Astronomers Find Two Giant Black Holes Spiraling Toward a Collision
A supermassive black hole 9 billion light-years away appears to have a…
Testing Rocks on Earth to Help NASA’s Perseverance Work on Mars
Using carefully selected terrestrial rocks, engineers try to figure out how to…
NASA Telescope Spots Highest-Energy Light Ever Detected From Jupiter
The planet’s auroras are known to produce low-energy X-ray light. A new…
Tonga Eruption Sent Ripples Through Earth’s Ionosphere
NASA detected the shockwave from the underwater eruption high up in the…
What’s Up – February 2022
What are some skywatching highlights in February 2022? Jupiter is the lone…
NASA Begins Testing Robotics to Bring First Samples Back From Mars
Engineers are developing the crucial hardware needed for a series of daring…
New Deep Learning Method Adds 301 Planets to Kepler’s Total Count
Scientists recently added a whopping 301 newly validated exoplanets to the total…
NASA’s Perseverance Plans Next Sample Attempt
The rover will abrade a rock this week, allowing scientists and engineers…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Explores a Changing Landscape
A new video rings in the rover’s ninth year on Mars, letting…
Seeing Some Cosmic X-Ray Emitters Might Be a Matter of Perspective
Known as ultraluminous X-ray sources, the emitters are easy to spot when…