50-year-old mistake by the Pioneer Venus probe reveals hidden water on Venus

Reexamining old data showed that the atmosphere on Venus is approximately 62% water trapped in hydrated compounds.

Saturn’s Moon Shows Major Signs of Life

Astronomers have found that Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, is spewing out copious amounts of complex organic molecules, suggesting it’s an even more promising place to look for extraterrestrial life than previously thought.

Young rogue planet displays record-breaking 'growth spurt'

A young rogue planet about 620 light-years away from Earth has experienced a record-breaking "growth spurt," hoovering up some six billion tons of gas and dust each second over a couple of months.

Could a primordial black hole’s last burst explain a mysteriously energetic neutrino?

If a new proposal by MIT physicists bears out, the recent detection of a record-setting neutrino could be the first evidence of elusive Hawking radiation.

Scientists Say They May Have Just Detected a Wormhole From Another Universe

The researchers suggest that LIGO and Virgo picked up the signals of a black hole collision in a different universe than ours.

Astronomers Spot Something “Totally Unexpected” About A Supermassive Black Hole

Now, by comparing observations from 2017, 2018, and 2021, scientists made a surprising discovery about how the magnetic fields near the black hole, dubbed M87*, change over time.

Webb Detects Complex Structures in Upper Atmosphere of Saturn

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope have detected a series of dark, bead-like and asymmetric star-shaped features in the ionosphere and stratosphere of Saturn.

Astronomers Find Actively Accreting Supermassive Black Hole

A supermassive black hole in the center of the radio quasar RACS J032021.44-352104.1 (RACS J0320-35 for short) is growing at one of the fastest rates ever recorded.

Dark Dwarfs May Reveal True Nature of Dark Matter

Dark dwarfs are hypothetical dark matter-powered objects that formed from the cooling of brown dwarfs.

Earth's history written in the stars: Zircon crystals reveal galactic influence

New research has uncovered a striking link between the structure of our galaxy and the evolution of Earth's crust, showing its development was shaped by the impact of meteorites during its journey through the Milky Way.

NASA Says Mars Rover Discovered Potential Biosignature

A sample collected by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover from an ancient dry riverbed in Jezero Crater could preserve evidence of ancient microbial life. 

78 Million Years Ago, an Asteroid Hit Earth. Then Life Grew in The Crater

78 million years ago, a 1.6 km asteroid slammed into what is now Finland, creating a crater 23 km (14 mi) wide and 750 m deep. The catastrophic impact created a fractured hydrothermal system in the shattered bedrock under the crater.

Astronomers Just Saw a Gamma-Ray Explosion Defy All Known Space Logic

The gamma-ray burst (GRB) recorded on 2 July 2025 is the longest of its kind ever observed, lasting about a day. By comparison, GRBs normally last on the scale of milliseconds to minutes at most.

Elusive Baby Planet Caught Carving Out Cosmic Rings

For the first time, astronomers have actually found a baby planet responsible for carving out gaps in the dusty disk surrounding a newborn star.

Earth-Sized Habitable-Zone Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e

Scientists are in the midst of observing the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.