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Scientists Find Solar Systems Undergoing the Same Mysterious Process as Ours
A radioactive isotope profoundly affected the origin and evolution of our solar system. Now, scientists have spotted it in a system of budding stars.
How the Fastest Spaceship Ever Is Getting Terrifyingly Close to the Sun
Adam Szabo and Betsy Congdon, two leads on the Parker Solar Probe, discuss the mission’s discoveries and its daredevil future.
Something Huge and Invisible Is Making Nearby Stars Vanish, Scientists Propose
Stars that have gone missing from the Hyades cluster may have been torn away by a dark matter monster with the mass of 10 million Suns.
There’s a New Exploding Star in the Sky
An erupting white dwarf in the constellation Cassiopeia should be visible with binoculars or small telescopes on a dark night.
Physicists Propose That the Universe Is Filled With Tiny, Natural Atomic Bombs
A rare natural fission reaction might detonate white dwarfs into special supernovae that help scientists measure the expansion of the universe.
Scientists May Have Detected a Huge Collision Between Blobs of Dark Matter
If confirmed, the collision between never-before-seen boson stars may solve the long search for the source of dark matter.
The Cosmologist Working to Preserve the Night Sky for the Future
Dr. Aparna Venkatesan studies the distant reaches of space and time, while advocating for a night sky undamaged by orbital clutter.
Why This Astronomer Thinks We're on the Cusp of Finding Signs of Alien Life
Lisa Kaltenegger, director of the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell, talks exoplanets, telescopes, and first contact.
Milky Way Is Being Slowly 'Pulled' Apart by a Neighbouring Galaxy
The gravitational force is causing our home galaxy to twist and deform.
Scientists Want to Build a Giant Moon Telescope to See Into the Deep Past
The Ultimately Large Telescope, a concept for a spinning liquid telescope, could see the light of the first stars.
Scientists Just Found a New Way to Search for Habitable Exoplanets
Worlds orbiting small red dwarf stars might be less vulnerable to damaging space weather, which could boost the odds that they host life.
Get Lost in the Most Detailed Images Ever of This Stunning Nebula
Astronomers have captured unprecedented images of Carina Nebula, a stellar nursery 7,500 light years from Earth.