Humanity’s return to the Moon brings challenges beyond propulsion systems and spacesuit durability. One of the silent villains of lunar missions is the dust that covers the entire surface of the satellite. Extremely…
Imagine the universe shortly after the Big Bang: cold, dark, and composed almost entirely of hydrogen and helium. It was in this simple and extreme environment that the first stars, known as Population…
Astrophysicists have recorded a unique case that defies classical models of planetary formation: a giant planet orbiting in the opposite direction to the movement of its binary star system. The discovery was made…
Astronomers from the Young Suns Exoplanet Survey (YSES) project announced the discovery of a planet candidate with a mass between 3 and 5 times that of Jupiter, located an impressive 730 astronomical units…
The Resilience spacecraft, developed by the Japanese company ispace, successfully reached lunar orbit on Tuesday, May 6, as scheduled. This milestone puts the mission on track for a historic attempt to land on…
A beautiful, yet distorted, spiral galaxy shines in this image from NASA/ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope. The galaxy, named Arp 184 or NGC 1961, is located about 190 million light-years from Earth in the…
An interest in understanding the role that the Milky Way played in Egyptian culture and religion has led University of Portsmouth Associate Professor of Astrophysics, Dr Or Graur to uncover what he thinks may be…
Like with the Cygnus Loop, Chandra has provided a 3-dimensional (3D) printable model that can be used to explore the end stage of a star’s life. These 3D models are based on state-of-the-art…
Tharsis Montes is the largest volcanic region on Mars. It is approximately 2,400 miles across, 6 miles high, and contains 12 large shield volcanoes. The summits of Tharsis Montes are about the same…
A scientist from Tokyo Metropolitan University has solved the longstanding problem of a “dissonance” in gravitational waves emitted by a black hole. Using high precision computing and a new theoretical physics framework, it…