Astronomy 57 Stories

Humans are looking in greater detail at our solar system and beyond using new kinds of telescopes and observation technology. We keep up with the latest space discoveries and the tech that made them.

A composite X-ray, Radio, and Infrared image of a gigantic explosion in the Ophiuchus Galaxy Cluster

Space

Astronomers have detected the biggest explosion in the universe

by Charlotte Jee
2020-02-28T07:25:32-05:00

Space

Earth just gained a new mini-moon—but it won’t be around for long

by Neel V. Patel
2020-02-27T04:38:02-05:00

Space

A snowman-shaped space rock is teaching us how planets form

Here’s what we learned after NASA’s New Horizons probe flew by the most distant object ever visited: Arrokoth.

by Neel V. Patel
2020-02-13T14:03:58-05:00

Space

Astronomers have found a deep space radio burst that pulses every 16 days

by Neel V. Patel
2020-02-10T12:06:48-05:00

Inouye Solar Telescope sun

Space

This is the highest-resolution photo of the sun ever taken

Astronomers turned on the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Maui and managed to snap this incredible view of the sun. And there’s more to come.

by Neel V. Patel
2020-01-29T13:20:08-05:00

Space

There might be another exoplanet hiding around our closest star

by Neel V. Patel
2020-01-15T14:00:56-05:00

Space

NASA’s new exoplanet hunter found its first potentially habitable world

by Neel V. Patel
2020-01-08T16:02:06-05:00

Neutron star merger

Space

More gravitational waves have been spotted from another neutron star smash

by Neel V. Patel
2020-01-07T04:56:01-05:00

Water-bearing exoplanet with oxygen.

Space

The next big space telescope could spot Earth-like oxygen levels on exoplanets

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope could exploit an unnoticed feature to tell us about the amount of oxygen on distant worlds.

by Neel V. Patel
2020-01-06T11:50:09-05:00

Space

A star called Betelgeuse might be ready to explode into a giant supernova

The star has been dimming rapidly in the last few weeks, and scientists are keen to know why.

by Neel V. Patel
2020-01-02T13:52:46-05:00

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