4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (446+ words) These strange celestial objects have been hiding in plain sight for decades It’s unclear what these objects actually are, but evidence for them has been detected by NASA’s Chandra space telescope for years By Adam Kovac edited by Claire Cameron…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (400+ words) The strangest sky in the galaxy The newfound star S301 orbits the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole so closely that its view of the heavens gets twisted There are a lot of weird stars in the universe, but if I had…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (239+ words) In a critical maneuver on Thursday, the mission successfully deployed its two science orbiters—beginning the final phases of its arrival at Mercury By Adam Kovac edited by Claire Cameron An artist’s impression shows the BepiColombo composite spacecraft’s Mercury Transfer…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (436+ words) The strange structure appears to have formed recently, but nobody can explain exactly why By Adam Kovac edited by Claire Cameron Scientists are baffled after discovering a weird decagon-shaped wave in the atmosphere of the planet Saturn. The ten-sided phenomenon…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (718+ words) The world’s biggest dark matter search saw a particle it cannot explain By Joseph Howlett edited by Lee Billings On June 16, 2023, 39 seconds after 3:22 P.M., one mile beneath the Black Hills of South Dakota, there was a sudden flash of light....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (626+ words) After a flawless launch, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on a mission to solve some of the universe’s biggest mysteries By Lee Billings edited by Claire Cameron NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is already exceeding expectations. Lofted…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago   (434+ words) The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope will probe dark matter and dark energy, discover exoplanets and study stars NASA’s newest telescope is officially on its way to deep space after more than a decade of development and high anticipation. The Nancy…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (561+ words) NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could find alien Earths—but not like you think The Roman Space Telescope will spend more than a quarter of its time staring at the Milky Way’s bulge, a star-packed central region of our galaxy that…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (457+ words) Ten cosmic discoveries we’ll get from NASA’s Roman Space Telescope NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will open a whole new window on the cosmos. Here are 10 things it’s likely to show us By Joseph Howlett edited by Lee Billings After more…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (383+ words) The Red Planet’s global geography of low-lying northern plains and rugged southern highlands seems to have surprisingly deep roots, with profound implications for Mars’s ancient habitability By Jacek Krywko edited by Lee Billings An artist’s concept of an ocean in…...