Most of the objects we can see in space, such as stars and planets, are spherical, yet does this also apply to the universe as a whole? Is the universe also spherical, or is it some other shape? Ther… [+2813 chars]
An international team led by a Chinese astronomer announced it has identified two new examples of rare binary star systems comprising two central stars orbiting each other in the universe. The two s… [+1642 chars]
Currently, it is winter and dust season on Mars. This means that there is more dust in the air and less sunlight that can recharge the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter. Due to this, NASA teams have decided … [+2221 chars]
The ancient mammals were a weird bunch. Here are some of the strangest ones that scurried, stalked and clambered their way across ancient Earth, millions of years ago. Morganucodon Triassic, around… [+2193 chars]
The James Webb Space Telescope might be getting all the news headlines this week, but the grand old dame of the space telescope world, the Hubble Space Telescope, continues to peer out into the cosmo… [+1977 chars]
With the release of the James Webb Space Telescope's first images on July 12 (and a sneaky reveal by US President Joe Biden on July 11), NASA, ESA and the Canadian Space Agency proved the $10 billion… [+9041 chars]
As a result of the Tonga eruption, Antarctica was flooded with vibrant hues. Scientists claim that the volcanic twilight "afterglows" are caused by aerosols released into the stratosphere in January.… [+3716 chars]
Moons are common in our solar system. There are over 200 moons in our solar system alone, and it seems likely that the formation of moons is a natural part of how planets form. In less than 30 years,… [+2976 chars]
Researcher Dhruv Sareen's own stem cells are now orbiting the Earth. The mission? To test whether they'll grow better in zero gravity. The cells arrived over the weekend at the International Space S… [+4764 chars]
A team led by scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created unprecedentedly lightweight optics for X-ray space telescopes, breaking the traditional trade-off between angular resolution a… [+2975 chars]
Enlarge/ The Butterfly Nebula, located just under 4,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius, is a striking example of a planetary nebula, the end stage in the evolution of a small- t… [+5159 chars]
Black holes are some of the most mind-bending objects in the universe. They are so dense that anything which passes their event horizon, even light, can’t escape. That’s where they get their name, as… [+2187 chars]
