People sometimes ask what would happen if the Sun suddenly exploded, often after seeing a dramatic film or picture online. It ...
That star at the center of our Solar System, that superhot ball of plasma that gives us heat and energy, and amazing ...
Imagining every drop of Earth’s water hurled into the Sun sounds like a last-ditch cosmic fire extinguisher, but the physics ...
Long before humans walked the Earth, your solar system had a brush with two blazing blue stars that passed surprisingly close ...
In a zesty new discovery, scientists have unearthed a strange lemon-shaped exoplanet. It is unlike one we have seen before, ...
Beyond better testing, we need better protection. Physical shields seem like the obvious first defense. Hydrogen-rich materials such as polyethylene and water-absorbing hydrogels can slow charged ...
By Michael AllenFor the first time, scientists have used NASA's IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarization Explorer) to study a white ...
A new study shows how Milky Way chemical tracks emerge from shifting star formation and gas supply, reshaping ideas about the ...
A record-bright LFBOT exposes violent encounters between black holes and stars, helping astronomers understand extreme black ...
A spectacular supermoon and the first meteor shower of the new year will soon appear in the California night sky. The ...
Astronomers discovered the 40,000th near-Earth asteroid, taking the tally to 40,155 per NASA (as of the first week of December). Per ESA, the number was 15,000 in 2016 and 30,000 in 2022. G-d only ...