Mysterious gas found near Milky Way’s center A cold, dense, and high-velocity gas has been detected near the center of our galaxy. Scientists are puzzled by its presence as neither Sagittarius A* is currently active nor a star is under formation.

December 14, 2020 by Shireen Malthur Read More

A peek into stellar childhood: How do stars grow? Researchers used the latest technology to unveil the mystery over star formation. What they found confirmed a 30-year-old theory at the foundations of stellar astronomy that tells us how stars go from small balls of gas to fully grown Suns like ours.

October 29, 2020 by Naiara Patiño Read More

Neptune-sized planet could be the exposed core of a far-away gas giant Astronomers discover a planet that had less hydrogen and helium than was expected, and so it could be an exposed gas giant core left over from the formation of the solar system around it.

August 12, 2020 by Dylan Mankel Read More

A new understanding of weather on Saturn The Cassini spacecraft revealed the atmosphere of Saturn has large regions that don’t cycle to the poles and that the atmosphere is filled with waves that disrupt circulation.

May 15, 2020 by Hunter Dulay Read More

We can learn about life on other planets by studying viruses These scientists suggest that perhaps viruses were the first "life form" on Earth, a provocative idea!

January 1, 2020 by Justin Dingman Read More

Can Artificial Intelligence find new planets for us? Artificial intelligence could identify exoplanet signals faster in the data collected by NASA’s TESS mission.

November 28, 2019 by Paul Kramer Rosado Read More

Safety in Numbers: Bacterial Resistance in Space Bacterial cells were found to be more resistant to space hazards when grouped together as aggregates and could even protect secondary bacterial species.

September 18, 2019 by Sherina Malkani Read More

What if the entire planet had it’s own flag? A scientist proposes that as we explore space, the Blue Marble flag should be used as a symbol for the citizens of Earth.

September 17, 2018 by Sciworthy Staff Read More

Detecting Distant Planet Atmospheres From Afar Recent research on exoplanet GJ 1132 b that revolves around a M-dwarf star has discovered an atmosphere with traces of compounds existing on Earth

May 31, 2018 by Gina Misra Read More

Using The Big Bang As A Ruler Cosmologists use baryon acoustic oscillations to map distances as the universe expands

February 15, 2018 by Crystal Riley Read More