This illustration depicts a binary star system consisting of a dense neutron star and a normal solar star (top left). Using data from the European Space Agency's Gaia mission, astronomers…
Zoom in / One of the craters was identified seismically, then confirmed by orbital imaging. Mars shakes with earthquakes, but not all of them are driven by phenomena that occur…
Mysterious, nearly invisible objects known as “dark comets' may pose a greater threat to Earth than scientists thought, new research suggests. These small, rapidly rotating objects wander near Earth, possibly…
Originally published in Scientific American.Samantha Lawler is an assistant professor of astronomy at the University of Regina.The email arrived like a bolt out of the blue on an otherwise typical…
Terzan 5, located in the constellation Sagittarius, is a crowded globular cluster, home to hundreds of thousands of stars. Ten unusual and exotic pulsars were recently discovered by an international…
Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news of fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. CNN — When a cruise liner-sized asteroid approaches within 19,883…
The dust tail of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. Top panel: A cropped version of the computer-processed image of the comet taken by R. Naves with the 30-cm f/9 reflector at the Observatorio…
The time-resolved scanning tunneling microscope imaging tip captures the collective motion of electrons in materials via ultrafast terahertz pulses. Credit: Shaoxiang Sheng, University of Stuttgart (FMQ) Physicists from the University…
Space safety 16.07.2024 2188 views 22 likes 30 years ago, on July 16, 1994, astronomers watched in awe as the first of many pieces of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 slammed into…
Fona herzogae, a recently discovered dinosaur from Utah, likely lived partially underground, as evidenced by its anatomical adaptations and frequent fossil preservation in burrows, reshaping our understanding of Cretaceous life.…