The Perseid meteor shower is underway and stargazers in America will get the best views next month, according to the American Meteor Society. The Perseids are the most popular annual meteor shower, … [+2234 chars]
Nebula is a Latin word meaning "cloud", but in an astronomical context, it refers to any celestial object which appears cloud-like when viewed through a telescope. When telescopes weren’t as powerfu… [+6969 chars]
In the early 1990s, planetary history was made. In 1992, two astronomers, Alexander Wolszczan and Dale Frail, published a paper in Nature announcing the discovery of the very first planets outside th… [+4968 chars]
An image of the Carina Nebula captured by NASA's James Webb Telescope. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI NASA released a new photograph of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 last week which depicts a cluster of galaxie… [+2328 chars]
Enlarge/ The buildings of the IHES. 29 with 29 posters participating Even before this years Fields Medal winners announcement, the Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques (IHES) or the Institute o… [+4328 chars]
(CNN) Dinosaur footprints dating back 100 million years have been discovered in southwestern China after a sharp-eyed diner spotted them in a restaurant's outdoor courtyard. Several stone pits at th… [+2718 chars]
Jersey Shore goers know all too well that nothing can ruin a day at the beach quite like those pesky greenhead flies whose bites pack quite a punch. What are greenheads? Greenheads, which are produ… [+5197 chars]
A dormant black hole at least nine times the mass of the Sun has been discovered just 160,000 light years from Earth, orbiting a star. A team of researchers known as the 'black hole police' because … [+7254 chars]
Nebula is a Latin word meaning "cloud", but in an astronomical context, it refers to any celestial object which appears cloud-like when viewed through a telescope. When telescopes weren’t as powerfu… [+6969 chars]
The James Webb Space Telescope, which has already wowed the world with gorgeous images of far-flung galaxies and distant planets, stores its data on a relatively small 68 GB drive - that's enough to … [+16816 chars]
The James Webb Space Telescope is not just a remarkable feat of engineering; its a beautiful one too. Take its 18 hexagonal mirrors made from gold-plated beryllium, which inspired YouTubes Cellar Ner… [+1780 chars]
In Doctor Who, an alien species called the Silurians exists technologically-advanced humanoid reptiles who lived long before humans, going into hiding and being basically undiscovered again until eve… [+3896 chars]
