Whether an asteroid is spinning neatly on its axis or tumbling chaotically, and how fast…
For nearly two centuries, it was unclear that the bright spot in the constellation Virgo,…
Spirals of solar wind can spin off larger solar eruptions and disrupt Earth’s magnetic field,…
The objects that astronomers at Penn State dubbed ‘universe breakers’ could be an exotic black…
As the Perseverance rover traversed an ancient river valley in Mars’ Jezero Crater back in…
A new AI-powered tool has reduced astronomers’ workload by 85% – filtering through thousands of…
A greedy white dwarf star not far from Earth is devouring its closest celestial companion…
A new JCOM paper analyzes the synergy between artists and scientists in a popular exoplanet…
Guest editorial by Prof Heidi Newberg, an astrophysicist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and author of…
New research reveals the Red Planet’s mantle preserves a record of its violent beginnings. New…
