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Submit ArticleThe Asteroid That May Be Three Worlds
We have been watching asteroid (44) Nysa for well over a century without ever really knowing what it looks like. Now the sharpest images ever taken of...
Source: Universe Today
August Podcast: Three Big Events!
This month we’ve got three big celestial events to cover: eclipses of the Sun and Moon, and especially good prospects for the Perseid meteor shower. P...
Source: Sky & Telescope
How do supermassive black holes grow? AI finds 7 spacetime-warping 'quasars' that could help solve the mystery
Astronomers found seven rare quasar gravitational lens candidates using AI, providing a powerful new tool for studying black hole and galaxy evolution...
Source: Space.com
Astronomers Measure the Long Reach of a Quasar
There are a number of things in the Universe that could wipe out life as we know it, but — for now, and for Earth — a blast from o...
Source: Universe Today
Astronomers Spot Weird, Three-Lobed Asteroid with a Moon
Asteroid 44 Nysa has the weirdest shape yet seen for an asteroid, and that’s saying something. The post Astronomers Spot Weird, Three-Lobed Asteroid w...
Source: Sky & Telescope
JWST Just Found a Habitability Clue in a Distant Planet's Water
"A new era in exoplanet research".ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't mi...
Source: ScienceAlert
This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 31 – August 9
Once the bright Moon is out of the evening sky by Monday or so, use Altair high in the southeast to find little Delphinus and Sagitta roughly a fist a...
Source: Sky & Telescope
Neptune's moon system is bizarre. JWST data helps explain why
Neptune's strange moon and ring system has puzzled astronomers for decades, but data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) might help explai...
Source: ABC News (AU)
New Images Confirm: Betelgeuse Has a Companion
New analysis of observations taken in 2024 confirm a stellar companion for Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion. The post New Images Confirm: Betelge...
Source: Sky & Telescope
Radio Array Detects Polarized Light From a GRB
On March 10, 2026, the Fermi telescope gamma-ray burst team reported the detection of a long-duration gamma ray burst that occurred when a star explod...
Source: Universe Today
Primordial Black Holes Can Trigger Type Ia Supernovae, and Astronomers Should be Able to Find Them
Primordial black holes (PBH) remain hypothetical, but that isn't stopping astrophysicists from figuring out how they could interact with other st...
Source: Universe Today
What Killed Galaxies in the Early Universe?
Galaxies in the infancy of the Universe are the building blocks of more modern galaxies. They began as small "shreds" of material that coale...
Source: Universe Today
The ELT's Spectrograph Could Sniff Out Biosignatures on Other Worlds
Before any major telescope commissioning, there are dozens of papers that attempt to define what we can expect from it. We’re starting to see some com...
Source: Universe Today
Roman Space Telescope on track for late August launch
NASA’s next flagship space telescope is set to launch in late August, nine months ahead of schedule. The post Roman Space Telescope on track for late ...
Source: SpaceNews
Starburst Galaxy Centaurus A
In this July 6, 2026, image, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) reveals the nearby galaxy Centaurus A, exposing the du...
Source: NASA
When the James Webb telescope peers into space, it sees not just far away but far back in time: its images catch galaxies as they were just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang, more than 13 billion years ago
The deeper into space the telescope gazes, the further back in time it travels, revealing a cosmos far younger and stranger than we imagined. The post...
Source: Space Daily
NASA’s Swift telescope could crash to Earth as $30 million rescue spacecraft spins out of control
A mission to save NASA's Swift telescope is encountering difficulties. The Link satellite, sent for rescue, has developed thruster problems and i...
Source: The Times of India
Scientists think alien civilizations could be using ‘Dyson Spheres’ to siphon energy from black holes
This brings new meaning to vacuum of deep space.
Source: New York Post
The Exciting Plan to Photograph an Alien Continent
NASA has selected a concept study, led by physicist Paul Stankus, exploring whether a pair of spacecraft flying in tight formation could one day produ...
Source: Universe Today
Wandering Supermassive Black Hole Found at the Edge of its Galaxy
Astronomers have long thought supermassive black holes can escape their home galaxies — now they've found one roaming its host's galactic ou...
Source: Sky & Telescope