A mysterious force called Dark Energy might be changing, in a way that challenges our current understanding of the nature of ...
A record-bright LFBOT exposes violent encounters between black holes and stars, helping astronomers understand extreme black ...
Webb’s sensitive infrared observations helped in detecting and distinguishing the fading light of the explosion from its ...
A Christmas Tree-shaped star cluster inside NGC 2264 reveals active star formation 2,700 light-years from Earth.
A double explosion, in which a dying star split, then recombined, may be a long-hypothesized but never-before-seen "superkilonova." ...
A dozen luminous blue outbursts were thought to be unusual supernovae. A new outburst, the brightest yet, suggests it's ...
A black fungus thriving inside Chernobyl’s reactor could help shield astronauts from deadly space radiation. Here’s how ...
Beyond better testing, we need better protection. Physical shields seem like the obvious first defense. Hydrogen-rich materials such as polyethylene and water-absorbing hydrogels can slow charged ...
Fourth anniversaries aren’t often causes for celebration. But in the case of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which ...
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured asteroids crashing into one another in a nearby planetary system around a star some 25 ...
Astronomers studying a nearby star expected to find a planet. Instead, they caught two massive collisions in the Eye of ...
The James Webb Space Telescope captured a stunning image of NGC 346 in the Small Magellanic Cloud — but what lies beneath the ...