The UniverseDecember 6, 2024
What’s Inside Our Galaxy’s Darkest Place?
Barnard 68 is often mistaken for a hole in space, but it’s actually a dense, opaque cloud of dust—for now
Milky Way
AstronomyOctober 30, 2024
Fastest Known Planetary System Might Have Been Pushed by Our Galaxy’s Supermassive Black Hole
This blazingly fast star is shooting through the Milky Way with a planet in tow
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The UniverseOctober 25, 2024
Treat or Trick? Astronomical Objects Are Beautiful—And Creepy
If you’ve ever seen faces in clouds, these heavenly entities will leave you haunted
The UniverseAugust 23, 2024
Will the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies Ever Collide?
Andromeda and the Milky Way may collide, or they may safely swing past each other. Time will tell
Extraterrestrial LifeAugust 21, 2024
The Wow! Signal Might Not Have Been Aliens—But a Weird Cosmic Outburst
A new explanation for the Wow! signal suggests it was a chance detection of a furious flare crashing into a hydrogen cloud. But some researchers doubt that this idea has truly cracked the case
The UniverseAugust 2, 2024
How Do Stars Really Die?
There’s more than one way for a star to die. Some go with a whimper, and some go with a very, very big bang
The UniverseJuly 26, 2024
How to See Stars, Satellites, and More in the Daytime Sky
It’s possible to see celestial objects during the day, but it’s not always easy
OpinionJuly 17, 2024
Why We Can’t Rule Out Alien Spaceships in Earth’s Atmosphere (Yet)
We can and should look harder for evidence of alien visitors to our solar system
AstronomyJuly 11, 2024
This Equation Shows That the Universe Will Run out of Stars
The cosmos is dark. The Lilly-Madau diagram reveals that it will become much darker still
The UniverseJune 21, 2024
What Are Constellations, and Where Do They Come From?
Cosmic happenstance and biological evolution come together to create a road map to the stars
The UniverseMay 31, 2024
The North Star Has an Age-Defying Secret: Stellar Cannibalism
The iconic star Polaris appears to be much younger than its true age. The secret: it’s eating another star
The UniverseMay 24, 2024
Surprising Supernova Scars Cover the Earth
A supernova showering Earth with radioactive debris is a surprisingly common cosmic occurrence