NASA’s asteroid redirection experiment has produced a new result with potential implications well beyond planetary science. Researchers reported that the agency’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, not only altered the motion of the small asteroid Dimorphos around its larger companion, Didymos, but also slightly changed the binary system’s path around the sun. Scientists described the finding as the first…
A burst of solar energy may light up the skies over parts of the United States this week. Space weather experts say a geomagnetic storm could create dazzling northern lights visible far beyond the usual Arctic regions. Solar Energy Sparks the Glow A powerful coronal mass ejection, or CME, recently erupted from the sun and is racing toward Earth. The…
The Closest Full Moon in Six Years If you look toward the eastern sky after sunset this week, you’ll see the moon shining brighter and larger than usual. This is the 2025 Beaver Moon — and it’s not just any full moon. It’s the largest and closest supermoon in years, reaching its nearest point to Earth at just under 222,000…
A Dying Star’s Fiery Farewell The James Webb Space Telescope has unveiled breathtaking new images of NGC 6537, better known as the Red Spider Nebula, revealing an intricate structure of glowing gas, vast lobes, and possibly a hidden stellar companion at its core. The nebula, located about 3,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius, is a planetary nebula —…
A Once-In-A-Lifetime Fossil Find Over a century after their discovery, two duck-billed dinosaur fossils unearthed in Wyoming have revealed a stunning surprise: their skin, spikes, and even hooves remain intact. The remains of the species Edmontosaurus annectens, which roamed North America more than 66 million years ago during the late Cretaceous period, are now being hailed as among the best-preserved…
A Rare Chemical Signal Challenges What Scientists Know About Space Metals Astronomers have detected glowing nickel vapor surrounding the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS at a distance far too cold for metals to normally vaporize — a discovery that is reshaping our understanding of chemistry beyond the solar system. The finding, made by an international research team using the Very Large Telescope…
GJ 251C Emerges as a Leading Candidate for Future Exploration Astronomers have identified a new “super-Earth” exoplanet located just 18.2 light-years away, marking one of the most promising nearby worlds for potential life. The planet, named GJ 251c, orbits a red dwarf star in the constellation Gemini and lies within its star’s habitable zone — the region where conditions could…
