Euclid space telescope sent some images back to Earth during an early testing phase. While reviewing the pictures, astronomer and Euclid archive scientist Bruno Altieri found something incredibly rare ...
The creation of the belts, and others like it in the future, are a potential new danger to astronauts and satellites headed ...
An Einstein ring is light from a much more distant galaxy that bends in such a way as to perfectly encircle a closer object.
In partnership with NASA, the Intuitive Machines lander Athena will send a water-seeking drill, a pogo-sticking crater probe ...
Gravitational lensing occurs when the gravity of a massive object, like a galaxy, warps the fabric of spacetime, bending the light from a more distant background object.
Beyond the immediate impact damage, an asteroid impact would have long-lasting effects on Earth's atmosphere. What would ...
Astronomers may have found a star racing through our galaxy at an incredible speed—dragging a planet along with it! If ...
The system is believed to be traveling at least 1.2 million miles per hour (1.93 million kilometers per hour), according to a ...