AstronomyApril 30, 2025
Giant, Glowing Gas Cloud Discovered Just 300 Light-Years Away
An enormous glowing cloud that contains approximately 3,400 solar masses worth of gas has been discovered near the solar system
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Planetary ScienceDecember 18, 2023
The Rings of Uranus Glow in Epic JWST Photo
The James Webb Space Telescope caught its second glimpse of the year of Uranus and its bright-shining rings
Black HolesNovember 8, 2023
This Record-Breaking Black Hole Could Help Solve a Cosmic Mystery
The earliest active supermassive black hole ever seen offers clues on how these enigmatic objects first formed
AstronomyOctober 20, 2023
JWST Detects Quartz Crystals in an Exoplanet’s Atmosphere
Astronomers have found high-altitude clouds formed from quartz crystals on the gas-giant world WASP-17b
GeologyJune 21, 2023
The Most Intense Lightning Storm Ever Recorded Was Sparked by the Hunga Tonga Eruption
The January 2022 eruption of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcano generated a thunderstorm with more than 192,000 lightning flashes, including 2,600 flashes per minute at its peak
Planetary ScienceOctober 27, 2022
Earthly Microbes Might Survive on Mars for Hundreds of Millions of Years
An organism nicknamed “Conan the Bacterium” may have what it takes to live on Mars
Planetary ScienceSeptember 21, 2022
NASA’s Asteroid-Crashing DART Mission Is Ready for Impact
The DART mission to redirect an asteroid could be just the beginning of a robust planetary-defense program