China's FAST Telescope: World's Largest Radio Telescope
In the quiet of China's Guizhou province, the world's largest radio telescope is listening to the whispers of the cosmo…
Regeneron Science Talent Search: Student's AI Space Discovery
Over 200 billion NASA data points, analyzed by AI, reveal 1.5 million potential cosmic objects. High school student win…
Night Sky Photography: Telescope and Moon
A green laser beams upward, aiding a telescope on a hilltop in its celestial search. Astronomers rely on this precise e…
Ancient Greek Gear Mechanism Mystery
Shipwreck divers found a 2,000-year-old Greek artifact with dozens of gears capable of predicting celestial events. Now…
Earth View from Space: Continents, Oceans, and Clouds
Earth’s distinctive geological features, including its vast oceans and continents, are visible from space, forming a ce…
Why Total Solar Eclipses Will Disappear
NASA’s visualization shows that total solar eclipses are destined to become a thing of the past.
TOI-1452 b: The Potential Ocean-Rich Super-Earth
Astronomers have found a new, nearby star, and one of its planets may be a water world. Located 100 light years away, i…
Milky Way Andromeda Collision: 50-50 Chance
Astronomers now say it's a 50-50 shot the Milky Way and Andromeda will collide in the next 10 billion years. A fresh an…
Earth vs Mercury: Key Differences Explained
Mercury reaches temperatures of 430°C, far more extreme than Earth's 58°C. This is due to its swift, 88-day orbit aroun…
Earth's Ice Ages: Solar System Encounters
Recent research suggests solar journeys through dense interstellar clouds may have triggered Earth’s ice ages. The sun’…
Earth vs Kepler-452b: An Artist's Concept Comparison
Kepler-452b, a planet 1.6 billion years Earth's senior, lies in the habitable zone of a distant star. With a size and s…
Vera C.
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, perched in the Chilean Andes, is embarking on a decade-long mission to capture a celesti…