Astrophysics
Four Types of Stars That Will Not Exist for Billions or Even Trillions of Years
According to models of stellar evolution, certain types of stars need longer than the universe has existed to form
Scientists Predict Sun Will One Day Turn Into Giant Crystal Ball
New observations of white dwarfs confirm theory that the star remnants transition into solid structures as they cool
Meet Farout, the Solar System's Most Distant Minor Planet
Observations suggest the object is 300 miles in diameter, pinkish-red and 3.5 times as far away from the sun as Pluto
Solar Probe Sends Back First Image and Data From the Sun
The Parker Solar Probe survived its first swoop around our star and will get even closer on its next two dozen trips
This Is How Much Starlight the Universe Has Produced
4,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 photons over 13.7 billion years
Astrophysicist Michelle Thaller on Understanding Our Place in the Universe
Autodesk vice president Brian Mathews talks with the NASA science communicator about the search for life on other planets and why it’s important
The Milky Way Ate One of Its Neighbors 10 Billion Years Ago
Star data shows we gobbled up a galaxy called Gaia-Enceladus about 1/4 the size of the Milky Way, leaving behind telltale signs of the merger
We Haven't Been Zapped Out Of Existence Yet, So Other Dimensions Are Probably Super Tiny
In theory, other dimensions aren't big enough to form black holes and consume our universe or it would have happened already
Astronomers Find What May Be First Exomoon—And It's an Absolute Unit
Astronomers suspect that there's Neptune-sized celestial body trailing an exoplanet about 8,000 light years
In the Search for Aliens, We've Only Analyzed a Small Pool in the Cosmic Ocean
A new study estimates how much of outer space we've scoured for other life and finds we haven't exactly taken a deep dive
Explorers Will Face Dangerous Amounts of Radiation On Their Trip to Mars
New data from the Mars Trace Gas Orbiter shows just the flight there and back alone will expose astronauts to 60 percent the lifetime radiation dose
The Universe's Strongest Material is a Cosmic Lasagna
A new study suggests that the "nuclear pasta" found in neutron stars is 10 billion times stronger than steel
Astronomers Spot Galactic Wind From Early Universe
The ejection of molecular gas from a galaxy 12 billion light-years away may have kept an early galaxy from burning out too quickly
Jupiter's Magnetic Field Is Super Weird and Has Two South Poles
Analysis of data from the Juno probe shows the giant planet's field is much different from our own and suggests it has a dissolved core
Japan Takes Tiny First Step Toward Space Elevator
Two mini-satellites will test elevator motion in space as part of research for an elevator between Earth and low orbit
Monster Galaxy Churns Out 1,000 Times As Many Stars As Our Own
COSMOS-AzTEC-1 is almost 13 billion years old highly organized but unstable and could shed light on galaxy evolution
The Andromeda Galaxy Ate The Milky Way's Lost Sibling
New simulations show Andromeda absorbed the large galaxy M32p about 2 billion years ago
Jupiter Officially Has 12 New Moons
The new satellites are mostly tiny and include one oddball that is on a collision course with some of the 78 other moons orbiting the planet
Our Galaxy Is Really Greasy and Smells Like Moth Balls
A new study estimates that a quarter to half the carbon in interstellar space is in the form of greasy aliphatic carbon
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