Satellite constellations are too bright—may threaten astronomy and our night sky
Starlink satellites waiting for deployment. Credit: SpaceX The race to connect the world through satellite internet has created an unexpected...
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Titan may be the liveliest place in the solar system
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Every single organism on Earth, no matter the biome, the kingdom, the domain, whether it's an...
Direct evidence of black hole birth found in galaxy named ‘Infinity’
The Infinity galaxy, observed with the James Webb Space Telescope. It is the result of a cosmic collision between two...
Curious humpback whales approach humans and blow bubble ‘smoke’ rings
Two distinct bubble structures, including (a) bubble net and (b) bubble ring. Note that they are very different physical structures....
Astronomers perform a comprehensive study of two open clusters
Star fields for Czernik 41 (a) and NGC 1342 (b) in the equatorial coordinate system. The red boundaries indicate the...
Largest aromatic molecule found in deep space
An artist's impression of the newly identified, largest polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon detected to date, cyanocoronene. This molecule, composed of seven...
Sharper gravitational-wave analysis promises clearer insights into black hole collisions
Two-dimensional posterior probabilities obtained in our analysis of the SXS:BBH:0926 numerical relativity simulation. Credit: Nature Astronomy (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41550-025-02579-7 A...
Filtering terrestrial contamination in the search for alien signals
Image of a radio telescope located at the Green Bank Observatory. Credit: National Radio Astronomy Observatory How can radio astronomers...
Ancient star’s age revealed as two cosmic tests deliver matching results
α-enhancement level vs. iron abundance from APOGEE DR17 for stars with 1.5 < log g < 3. KIC 10001167 is highlighted. Credit: Astronomy &...
75 years after Fermi’s paradox, are we any closer to finding alien life?
Enrico Fermi. Credit: Liz Zonarich/Harvard Staff It was a simple question asked over lunch in 1950. Enrico Fermi, the Nobel...