5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (309+ words) The search for alien life and extraterrestrial civilizations has long sparked curiosity about what might exist in the universe. With every new study, scientists are finding clues that could bring them a little closer to answering a question they have…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (624+ words) A neutron star is what remains after the core of a massive star collapses. It is not a small ordinary star. It is the crushed core of a dead one, compressed until protons and electrons are forced together and most…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (434+ words) NASA has successfully launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, sending its newest flagship observatory on a mission to study dark matter, dark energy, distant galaxies and planets beyond our Solar System. Roman lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (861+ words) Here are 10 NASA images that demonstrate the extraordinary range of objects and phenomena astronomers can study with these observatories. 1. Pillars of Creation Located inside the Eagle Nebula about 6,500 light-years from Earth, the Pillars of Creation are towering columns of gas…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (600+ words) A huge, unusually dense planet more than twice the size of Earth is puzzling scientists because it has very little atmosphere, despite being massive enough that researchers would expect it to have accumulated a thick layer of gas. The planet,…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (244+ words) For this discovery, researchers used NASA's JWST and TESS, which flag planets by watching for the tiny dips in starlight that happen when a planet crosses in front of its star. The team turned to the WIYN 3.5-meter Telescope at…...