Two meteor showers will happen simultaneously in April, astronomers say
Skygazers can enjoy meteor showers and other dazzling displays in the night sky all month long, according to astronomers.
Astronomers listened to the ‘music’ of flickering stars – and discovered an unexpected feature
Stars are constantly vibrating because of ‘starquakes’. Listening to their sound can reveal a surprising amount of ...
New distant warm Jupiter discovered with TESS
Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected a new warm Jupiter ...
‘Another mind-blowing change’: New data suggests mysterious dark energy is evolving
New observations of the cosmos show that the dark energy, a mysterious force that accelerates the expansion of the universe, ...
Asteroid impact threat estimates improved for the Earth and the moon
YR4, first discovered in December 2024, triggered a first-ever notification from the International Asteroid Warning Network ...
Milky Way’s cold gas clouds mapped in unprecedented detail by MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey
Such hydrogen atoms may eventually transform into molecular gas, the basic fuel for star formation. Therefore, these cold gas ...
Earth Spared, Moon in Danger? Asteroid 2024 YR4 Has 4% Chance of Hitting Lunar Surface
After sending chills down their spines with its brief stint as the highest-risk space object ever recorded, a near-Earth ...
NASA captures first lights turning on in the universe after the Big Bang
NASA 's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the earliest evidence of light shining through the cosmos. But the fact that this telescope can see it has baffled researchers.
First Images From NASA's SPHEREx Telescope Stun Astronomers; 'I'm Rendered Speechless'
SPHEREx is somewhat similar to the Webb telescope as it also observes the universe in infrared light, which is invisible to the eye but can be felt as heat. With its six detectors, it can break down ...
Galaxies die earlier than expected
For a long time, scientists thought that only actively star-forming galaxies should be observed in the very early Universe.