Astronomers have just found the oldest, most distant quasar, 13.03 billion light-years from Earth. It sheds light on how black…
Scientists want to know how dark space really is. And can that tell us something about the number of galaxies…
In the 21st century, astrophysics has experienced some of the biggest breakthroughs ever in human history. Here’s a list: The…
NASA’s Voyager 1 launched in 1977, just shortly after its twin spacecraft, Voyager 2. But will it ever come back…
A team of astrophysicists has just demonstrated that the dust particles in space contain ice. The interstellar medium—matter between the…
Scientists, using data from Cassini, have found the possible presence of fresh ice on the surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus.…
Have you ever heard about stars packed inside the shell of another, larger star? Thorne-Żytkow objects are stars within stars.…
Scientists have just found hints of life on Venus. They have detected phosphine, a rare molecule that is a sign…
Powerful gravitational waves reached the Earth far away from the depths of space. It’s the heaviest black hole merger ever.…