In 1971, NASA sent a map into space developed by astrophysicists Carl Sagan and Frank Drake. This map aimed to help any Aliens who may come across it find their way to Earth. Now, 50 ye…
"It is a real physical jet, with a glow extending from 3I/ATLAS towards the Sun." The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is expected to make its closest approach to Earth mere days …
For the first time, physicists have simulated what objects moving near the speed of light would look like — an optical illusion called the Terrell-Penrose effect. The Vienna team stitched t…
This is the strongest evidence yet of a rocky planet beyond our solar system with an atmosphere. An artist concept of TOI-561 b and its host star. JWST has found the strongest evidence yet …
The "ice giants" of the Solar System – Uranus and Neptune – remain the least explored of any planets orbiting our Sun. Thanks to the sheer distance between them and Earth, the…
A faint, tiny flash of red light glimpsed at the Cosmic Dawn more than 13 billion years ago has smashed the record for the earliest supernova ever observed. It appeared just 720 million…
NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope discovered an Earth-like planet circling a nearby star within the Goldilocks zone of our galaxy. Kepler-186f is around 500 light-years from Earth in the Cy…