Astronomy Astronomers saw a distant supernova less than 6 hours after it blew up Adam M The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a distant star exploding earlier than ever before, allowing scientists to observe the first eight da... read more
Astronomy According to researchers, a new technique for determining the age will usher in a new era of planetary science. Adam M The next decade is expected to be a veritable bonanza for planet science, with space missions returning samples of rock from the moon, Mars,... read more
Astronomy Two years later, a black hole ate a star and belched out its remains. Adam M A distant black hole shredded a star in 2018 and two years later released a plume of plasma traveling at around 50% the speed of light - as... read more
Astronomy A 3-D model of the Cat's Eye nebula shows jet-sculpted rings. Adam M A high school student's curiosity revealed the structure of the nebula. A 3-D rendering of the Cat's Eye nebula (left) shows partia... read more
Astronomy UK wants to send a spacecraft to grab two dead satellites from space Adam M The United Kingdom is investing £5 million to fund a space junk removal mission. The project's goal is to return two defunct satellites... read more
Astronomy An otherwise quiet galaxy in the early universe is spewing star stuff Adam M Astronomers were surprised to see hot gas pushed so far from the galaxy's core. Cooler gas (red) extends farther than stars and hot gas... read more
Astronomy The science of the solar system is linked to colossal collisions. Adam M A new study reveals a deep connection between some of the universe's largest, most energetic events and much smaller, weaker ones powe... read more
Astronomy Neutrinos trace the sun has more carbon and nitrogen than formerly thought Adam M After many years of debate, scientists have become toward identifying precisely what the sun — and as a result, the entire universe — is mad... read more
Astronomy A fast radio burst, a space solar station and black holes Adam M Artist's illustration of a magnetar, a neutron star with an extremely strong magnetic field that emits radio waves (red). Magnetars ar... read more
Astronomy NASA TROPICS cubesat launch by Astra fails Adam M ARCADIA, CA - The Astra launch of two NASA CubeSats to monitor tropical storms on June 12 failed when the rocket's upper stage premat... read more
Astronomy Astronomers may have discovered a 'dark' floating black hole Adam M Black holes are, by their nature, invisible unless they are part of a stellar binary or surrounded by an accretion disk. Most stellar-size... read more
Astronomy Astronomers have revealed the first image of a black hole in the heart of our galaxy Adam M The first image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy has been released by astronomers. This result prov... read more