Astronomy News

Water from the subsurface ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus sprays from huge fissures out into space. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which captured this image in 2010, sampled icy particles and scientists are continuing to make new discoveries from the data

NASA discovers sparks of alien life on Saturn’s icy moon EnceladusDecember 19, 2023

Full moon

Lunar missions creating a new era in Moon historyDecember 8, 2023

Image of the universe from the James Webb Space Telescope

Why isn’t there any sound in space? An astronomer explainsDecember 5, 2023

LHS 3154b, a newly discovered massive planet that should be too big to exist.

Massive planet too big for its own sun making astronomers rethink the universeDecember 1, 2023

Artist’s illustration of ultra-high-energy cosmic ray astronomy to clarify extremely energetic phenomena in contrast to a weaker cosmic ray that is impacted by electromagnetic fields

‘What The Heck Is Going On?’ Inexplicable Cosmic Ray Completely Baffles ScientistsNovember 24, 2023

Illustration of a radio telescope satellite pointed at the stars in space.

Earth receives historic laser-beamed signal from 10 million miles awayNovember 22, 2023