Astronomy Archives

An ‘Asteroid’ Tracked Since 1998 Made an Unexplained Orbital Shift—Now Astronomers Say It’s Something Far More Mysterious

Micah Hanks·July 16, 2026

Astronomers say an asteroid recently failed to appear where it was predicted to be, revealing a "dark" twist after decades of observations.

Scientists Achieve Most Precise Measurement Yet of Einstein’s Frame-Dragging Effect

Ryan Whalen·July 16, 2026

In major new support for Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, the LARES-2 has detected frame dragging around the Earth.

Breakthrough Study Uncovers New Evidence Connecting “Hidden” Dimensions to Mystery of Dark Matter

Micah Hanks·July 15, 2026

New research is revealing possible links between one of the most enduring cosmic mysteries—dark matter—and the existence of a "hidden" fifth dimension.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope May Have Just Unraveled a Longstanding Black Hole Mystery

Ryan Whalen·July 15, 2026

New James Webb Space Telescope observations have astronomers on the brink of solving a longstanding supermassive black hole mystery.

Scientists Have Made a Sweet Discovery in Interstellar Space, Offering Clues to Mystery of Life’s Origins

Chrissy Newton·July 15, 2026

For the first time, scientists have identified a sugar molecule in the interstellar medium, according to newly published research.

James Webb Space Telescope Reveals New Features of an Unusual Galaxy That Left Baffled Astronomers Questioning Its Origins

Ryan Whalen·July 10, 2026

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is celebrating four years of unexpectedly strong performance by providing a deep new view.

ESA’s Euclid Telescope Just Spotted Two Record-Breaking Ancient Giants Among the Most Remote Objects in the Cosmos

Micah Hanks·July 8, 2026

The ESA's Euclid Space Telescope has spotted more than 30 ancient quasars that rank among the oldest and most remote space objects ever seen.

Mysterious “Space Dust” Falling on Earth May Originate from Unidentified Objects Lurking Near Our Planet, New Study Finds

Micah Hanks·July 8, 2026

New research has discovered evidence linking space dust that falls to Earth every year with an unknown variety of near-Earth objects.

Look: Japan’s Hayabusa2 Spacecraft Just Had a Close Encounter with the Mysterious Asteroid ‘Torifune’

Micah Hanks·July 6, 2026

The Hayabusa2 spacecraft completed its flyby of the asteroid Torifune over the weekend, according to Japan’s space agency.

Look: NASA Celebrates “America 250” This Independence Day With a Patriotic View of the Cosmos

Micah Hanks·July 4, 2026

With the arrival of America’s 250th birthday this Independence Day weekend, NASA is marking the occasion with a patriotic-themed perspective on the cosmos.

Hawking Radiation Breakthrough: These Black Hole Emissions Could Reveal Quantum Gravity

Ryan Whalen·July 3, 2026

New experiments are bringing into focus the mechanism behind Hawking radiation, demonstrating black holes are not strictly a one-way street.

This Intriguing Exoplanet is Just 25 Light-Years from Earth—Is Its Too Dangerous to Be Home to Life?

Ryan Whalen·July 2, 2026

Researchers have discovered a potentially habitable exoplanet just 25 light-years from Earth—but is its precarious location on the cosmic shore too dangerous for extraterrestrial life?

Earth May Have Been Sending Microscopic Hitchhikers Toward Venus for a Billion Years

Austin Burgess·July 2, 2026

A new model suggests that asteroid impacts on Earth may have occasionally launched microscopic material into space that could have reached Venus’s atmosphere over billions of years.

“It’s Like Using a Time Machine” Unexpected Cosmic ‘Life After Death’ Discovered on Planets Around a Burned-Out Star

Ryan Whalen·July 1, 2026

New James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal that the fate of planets after the death of their host star may be surprisingly warm.

This Strange Exoplanet Has Revealed “the Clearest Evidence To Date” of Something Many Astronomers Suspected

Ryan Whalen·July 1, 2026

An exoplanet is exerting a magnetic influence on its host star in the opposite direction of the normal relationship.

Whirlpool in Spacetime Around a Black Hole Merger Provides First Detection of this General Relativity Prediction

Ryan Whalen·June 26, 2026

Physicists have unlocked clues hidden within gravitational waves that reveal how black holes drag spacetime along with their spin.

“Dark Matter Might Have Additional Interactions that are Hidden”: Physicists Are Searching for a Mysterious “Dark Force”

Ryan Whalen·June 24, 2026

Dark matter interactions may point to a hidden “dark force,” unexpectedly constraining our Universe’s expansion and structural development.

NASA’s Webb Telescope Spied on Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS as It Left Our Solar System—What It Spotted “Surprised Researchers”

Micah Hanks·June 22, 2026

Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have revealed surprising new data about the mysterious interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS.

Scientists Release New Images Captured by the Lucy Spacecraft Flyby of Asteroid Donaldjohanson

Christopher Plain·June 22, 2026

Newly released images of the asteroid Donaldjohanson captured by NASA's Lucy spacecraft reveal age, rotation, and composition details.

Earthlings on Europa? Provocative Study Explores ‘Reverse Panspermia’ Scenario Where Earth Life May Have Invaded an Alien Moon

Micah Hanks·June 21, 2026

A provocative study suggests that Jupiter’s frozen moon Europa may not only be hospitable, but that life from Earth could be thriving there.

James Webb Space Telescope Made a Salty Discovery in This Unusual Exoplanet’s Skies

Ryan Whalen·June 20, 2026

James Webb Space Telescope observations have revealed the colorful secret of the Pink Planet, the coldest object of its type ever observed.

A Bizarre ‘Bullseye’ in Space Could Hold a Major Clue to Unraveling One of the Universe’s Greatest Mysteries

Micah Hanks·June 19, 2026

New research reveals how an unusual celestial object resembling a cosmic “bullseye” could offer clues to one of the most perplexing phenomena in our universe.

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Astronomers Observing a Supermassive Black Hole Just Had an Unexpected UFO Sighting

Micah Hanks·June 18, 2026

Scientists report the detection of one of the strongest "UFOs" astronomers have ever seen during observations of a supermassive black hole.

Black Holes Aren’t Real? Astronomers Propose Elusive Formation Mechanism for “Gravastar” Alternative That is “Easier to Accept”

Christopher Plain·June 15, 2026

After 25 years of debate, scientists have proposed a mathematical model for an alternative to black holes called a gravastar.

From Lunar Dust to Lunar Cities: Engineers Turn the Moon’s Harsh Surface into a Blueprint for Settlement

Chrissy Newton·June 14, 2026

Researchers at Texas A&M University are exploring how lunar material could become a key building block for the first permanent settlements beyond Earth.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Spots a Hidden ‘Galaxy Killer’ Lurking in the Early Universe

Ryan Whalen·June 13, 2026

The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a cosmic catastrophe, as winds extinguished a star-forming galaxy in the early universe.

This James Webb Space Telescope Discovery Could Finally Solve the Mystery Behind “Little Red Dots”

Ryan Whalen·June 12, 2026

New James Webb Space Telescope imagery may hold the long-sought answers to the astronomical mystery of "little red dots."

New SPHEREx Space Telescope Images Confirm a Major Problem That Many Astronomers Were Afraid Of

Micah Hanks·June 12, 2026

Nearly 3 out of every 4 images obtained by NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope now confirm something many astronomers had been afraid of.

New Analysis Confirms the Universe is Still Expanding, Refuting Controversial 2025 Claims and Prompting Immediate Response

Christopher Plain·June 11, 2026

A new paper suggests a 2025 study claiming the universe is not expanding, which refuted a previous Nobel Prize-winning discovery, is wrong.

This Curious Moon Rock Preserves Evidence of Ancient Impacts Across Three Worlds

Ryan Whalen·June 10, 2026

The ancient impact history of our planet is coming into focus as researchers triangulate similarly aged impacts across the solar system.

This Rare Meteorite Could Be Evidence of a “Massive World” Once Hidden Deep in Our Solar System

Ryan Whalen·June 7, 2026

A meteorite discovered in Africa could be evidence of a lost protoplanet that once orbited our Sun, say researchers.

The SETI Institute Searched For Signs of Technology From 3I/ATLAS—a New Paper Reveals What They Found

Chrissy Newton·June 6, 2026

The SETI Institute says it found no evidence of technosignatures during a comprehensive examination of the mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS.

A Massive Hidden Planet May Be Lurking Beyond Neptune—This Caltech Scientist Thinks “Planet Nine” Could Be Confirmed This Year

Chrissy Newton·June 5, 2026

A ninth planet could soon be located, according to this scientist searching for evidence of a mysterious object in the outer Solar System.

A Black Hole Mystery That Has Puzzled Scientists for Half a Century Has Finally Been Solved

Ryan Whalen·June 4, 2026

A black hole mystery has been solved after half a century, after researchers discovered evidence of a long-missing cosmic wind.

Scientists Discover an Astronomical ‘Rosetta Stone’ for Decoding Mysterious Cosmic Signals

Christopher Plain·June 3, 2026

Scientists claim to have discovered an astronomical 'Rosetta Stone' for mysterious cosmic signals that have perplexed astronomers for decades.

Exoplanet Magnetism Revealed in New Study Researchers Call a “Key Step” in Decoding the Survival of Planets

Ryan Whalen·June 2, 2026

The best evidence for exoplanet magnetic fields ever discovered has emerged from new research that measures wind speeds on ultra-hot Jupiters.

Astronomers Discover New Way to Weigh Planets Hidden Inside Dusty Disks

Ryan Whalen·June 1, 2026

Newborn planets’ dusty rings hold the secret to uncovering their mass, say researchers who have now characterized these once-obscured celestial objects.

Einstein-Rosen Bridges May Not Be Wormholes After All, Physicists Reveal

Austin Burgess·May 30, 2026

Recent research suggests that the original bridge theory was not a wormhole but a mathematical feature of how time is structured.

Something Revealed Itself by Bending the Light of a Distant Star in 2019—Now Astronomers Are Racing to Find Out What It Was

Micah Hanks·May 29, 2026

For just an hour in late 2019, a cosmic mystery revealed itself to astronomers in an unprecedented way: by bending the light of a star.

James Webb Space Telescope Survey of 9,000 Star Clusters Reveals Surprising Tradeoff in Planet Formation

Ryan Whalen·May 27, 2026

James Webb Space Telescope research is revealing exciting information on star and planet formation from observations of four nearby galaxies.

The Fastest-Known Star Near the Milky Way’s Black Hole Has Been Spotted—Now It Could Help Test Einstein’s Theory of Gravity

Avi Loeb·May 24, 2026

Astronomers have discovered one of the most extreme stellar orbits ever observed, and now it could help provide a crucial test for Einstein's theory of gravity.