Future historians might look back on this time and call it the ‘exoplanet age.’ We’ve found over 5,000 exoplanets, and we’ll keep finding more. Next, we’ll move beyond just finding them, and we’ll turn our efforts to finding biosignatures, the special chemical fingerprints that living processes imprint on exoplanet atmospheres.
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Amateur Astronomers Find Glowing Gas Arc Near Andromeda
An arc that glows green thanks to doubly ionized oxygen appears near the Andromeda Galaxy in a photo obtained by amateur astronomers.
NASA satellite view shows California's soaked start to 2023
NASA has released satellite view showing California's brutally wet start to the new year.
Could humans use black holes to time travel?
Black holes form natural time machines that allow travel to both the past and the future. But don't expect to be visiting dinosaurs any time soon.
Save over $70 on this Celestron 70AZ LT telescope kit
If you're looking to get into stargazing for a bargain, then saving over $70 on this Celestron AstroMaster 70AZ LT telescope kit could be right for you.
Two Point Campus brings gamers to space with Space Academy DLC
Space Academy, the new DLC for Two Point Campus, is available now for $9.99 on multiple platforms.
New Tarantula Nebula mosaic captures spectacular star formation
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory teamed up to provide a stunning new view of the robust star-forming region known as the Tarantula Nebula.
Best free Star Wars 3D prints
Save your credits with this cool collection of free Star Wars 3D prints.
Milky Way's 'poor old heart' could reveal how our galaxy formed
Through what they call "galactic archaeology," astronomers trained an AI to detect the oldest stars hiding in the Milky Way's core.
Surprise asteroid photobombs Hubble telescope image. Can you spot it?
The Hubble Space Telescope caught an unexpected asteroid streaking across a field of distant galaxies.
National Geographic 6x21 children's binoculars review
A 'real' pair of children's binoculars for kids, the National Geographic 6x21 is aimed at ages six and up to enjoy in the daytime.
Interstellar space: What is it and where does it begin?
Interstellar space is filled with atoms and molecules, 99% of which is gas, and just 1% is cosmic dust.
NASA’s Psyche Mission is Back on. It’ll Launch Towards its Metal Asteroid Target Later This Year
NASA’s Psyche mission is back on track for launch and is now scheduled for a potential October 2023 launch date, according to an October 2022 statement from NASA. This comes after missing its originally planned launch date between August and October of 2022, and becoming subject to an independent review board, whose results were announced in November 2022.
A Hybrid Fission/Fusion Reactor Could be the Best way to get Through the ice on Europa
In the coming years, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) will send two robotic missions to explore Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. These are none other than NASA’s Europa Clipper and the ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE), which will launch in 2024, and 2023 (respectively). Once they arrive by the 2030s, they will study Europa’s surface with a series of flybys to determine if its interior ocean could support life. These will be the first astrobiology missions to an icy moon in the outer Solar System, collectively known as “Ocean Worlds.”
Rare, 'rule-breaking' quasicrystal found in chunk of 'fossilized' lightning
A type of crystal that breaks the rules of ordinary crystallography has been found in a tube of melted sand from Nebraska.
UV radiation pulse played a role in a mass extinction event, fossilized pollen reveals
250 million-year-old pollen suggests radiation played a role in mass extinction event.
How did Dimorphos Form?
The otherwise unremarkable double asteroid of Didymos and Dimorphos made headlines as the target of NASA’s successful Double Asteroid Redirect Test (DART) mission. With new details about the system emerging, astronomers have put together a hypothesis of how this strange double asteroid came to be.
Guardians of the Galaxy's Groot finally gets an origin story in new Marvel Comics series
Marvel Comics is releasing a new "Groot" solo series this spring that reveals the origin story of the tree-like Guardians of the Galaxy team member.
How to view and photograph comets
As comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) nears the sun, get the best sights and images of this celestial encounter with our handy guide.
See Venus and Saturn snuggle in the sky Sunday (Jan. 22)
Venus and Saturn will be in conjunction on Sunday (Jan. 22), appearing close enough together in the sky to both be seen through a telescope. The close pairing will also be visible to the naked-eye.
Why Does the Butterfly Nebula Look Like This?
The Butterfly Nebula is changing, and astronomers are puzzled as to why these changes are occurring. Observations of this planetary nebula show dramatic changes in the butterfly’s ‘wings’ in just 11 years.
