5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (868+ words) A partially completed telescope has captured 22 compact bow shocks in the outer regions of the Helix Nebula, giving astronomers a rare look at how material expelled by a dying star is broken apart and returned to the space between stars....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (588+ words) The Northern Lights could theoretically appear during the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026, but scientists say the chances are extremely small. Observers in Greenland and Iceland will experience totality during the afternoon, when the sky will briefly darken to roughly…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (772+ words) When we picture giant planets, we naturally think of worlds like Jupiter and Saturn, enormous balls of gas whose immense size comes with equally impressive mass. Bigger, we assume, means heavier. NASA scientists have now discovered two extraordinary exceptions that…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (498+ words) A discarded rocket component from Elon Musk's SpaceX could collide with the moon early on August 5, potentially leaving behind a fresh impact crater, according to a new report tracking space debris in Earth's orbit. The object in question is a…...

6+ mon, 3+ day ago   (930+ words) Astronomers are perhaps one step nearer to the explanation of why so many icy bodies in outer solar system resemble snowmen, after researchers at Michigan State University came up with a computer simulation which demonstrated how snowmen-like shapes can be…...