Dead stars can celebrate 2 New Years every second with nearby cosmic fireworks
Celestial fireworks that erupt all year long but last a fraction of a second, fast radio bursts, may have traced them to the immediate surroundings of extreme and highly magnetic dead stars.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe beams home 1st detailed update after record-breaking approach to the sun
This New Year's Day, NASA's Parker Solar Probe added to the festive cheer by sending home its first detailed telemetry data soon after its record-breaking closest-ever approach to the sun.
Strap on a VR headset like a Facehugger with 'Alien: Rogue Incursion' — the 1st-ever 'Alien' VR game
"Alien: Rogue Incursion" virtual reality game for PSVR and and PCVR available now
Newly uncovered oxygen reaction could aid the search for alien life
A newly discovered way for oxygen to form in carbon-dioxide-rich atmospheres of exoplanets could help guide scientists' search for alien life.
Space debris crash in Kenya village believed to be from leftover rocket hardware
Kenya Space Agency officials report a large, “red-hot” metallic ring roughly 8 feet (2.5 meters) in diameter fell from the sky, crashing into Mukuku village.
Some black holes at the centers of galaxies have a buddy − but detecting these binary pairs isn’t easy
Some black holes at the centers of galaxies have a buddy − but detecting these binary pairs isn’t easy
Fall 2024 was Earth's warmest autumn ever
Fall 2024 makes history in the record books as the warmest on record in the past 130 years.
The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks tonight! Don't miss the 1st 'shooting stars' of 2025
The 2025 Quadrantid meteor shower peaks overnight on Jan. 3, and could produce between 60 to 120 meteors per hour.
James Webb telescope uncovers massive 'grand design' spiral galaxy in the early universe — and scientists can't explain how it got so big, so fast
Galaxies in the early universe tend to be clumpy, but the new JWST discovery of a "grand design" spiral galaxy just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang has scientists stumped.
'Star Wars: Skeleton Crew' episode 6: The crew and their spaceship reveal their true selves
Skeleton Crew's sixth episode splits the team apart ahead of their much-desired return to At Attin and a final confrontation with Jod.
Black holes can squash star formation, James Webb Space Telescope finds
"The Spiderweb protocluster is an ideal laboratory for investigating the relationship between black holes and star formation in detail."