A team of astronomers have made the first-ever detection of gas in a circumplanetary disk using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). Th

A recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters presents the most complete analysis of intracluster light (ICL) to date. These results provid

A new paper published in Nature Astronomy includes a new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) that reveals at least 17 dust shells tha

A recent paper published in Nature Astronomy presents a detailed study of the planetary system Kepler-138 and has found evidence that two exoplanets in thi

Two researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen are studying an usually compact system of three stars, possibly the first of it

Towards the end of last year, astronomers spotted a rocket that was on a collision course with the Moon. The impact finally occurred on March 4, 2022 and w

In a recent paper published in The Astrophysical Journal, astronomers present the first ever detection of rare Earth elements produced in a neutron sta

Astronomers have discovered the closest known black hole to Earth. This historic discovery has been published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomi

A group of scientists at the Goethe University Frankfurt recently published two articles about their work on determining the internal structure of neut

In a new study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, astronomers have discovered the heaviest element ever found in the atmosphere of an exoplanet to

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have been working to improve methods for calibrating standard stars for more than a

A new study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society finds that “hot Jupiter” exoplanets can have an anti-aging effec

Last week, astronomers gathered at the Space Telescope Science Institute, the operations center for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), in Baltimore, Ma

NASA’s Juno spacecraft was designed to study the interior and origins of Jupiter, and has been in orbit around Jupiter since 2016. The spacecraft is

A new study in Astronomy & Astrophysics published the largest catalog of ultracool dwarfs to date. The team at the National Astronomical Observatories

A team of scientists are using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to identify and analyze rocky planets, much like our own planet Earth, or

GHOST – the Gemini High-resolution Optical SpecTrograph – recently achieved its first light. This new telescopic instrument recently upgraded t

In a paper recently accepted for publication in the Journal of Physical Chemistry A, researchers at the University of Arizona suggest that carbon nanotubes

In 2014, astronomers began testing the new high-resolution capabilities of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The team of scientists

In a paper recently published in The Astronomical Journal, a group of researchers upended two long-held scientific assumptions about our Solar System: Eart

NASA’s Lunar IceCube is one of several CubeSats hitching a ride to the Moon on Artemis 1. CubeSats are efficient and cost effective; they are not muc

The Square Kilometer Array Observatory (SKAO) will soon be the largest radio telescope in the world. Construction on the array began this year and will tak

Have you ever wanted to make a discovery in space? A new citizen science project led by a team of researchers at the University of Minnesota allows volunte

On June, 23, 2022, the BepiColombo mission made its second gravity assist of the planet Mercury. BepiColombo is a collaboration between the European Space

James Webb Space Telescope has awed scientists and the public alike with the first images that were released on July 12, 2022 and it is safe to say that we

On July 20, 1969, humans walked on the Moon for the first time. Fifty-three years ago, the Apollo 11 mission paved the way for future space exploration and

On this day in history 39 years ago NASA Astronaut Sally Kristen Ride became the first American woman in space, the first known member of the LGBT+ communi

On February 18, 2021, Mars 2020 landed at Jezero Crater on Mars. The mission contained a rover named Perseverance and a helicopter named Ingenuity. The mai