When we see pictures of galaxies outside the Milky Way, what we're usually looking at is primarily the light of their stars. But stars are far from the only ingredient that makes up a galaxy. Think o… [+4386 chars]
Washington, June 17: NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has spotted a shiny silver object that looks like a discarded packet or foil stuck between two rocks on the Red Planet. The image, captured by th… [+1482 chars]
A study on the asteroid titled "The Heterogeneous Surface of Asteroid (16) Psyche" has been published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. The 16 Psyche asteroid is scheduled to be visit… [+1832 chars]
At the 240th conference of the American Astronomical Society, scientists will highlight new results from NASA missions ranging from exoplanets to citizen science discoveries (AAS). The meeting began … [+4194 chars]
With the potential to raise global sea levels, Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier has been widely nicknamed the 'Doomsday Glacier.' Now, a study has revealed just how quickly the enormous glacier is melt… [+6880 chars]
One of the most famous hypergiant stars is Betelgeuse, located in the constellation of Orion. Betelgeuse has been the subject of a lot of interest recently because of its strange behavior: Beginning … [+1497 chars]
The Royal Museums at Greenwich (opens in new tab), London, are a mine of information about this and other lunar topics. Royal Museums Greenwich comprises the Royal Observatory, Cutty Sark, National… [+2153 chars]
As many as 40 scientific proposals have been accepted from research teams across the world as everyone queues up to get a piece of asteroid that hides ingredients for life. The selected proposals are… [+1359 chars]
James Webb Space Telescope is all set to take humanity on a unique journey as the most advansed telescope takes steps towards becoming functional. The first full-colour images taken by humanity's fre… [+1178 chars]
Astronomers who use the world’s most advanced telescopes have taken images of a rock-tailed star near the Sun. It is the first time such a star has been caught scattering and can help explain the sho… [+2292 chars]
Physicists have established a system of two related time crystals, which are weird quantum systems stuck in an infinite loop to which the ordinary laws of thermodynamics do not correlate. By attachin… [+1124 chars]
Bees are a highly diverse and critical group of pollinators. There is evidence that beneficial and harmful microbiota may be regularly transmitted within and between bee species. Metagenomic analyses… [+3706 chars]