Scientists tried to determine the age of what they believed to be the universe's oldest star in 2000. They obtained data from the Hipparcos satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA)(opens in new tab) and determined that HD140283, or Methusel…
Because of the size of our universe, it seems unlikely that anything else could exist. It's becoming more and more likely, according to experts, that our universe is housed inside a fourth-dimensional black hole. A singularity, an interminab…
One of the best times of the year for stargazers, the Perseids meteor shower is expected to illuminate the night skies tonight. The Perseids, also referred to as the " fiery tears of Saint Lawrence ," will be visible in clear skies starti…
For the Breakthrough Junior Challenge (BTJC), which allows adolescents between the ages of thirteen and eighteen (13-18) to share their curiosity and passion in math and science with the world, Ryan Chester of North Royalton, Ohio, submitted a vide…
Venus is our closest planetary neighbor, and above its oppressive surface, in the clouds, there is a mystery. In the planet's clouds, scientists have discovered traces of phosphine, a substance that may be produced by living organisms. In Ve…
While analyzing the X-rays from the supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy 800 million light-years away, scientists at Stanford University noticed a peculiar pattern. It appears that the black hole is ejecting these rays into the univers…
“ Give me a telescope, and I can come up with something good to do with it ,” according to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center astronomer Jane Rigby, the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope is the biggest and most potent extraterrestrial obse…
Scientists are occasionally asked if they perform brand-new lab experiments or keep repeating older ones with proven results. While most scientists focus on the former, progress in science also depends on doing the latter and determining whether wh…
Once more, and perhaps with a stunning view of some heavenly activity. The Full Sturgeon Moon is another name for the August full moon. According to NASA eclipse watcher Fred Espenak, it will be the fourth of four consecutive supermoons. Astro e…
It's been a long-held belief that many of the key ingredients needed for the creation of life on Earth came from outer space. The source behind these ingredients was thought to be meteorites that landed on the planet billions of years ago. …
From planets to stars to galaxies, celestial things frequently spin. According to study co-author Noam Libeskind, a cosmologist at Germany's Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam, large clusters of galaxies usually rotate very slowly, if a…
American space agency NASA on Sunday shared the " largest-ever " image assembled of the Andromeda galaxy by the Hubble Space Telescope. The picture was captured seven years ago and it is the sharpest large composite image ever taken of ou…
