Science Space The universe's brightest object eats the mass of the sun every day, astronomers say 17 billion times the mass of Earth's sun and 500 trillion times brighter By Daniel Sims, February 21, 2024, 8:35 AM
Space Science The Siena Galaxy Atlas details 400,000 nearby galaxies for everyone to navigate and explore A new digital catalog of the night sky Charles Messier would be very proud of By Alfonso Maruccia, October 23, 2023, 1:26 PM
Space Astronomers express concerns over light pollution from massive new satellite BlueWalker 3 is one of the brightest objects in the night sky By Rob Thubron, October 3, 2023, 6:55 AM
Space Algorithm designed to identify asteroids discovers potentially hazardous 600-foot object during test run Thanks, algorithm By Rob Thubron, August 2, 2023, 7:37 AM 10 comments
Space Science A strange object in space has been blinking roughly once every half hour since 1988 Unlike any pulsar or magnetar yet observed by astronomers By Daniel Sims, July 20, 2023, 5:39 PM
Space Science Astronomers found a relatively close white dwarf crystalizing into a giant diamond Discovery offers a glimpse of the ultimate fate of the universe By Daniel Sims, June 13, 2023, 9:52 AM
Science Space Astronomers witness a star in its final days devouring a giant planet A short-lived optical outburst turned out to be a much more interesting cosmic event By Alfonso Maruccia, May 5, 2023, 1:11 PM 8 comments
Science Space New dark matter map confirms Einstein's theories about the universe The Standard Model of cosmology is still safe, for now By Alfonso Maruccia, April 13, 2023, 1:12 PM 13 comments
Science Space Researchers say satellite radio signals can impede astronomy Many astronomical observations depend on radio and infrared signals By Daniel Sims, March 3, 2023, 7:46 PM
Science Space A new potentially habitable planet is discovered by scientists, but half of it is in perpetual darkness Just 31 light-years away By Priya Walia, February 10, 2023, 2:22 PM 12 comments
Science Space Researchers identify twin exoplanets that may be the first water worlds Located 218 light-years from Earth By Shawn Knight, December 16, 2022, 11:00 AM 7 comments
Science Electronics Astronomers are finalizing a 3.2 gigapixel camera that'll map the sky over a decade The camera will capture 20 terabytes of data every night for 10 years By Shawn Knight, October 26, 2022, 10:34 AM
Science Space Astronomers discover neutron star devouring its brown dwarf companion in "black widow" binary system The pair of stars have a record-breaking orbital period of only one hour By Cal Jeffrey, May 5, 2022, 2:48 PM 14 comments
Science SpaceX's Starlink satellites are interfering with ground-based astronomy Starlink satellites are causing unwanted streaks in photos By Shawn Knight, January 19, 2022, 12:33 PM 29 comments
Science Space The sixth monolithic mirror for the GMT has been cast and is now cooling The Giant Magellan Telescope will be the most powerful optical device ever engineered By Cal Jeffrey, March 13, 2021, 2:13 PM 19 comments
Science Space At 132 astronomical units, 'Farfarout' is the most distant object we've ever found in the solar system For comparison, Pluto is only 39 astronomical units away By Shawn Knight, February 15, 2021, 10:15 AM 13 comments
Science Space Astronomers look at over 10 million stars in search for alien life, find nothing But remember: space is big By Rob Thubron, September 8, 2020, 8:10 AM 15 comments
Science Astronomers fear SpaceX's 'Starlink' satellite internet service may hinder space visibility SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says they will try to address the issue By Cohen Coberly, May 28, 2019, 3:43 PM
Science Space The first-ever image of a black hole has been released "A one-way door out of our universe" By Rob Thubron, April 10, 2019, 9:16 AM 37 comments
Science Space The Square Kilometer Array telescope is ten times bigger than any other in existence Pushing petabits every second to supercomputers By Greg Synek, February 26, 2019, 9:50 AM
Science Astronomers will check the interstellar cigar-shaped asteroid for signs of alien technology Could it be an alien probe? By Rob Thubron, December 12, 2017, 8:59 AM 14 comments
Science This strange object is the first interstellar asteroid ever observed The cigar-shaped object is a quarter of a mile long, By Rob Thubron, November 21, 2017, 10:35 AM 12 comments
Science NASA discovers 10 potential Earth-sized planet candidates By Shawn Knight, June 19, 2017, 6:15 PM
Science NASA discovers seven Earth-like planets, some in habitable zone, just 40 light-years away By Shawn Knight, February 22, 2017, 3:30 PM 20 comments
Science Two stars will collide in 2022 in an event that'll be visible to the naked eye, astronomers predict By Shawn Knight, January 10, 2017, 3:30 PM 33 comments