Astronomy
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
The Supernova That Launched a Thousand Gorgeous Space Images
By colorizing one of the first Hubble satellite images, illustrator Dana Berry ushered in a new era of stunning space visuals
Scientists Explain The Thrill of Detecting a Neutrino From a Far-Off Galaxy
For the first time, the IceCube observatory has triumphantly tracked a neutrino back to a massive blazar
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
Now That the Smog Has Lifted, Astronomy Returns to London's Royal Observatory
A new telescope that filters out light pollution and interference will watch the stars from the site constructed in 1675
How Jupiter May Have Gifted Early Earth With Water
A new model of the solar system suggest we have gas giants to thank for our watery world
Astronomers Find Signature From the Universe's Earliest Known Stars
The first lights may have winked to life just 250 million years after the Big Bang
Big Data is Transforming How Astronomers Make Discoveries
The next game-changer is likely lurking in the data we already have—but it will take scientists years to uncover it
The Sun Will Produce a Beautiful Planetary Nebula When It Dies
A new model of stellar death shows our low-mass star has enough juice to produce a beautiful ring of gas and dust before winking out
Five Things to Know About NASA's InSight Mission to Mars
This Saturday, the craft will launch on its mission to search for clues about the Red Planet's interior
Comet "Snowstorm" Swirling in This Stunning GIF Is a Tricky Illusion
“Things are not quite as they seem," explains astronomer Mark McCaughrean
New Star Map Could Change Everything We Know About the Milky Way
The map includes 1.7 billion stars and is already revealing new details about star evolution and the formation of our galaxy
Five Things to Know About NASA's New Planet-Hunting Satellite
TESS will scan the skies in search of the next crop of exoplanets
The Center of the Milky Way May Be Chock-Full of Black Holes
Researchers spotted about a dozen black holes lurking at our galactic center—and there may be up to 10,000 more
Meet Icarus, The Most Distant Star Yet Detected
The blue supergiant lies 9 billion light-years away
Scientists Thought All Galaxies Had Dark Matter, but They Just Found One Without It
The find defies the assumption that the mysterious matter is necessary for galaxy formation
The Rockstar Geologist Who Mapped the Minerals of the Cosmos
A professor told Ursula Marvin she should learn to cook. Instead she chased down meteorites in Antarctica
70,000 Years Ago, a Passing Star Shook Up Our Solar System
The red dwarf likely came within one light-year of the sun, altering the course of some asteroids and comets
How It All Began: A Colleague Reflects On the Remarkable Life of Stephen Hawking
The physicist probed the mysteries of black holes, expanded our understanding of the universe and captured the world's imagination, says Martin Rees
Purple Haze: Alien Atmospheres Recreated In the Lab
By combining various gases with plasma, researchers are learning about the haze around distant planets
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