Science

New Insight Into Parker Solar Probe's Early Observations

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Realignment of open and closed magnetic field lines on the Sun, called...

Hubble Captures Breakup of Comet ATLAS

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Hubble Captures Breakup of Comet ATLAS

Spitzer Telescope Reveals the Precise Timing of a Black Hole Dance

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This image shows two massive black holes in the OJ 287 galaxy. The smaller black hole orbits the larger one, which is also...

NASA CubeSat Will Shine a Laser Light on the Moon's Darkest Craters

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This artist's concept shows the briefcase-sized Lunar Flashlight spacecraft using its near-infrared lasers to shine...

Why Earth is the Blue Planet

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Mechanisms that affect the water content of Venus’s atmosphere during the long-term evolution...

New discovery: first asteroid population from outside our solar system

Although some interstellar bodies only pass through, others remain and orbit the sun. This is the case for 19 asteroids that gravitate between Jupiter and Neptune. According to the two scientists’ calculations, their current orbits and characteristics...

Star Survives Close Call with a Black Hole

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Illustration of Black Hole & White Dwarf

Hungry Galaxies Grow Fat on the Flesh of Their Neighbors

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Distribution of dark matter density overlayed with the gas density. This image...

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