Astronomy
R.I.P Van Allen Space Probe A, Set to Crash Tonight
“The Van Allen Probes rewrote the textbook on radiation belt physics”
NASA’s DART Mission Offers Proof of Protection Against Asteroid Impacts
We may not be at the mercy of asteroids after all
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Gets the Celebrity Treatment
The ESA’s Juice is the latest spacecraft to analyze it
Astronomers Capture Largest Image of Milky Way Ever
“It’s a place of extremes, invisible to our eyes, but now revealed in extraordinary detail”
The Birth of Light
Long since flared out, echoes from the universe’s very first stars could be reaching us today
Imaging the Most Far-Out Jellyfish Galaxy Ever Observed
… and shaking up our view of the universe 8.5 billion years ago
Researchers Map Uranus’ Atmosphere in Stunning Detail
The James Webb Space telescope captured stunning images of the ice giant
Fiery Crash of SpaceX Rocket Causes Huge Lithium Plume
It’s the first known direct detection of upper-atmospheric pollution from space debris re-entry
Why This Region of Space Appears to Be Populated by Snowmen
New research offers an elegant explanation
Did Astronomers Finally Witness a Black Hole Eat a White Dwarf for the First Time?
Analysis of a violent, unprecedented cosmic outburst
Pulsar Found Near the Center of the Milky Way Could Test Einstein’s Theories
A cosmic timekeeper near a supermassive black hole has astrophysicists salivating
