Of the more than 5,000 planets known to exist beyond our solar system, most orbit their stars at surprisingly close range. More than 80 percent of confirmed exoplanets have orbits shorter than...
Over the last two years, scientists have used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (also called Webb or JWST) to explore what astronomers refer to as Cosmic Dawn -- the period in the first few...
Non-scientists tend to think of science (when they think of it at all) as a series of brilliant thoughts punctuated by bolt-out-of-the-blue discoveries. Think Newton under the gravity-prone apple tree. Or Archimedes...
For the first time, high-resolution images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope are offering powerful insights into the complex dust patterns of nearby star-forming galaxies.
One of the most fundamental building blocks in the...
Satellites are more likely to be at risk from high-speed solar wind than a major geomagnetic storm according to a new UK-US study published this week in the Journal Space Weather.
Researchers investigating the space...
TAMPA, Fla. — Federal Communications Commission chair Jessica Rosenworcel proposed new rules May 29 to cover the risk of debris-generating accidental explosions in space.
The new...
Looking deeply into space and time, two teams using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have studied the exceptionally luminous galaxy GN-z11, which existed when...
A study by the Max Planck Institute and the Smithsonian Institute refuted the theory that primates’ large brains evolved primarily from fruit-foraging efficiencies, suggesting...
According to the inflationary scenario, in the first trillionth of a trillionth of a second a mysterious antigravity force pushed the universe to expand...
Artist’s illustration of the object ʻOumuamuaCredit: M Kornmesser/ESO
In October 2017, astronomers made a groundbreaking discovery: the first known interstellar object passing through our solar...