Astronomy
TV murder series rekindles interest in the mysteries of the Nebra sky disc
The real story of its finding unfolded in the late 1990s on the forested crest of the Mittelberg in Saxony-Anhalt, where the object lay concealed for thousands of years.
Habitable worlds may be far more common than thought, Israeli study says
Astronomers spot white dwarf star creating a colorful shockwave
NASA rover detects electrical discharges - 'mini-lightning' - on Mars
South Africa's new ground station to help NASA track space flights
Close to key communication and transport infrastructure, the remote site was chosen due to its geographic location with clear skies and low radio interference.
Behavior of star clusters challenge Newton's laws of gravity
Data from open star clusters seems to fit better with an alternate theory of gravity.
Scholars find a piece of first ever star map in medieval scroll in Egypt
The piece of the Star Catalog is believed to have been written by Hipparchus with surprising accuracy.
Webb reveals a galaxy sparkling with the universe’s oldest star clusters
The Milky Way, our galaxy, has about 150 globular clusters. Their history is not yet well understood by astronomers, and measuring their age can be extremely difficult.
Fuel leak could delay first launch of NASA's Artemis moon rocket until October
The previous launch bid on Monday was halted by engineering snags. NASA says technicians have since remedied the issues.
NASA James Webb Telescope captures stunning photos of Jupiter
The two images were taken by the observatory's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), which uses three infrared filters to capture hidden details of the planet.
Scientists find the most massive neutron star close to the black hole limit - study
PSR J0952–0607 is a neutron star 2.3 times as massive as the Sun but around just 20 kilometers wide. It is the closest pulsar known to the limit to forming a black hole.
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin's Apollo 11 flight jacket fetches $2.8 million
Neil Armstrong and Aldrin were the first humans to walk on the moon. Aldrin, who is now 92, is the only surviving member of the mission's three-man crew.
Black hole debunker team finds dormant black hole near Milky Way
A dormant black hole is a black hole that doesn't emit the X-ray radiation that makes other black holes easy to spot.
Unique radio signal detected billions of light-years from Earth
A strong burst of radio waves detected in a different galaxy is the longest-lasting of its kind and may help astronomers measure universe expansion.
