Category science

Some of the earliest galaxies found with JWST are also the brightest. That’s a problem for our ideas about the universe.

Using the Gaia space telescope, astronomers have observed 55 massive stars ejected from their home star cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud at speeds equivalent to 80 times the speed of sound.

New photos of comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS appear to show a faint “anti-tail” pointing away in the wrong direction. The puzzling extra limb is the result of a rare illusion that is only possible when our planet is in a certain position.

The discovery of the WWII wreck solves an 81-year-old mystery about the submarine’s fate.

NASA just launched a spacecraft the size of a basketball court towards Jupiter’s moon Europa. Here’s what will happen over the next 10 years.

Although it isn’t clear what the X-37B is used for, its new maneuver would help it to evade detection and perform undetected low-passes over Earth.

Over her long career, Bonnie Buratti has seen the search for life in the solar system go from a joke to a flagship mission.

Researchers have discovered enormous tube worms and other creatures thriving in cavities beneath the seafloor on the East Pacific Rise, an ocean ridge near the Galápagos Islands.

Cats can flow like liquids through tall crevices, but they solidify a bit as they approach short crannies, new research shows.

You’ve heard of jazz hands? These bats have glow toes. When ultraviolet (UV) light shines onto the Mexican free-tailed bat’s hairy toes, they light up. That glow is called photoluminescence. It happens when bristles on the toes absorb UV light,…