Astronomers have discovered a dense stellar nursery packed with infant stars in a vast “cosmic ink blot.”
The team made the discovery using one of the most powerful digital cameras in the world: the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) mounted on the…
Astronomers have discovered a dense stellar nursery packed with infant stars in a vast “cosmic ink blot.”
The team made the discovery using one of the most powerful digital cameras in the world: the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) mounted on the…
In late March 1972, the Soviet Union’s Cosmos 482 was launched. But that attempted Venus probe ran amuck during its rocket-assisted toss to the cloud-veiled world. Major elements of that failed craft remained in Earth orbit.
The upper stage of…
Nestled close to the summit of an underwater mountain west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge lies a mysterious and striking landscape—the Lost City. Discovered in 2000, this hydrothermal field is home to towering structures that rise from the…
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On April 7, 2025, NASA had a rare opportunity to study Uranus’ atmosphere and rings when the ice giant passed between Earth and a distant star, creating a “stellar occultation.” This event, which was only visible from western North…
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has begun unlocking secrets about mysterious objects lingering at the outer edges of our solar system. A new study, using JWST’s cutting-edge capabilities, focuses on Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs),…
The search for a hidden giant lurking in the far reaches of the Solar System has captivated astronomers for decades. A new study, published by Terry Long Phan and colleagues in Cambridge University Press and available on arXiv, brings new…
Anohni Hegarty is about to go to the Great Barrier Reef for the first time. “I feel like I’m going to Auschwitz,” she says nervously. “On the one hand, I’m so excited to go because the landscape is so beautiful, and I know there’s…
Typically, the whole debate over how the universe was created takes place between religion and science.
Most scientists tend to support the Big Bang Theory while Christians of course believe that God created Earth.
However, there’s plenty of…