ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceSee How Different This Supernova Looks to Webb Versus HubbleExploded stellar remnants 11,000 light-years away appear much more vivid in a new Webb telescope image.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 7, 2023
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceLook at These Beautiful Rings Rimming UranusA new Webb Telescope image shows the aquamarine world as it's never been seen before.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 6, 2023Comments (33)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceThis Mars Map Nearly Exploded My ComputerA high-resolution compilation of 110,000 images offers the most comprehensive portrait of the Red Planet yet.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 5, 2023Comments (9)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceSee 14 Mind-Blowing Places in Our Solar SystemThe largest cliff in the solar system, a moon's disappearing island, and more.ByGeorge DvorskyPublishedMarch 29, 2023Comments (21)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceBent Light in Deep Space Reveals One of the Biggest Black Holes Ever DetectedA rare ‘ultramassive’ black hole, 30 billion times the mass of the Sun, is lurking in the cosmos.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMarch 28, 2023Comments (18)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceAstronomers Stunned by Brightest Gamma Ray Burst Ever RecordedThe astounding outburst came from a galaxy 2 billion light-years away. It's the "BOAT"—the brightest of all time.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMarch 28, 2023Comments (4)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceWebb Telescope Reveals Nearby Exoplanet Has No AtmosphereOn TRAPPIST-1b, it's a sweltering 446 degrees Fahrenheit—but only on one side.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMarch 27, 2023Comments (7)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceChinese Moon Mission Finds a Potential Water Reservoir in Lunar SoilSamples brought to Earth by the Chang’e-5 mission contain signs of water, according to a new study.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMarch 27, 2023
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceWhat's That Big White Splotch on Uranus?Before-and-after shots from the Hubble Space Telescope show changing weather on Jupiter and Uranus.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMarch 24, 2023Comments (34)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceWebb Telescope Spots a Planet With 'Gritty' Clouds Just 40 Light-Years AwayThe world orbits two stars at once and has a 22-hour day.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMarch 22, 2023Comments (14)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpace'Oumuamua’s Bizarre Acceleration May Have Been Caused by Hydrogen, Not Alien TechnologyAccording to a new paper, a perplexing interstellar object was just a comet sweating hydrogen.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMarch 22, 2023Comments (7)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceRemnants of a Glacier Found Near Martian EquatorA relict glacier in a surprisingly warm part of the planet could have implications for habitability.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMarch 21, 2023
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceAftermath of DART Asteroid Impact Seen by Very Large Telescope in ChileNASA's historic mission to deflect an asteroid kicked up voluminous debris into space.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMarch 21, 2023
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceA NASA Telescope on the Moon's Far Side Would Explore the Universe's 'Dark Ages'NASA and the Department of Energy are collaborating on the ambitious lunar experiment, called LuSEE-Night.ByKevin HurlerPublishedMarch 17, 2023Comments (10)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceThe 7 Weirdest Things About Venus, Hell PlanetEarth's "evil twin" turned out to be very different from our own planet.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMarch 16, 2023Comments (14)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceResearchers Spot an Active Volcano on Venus, Suggesting the Planet Is ActiveNew analysis of the planet’s surface suggests an eruption happened in modern times.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMarch 15, 2023Comments (3)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceNewest Webb Image Is a Stunning View of a Star’s Penultimate StageThe Wolf-Rayet star will soon die, but it’s not yet gone supernova.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMarch 14, 2023Comments (5)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceRadio Telescope Spots Tons of Water in Distant Protoplanetary DiscThe finding suggests Earth’s water predates the solar system.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMarch 8, 2023Comments (4)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceAnother Bright Comet Is Heading to EarthAn icy space rock will shine brighter than the recent Green Comet—if it survives a close encounter with the Sun.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMarch 6, 2023Comments (4)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceHubble Telescope Releases Stunning Timelapse of DART Asteroid ImpactBehold: before-and-after footage of a NASA spacecraft smashing into an unsuspecting space rock.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMarch 1, 2023