Massive solar storm removed Earth's "tail" and gave it wings instead
NASA have discovered massive bursts of plasma emitted from the sun were strong enough to shift its magnetic field.
Super-Jupiter planet: NASA's latest discovery explained
This new plant is around six times the mass of Jupiter and marks the closest "super Jupiter" exoplanet we have found to our solar system.
How to watch Delta Aquariid meteor shower light up the night sky next week
The annual Delta Aquariid shower will peak on July 29-30, with up to 20 meteors being visible per hour.
Sun rumblings herald new phase for our star
"We're likely seeing the first traces of Cycle 26, which won't officially start until about 2030," researcher Rachel Howe said.
Venus's clouds may contain alien life, astrophysicists say
"On Earth, these two gases are largely produced by life," Dave Clements said. "Phosphine has been suggested as a biomarker for planets orbiting other stars."
Cosmic "timekeepers" may have brought dark matter to light
Pulsar neutron stars may have allowed astrophysicists to spot hidden dark matter lurking out in the cosmos due to their effects on the pulsars' signals.
"Smoking gun" reveals closest massive black hole to Earth
"Astronomers have tried to find one of these black holes for over 20 years, and now we have finally succeeded," researcher Holger Baumgardt said.
Scientists find planet with potential to harbor life
"LHS 1140 b could well be our best bet to one day indirectly confirm liquid water on the surface of an alien world," researcher Charles Cadieux said.
NASA images show asteroids passing Earth
Asteroids 2011 UL21 and 2024 MK zipped past Earth on June 27 and 29, respectively.
Milky Way may be larger than thought, study reveals
The bulge at the center of our galaxy could be less densely packed with stars than previously thought.
Fly through the "Pillars of Creation" with stunning new NASA video
"See how they look different in the Hubble visible-light view versus the Webb infrared-light view," NASA's Frank Summers said.
Astronomers find surprises in region of Jupiter thought 'really boring'
"Jupiter never ceases to surprise," researcher Henrik Melin said. "It is in fact just as interesting as the northern lights, if not more so."
Black hole with inexplicable mass puzzles scientists
Scientists cannot explain how a giant supermassive black hole with the mass of one billion of our suns existed so soon after the birth of the universe.
How to see "once-in-a-lifetime" nova explosion over US skies
"It's incredibly exciting to have this front-row seat," NASA researcher Rebekah Hounsell said.
Astronomers solve mystery of supermassive black hole growth
"We see clear evidence of a rotating wind that helps regulate the growth of the galaxy's central black hole," astronomer Mark Gorski said.
Black hole awakening observed for first time
"We were able to observe the awakening of the massive black hole, [which] suddenly started to feast on gas," researcher Claudio Ricci said.
Ancient star found zooming out of galaxy in rare discovery
"Its speed and trajectory showed that it was moving fast enough to potentially escape the Milky Way," researcher Adam Burgasser said.
Black hole "plasma fireballs" created on Earth
"This opens up an entirely new frontier in laboratory astrophysics," astrophysicist Charles Arrowsmith said.
"Drastic changes" in interstellar space may have caused ice age
Our solar system encountered an interstellar cloud so dense that it may have affected the Sun's solar wind and influenced the Earth's atmosphere.
NASA's Webb reveals "sparkling" birth of universe's earliest galaxies
"You could say that these are the first 'direct' images of galaxy formation that we've ever seen," researcher Kasper Heintz said.
Solar storm insight as fresh light shone on 400-year-old mystery
Sun's magnetic field may be generated near its surface, in contrast to previous models that assumed it was generated deep inside our star.
Astrophysicists may have cracked mystery of vanishing stars
"The collapse is so complete that no explosion occurs, nothing escapes and one wouldn't see any bright supernova," said researcher Alejandro Vigna-Gómez.
NASA solves mystery of 'floofy' planet
"The interior of the planet must be significantly hotter than we thought," said researcher David Sing.
Alien energy-collecting megastructures may have been detected around stars
"Starlight harvesting could, in principle, result in different observational signatures that may be detected using existing telescopes," a new paper says.
Einstein proven right on black holes' "plunging regions"
"This represents an exciting new development in the study of black holes," astrophysicist Andrew Mummery said.
Universe's oldest stars found "going the wrong way"
"They're on the run! We don't know why that's the case," said Anna Frebel, a professor of physics at MIT.
Scientists may have solved mystery of rare solar system building block
"Our finding opens a new possibility to explain the origin of p-nuclei via neutrino absorption reactions on nuclei," a researcher said.
"Super fluffy": Planet resembling cotton candy discovered
This planet is 150 percent the size of Jupiter, but is somehow 7 times less dense, and has 1 percent the density of Earth.
Mystery of planet that shouldn't exist deepens
8 Ursae Minoris b orbits its star at such a close distance that it should have been engulfed entirely when the star expanded out into a red giant in the past.
Astronomers spot ghostly hand reaching for the stars
The strange object, named CG 4, is a cometary globule about 1,300 light-years away from Earth in the Gum Nebula.