🇦🇺 Australia
Astronomers Measure a Black Hole's Jet at 99.5% Light Speed
For the first time, astronomers have directly measured the staggering velocity of a particle jet erupting from
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🇯🇵 Japan
A Visitor's Changing Chemistry: Subaru Telescope Spots Comet Shift
An interstellar comet has changed its chemical signature right before the eyes of astronomers in Japan. Observ
🇺🇸 United States
Young Stars Dim Faster, Boosting Odds for Alien Life
Young stars similar to our sun are calming down far more quickly than scientists ever predicted. This rapid di
🇺🇸 United States
Hubble Captures a Galaxy's Hidden Heart
A brilliant, energetic heart beats at the center of a distant spiral galaxy, captured in stunning detail by an
🇪🇺 European Space Agency
Proba-3 Reveals a Surprisingly Speedy Solar Wind
A European spacecraft duo has discovered that the solar wind, the constant stream of charged particles from th
🇺🇸 United States
NASA's Dark Comets Split Into Two Cosmic Families
Dark comets were already one of the solar system’s stranger ideas: bodies that look like asteroids through a t
🇪🇺 European Space Agency
Juice Spacecraft Captures Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
A European spacecraft built for Jupiter has instead captured a detailed portrait of a visitor from another sta
🇺🇸 United States
Hubble Telescope Captures a Comet Shattering by Chance
The Hubble Space Telescope witnessed a one-in-a-million event: a comet spontaneously disintegrating into at le
🇫🇷 France
Plato's 26 Eyes Peer from Europe's Largest Space Simulator
A spacecraft designed to find other Earths is currently being baked and frozen inside Europe's largest vacuum
🌍 International
ESA's Fleet of Explorers Tracks an Interstellar Visitor
A comet from another star system triggered a rapid, global response from the European Space Agency, turning di
🇪🇺 European Space Agency
Plato Spacecraft Passes Its Vibration Test
A spacecraft destined to hunt for other Earths was recently shaken violently for a full minute to ensure it wo
🇪🇺 European Space Agency
Hubble Captures a Hungry Black Hole in Galaxy IC 486
A supermassive black hole, over one hundred million times the mass of our Sun, is actively feeding at the hear
🇺🇸 United States
Gravity and Plasma Solve Crab Pulsar's Zebra Stripe Mystery
Cosmic Tug-of-War Solves 20-Year Space Mystery For two decades, a dead star 6,500 light-years away has been se
