematic representation of binary neutron star merger outcomes. Panels A and B: Two neutron stars merge as the emission of gravitational waves drives them towards…
The Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) is a soft gamma-ray survey telescope (0.2-5 MeV) designed to probe the origins of Galactic positrons, uncover the sites…
‘Centaurs’ near JupiterJupiter is the largest planet in the solar system and the fifth planet from the sun. It is a gas giant with a…
An artist’s impression example of a white dwarf – in this image the white dwarf MV Lyrae – accreting as it draws in material from…
Explore the Universe With Virtual Reality Using Powerful, Open-Source Software VIRUP Have you ever wanted to explore outer-space? Now you can, without leaving Earth, thanks…
Hubble Space Telescope image of Arp 86, a peculiar pair of interacting galaxies which lies roughly 220 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Pegasus.…
Believe it or not, observing the Moon is something you can do no matter the weather, time of day, or location! We interpret “observe” very…
International Observe the Moon Night is an annual world-wide public engagement program that encourages observation, appreciation, and understanding of our Moon and its connection to…
An MIT study suggests that a mysterious gap existed within the solar system’s protoplanetary disk around 4.567 billion years ago, and likely shaped the composition…
An enormous amount of gravity from a cluster of distant galaxies causes space to curve so much that light from them is bent and emanated…
FAST catches a real pulse from FRB 121102. Credit: NAOC An international research team led by Prof. LI Di and Dr. WANG Pei from National…
Jupiter’s moon, Europa. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute Ice Sublimating Off the Surface Replenishes a Tenuous Envelope You would think that living half-a-billion miles from the Sun…
An artist’s impression of gravitational waves generated by binary neutron stars. Credit: R. Hurt/Caltech-JPL Binary neutron stars have been detected in the Milky WayThe Milky…
This image, which shows the night side of Venus glowing in thermal infrared, was captured by Japan’s Akatsuki spacecraft. Credit: JAXA/ISAS/DARTS/Damia Bouic Astrophysicists led by…