How close is Betelgeuse to exploding, and what will happen when this colossal star finally lights up our sky? The countdown has begun. ...
A Rare Visitor From Beyond the Solar System On July 1, 2025, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) flagged what looked like a new asteroid. But follow-up orbital calculations revealed something extraordinary: the object was not bound by the ...
Snapshot: What: Total lunar eclipse (“Blood Moon”) — the Moon turns copper-red. When (UTC): Totality 17:30:48–18:52:51 GMT on Sunday, Sep 7 (82 minutes). Global window (penumbra→penumbra): 15:28–20:55 GMT (5 h 27 m). Best views: Asia, Australia, Pacific, East Africa (entire ...
Establishing a new human colony on another planet provides a chance to experiment with novel concepts. More significantly, it’s a chance to learn from humanity’s previous blunders in habitat construction. Even though we have yet to dominate the moon or ...
Breaking and reconnecting magnetic field lines at the event horizon unleash the energy from a black hole’s magnetic field, speeding particles that cause intense flares, according to researchers at the Flatiron Institute and its partners. The discoveries point to fascinating ...
Massive networks of satellites are being launched, making it more challenging to acquire a clear glimpse of the universe. These fast-moving, low-orbiting spacecraft create brilliant streaks in telescope photographs. The International Astronomical Union is developing a new center to concentrate ...
A black hole’s structure is straightforward in the grand scheme of things. All you need to know is the black hole’s mass, electric charge, and spin to determine the structure of space and time surrounding it. However, things get complicated ...
Bennu is a 500-meter-wide asteroid that circles our solar on a path that takes it dangerously near to Earth on a regular basis. According to Icarus, NASA scientists utilized new data and complicated computer models to estimate the exact course ...