"Most of the external layers of a massive star are removed during the supernova, but some material falls back, making the neutron star spin faster." ...

Astronomers have finally unlocked a crucial piece of the planet formation puzzle by detecting the magnetic fingerprint of a young star’s protoplanetary disk. Using ALMA, researchers observed how dust ...

Scientists measured a chorus wave emerging from an unexpected place, and confirmed a key piece of a theory about how these ...

The largest solar storm in two decades hit Earth in May 2024. For several days, wave after wave of high-energy charged ...

This week, NASA released the first image from the Europa Clipper spacecraft's voyage. The image is a mosaic of a star field, created from three shots the solar-powered orbiter captured in December of ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has uncovered an immense volcanic hot spot on Jupiter’s moon Io, surpassing any previously recorded ...

WASP-121b is like nothing in the solar system, raining liquid metal and being puffy like a marshmallow. The origins of these ...

Chorus waves, quick bursts of energy known to occur relatively close to Earth and around other planets, were found in an ...

Scientists have newly discovered an asteroid, around 130 to 300 meters wide, that has greater than 1% chance of impacting the ...

Enrico Chesta, Véronique Ferlet-Cavrois and Markus Brugger highlight seven ways CERN and ESA are working together to further ...

NASA detects mysterious 'chirping' signals, or chorus waves, 165,000 km from Earth, revealing surprising energy transfer in ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft snapped a stunning image of a cloud on Jupiter shaped like a dolphin, proving that even science has an ...