The Andromeda galaxy is our closest galactic neighbor, and it apparently has been hiding a dark past. Scientists from the
Continue readingCategory: Science
For The First Time, Scientists Might Have Caught a Star Devouring a Planet
They mystery of why a young star dims every so often may have just been solved. For the first time,
Continue readingOddball Galaxy Puts Dark Matter Theory to the Test
A small, faint galaxy residing some 65 million light-years away has been threatening to upend scientists’ entire paradigm of dark
Continue readingScientists Announce 10 New Moons for Jupiter
Trivia teams across the country will have to update their astronomy notes. Today, a team of astronomers announced the discovery
Continue readingWhy Mars Appears to Be Moving Backward
Our solar system is in constant motion, with all eight planets — and dwarf planet Pluto — orbiting the sun.
Continue readingNew Research Raises Hopes for Finding Life on Mars, Pluto and Icy Moons
Since the 1970s, when the Voyager probes captured images of Europa’s icy surface, scientists have suspected that life could exist
Continue readingWhy a 4-Billion-Year-Old Particle That Hit Antarctica Is Such a Big Deal
A single, high-energy neutrino struck Earth on Sept. 22, 2017. It came from a distant galaxy, wrapped around a supermassive
Continue readingEerie Space Sounds Are Coming From a Strange Bond Between Enceladus And Saturn
Data recorded during Cassini’s final months is still giving us gold. New research from the probe’s Grand Finale mission has
Continue readingThese 2 exoplanets might have seasons and stable climates
New findings suggest that some exoplanets will have stable axial tilts and climates, much as Earth does. This knowledge will
Continue readingThis Galactic Collision Shaped the History of the Milky Way
As the Milky Way was growing, taking shape, and minding its own business around 10 billion years ago, it suffered
Continue readingAsteroids are Plain Rocks or Five Destroyed Worlds?
A cloud of gas and dust was the matter from which all planets and the world originates…but what is exactly
Continue readingHow Long Would It Take to Cross the Milky Way at Light Speed?
The disk of our home galaxy – the Milky Way – is bigger than we previously thought. A new study
Continue reading