next‑gen BALLS to the Moon, testing a novel, ultra‑quiet method for space research that could unlock new ways to study the universe. The Africa2Moon programme has secured a slot on China’s upcoming Chang’e‑8 lunar mission, positioning the continent to...

A mysterious 1977 signal has sparked a lunar mission to place a telescope on the Moon’s far side, hunting for hidden messages and rare cosmic phenomena. A new proposal for a specialized lunar observatory aims to secure a foothold on the far side of the...

three actively feeding black holes within a single galaxy that lies more than 12.5 billion light‑years from Earth, when the universe was roughly 1.2 billion years old. Three Accreting Black Holes Discovered in a Young Galaxy The galaxy, catalogued as...

of 16 galactic portraits, offering a multi-wavelength perspective on the violent and creative processes that shape the universe. By synthesizing data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory with insights from an array of premier space and ground-based...

an unusually clear view of how a supermassive black hole can throttle the birth of stars in a galaxy that existed when the universe was less than a third of its current age. By merging data from the XRISM X‑ray observatory with observations from several...

the Big Bang. Because these objects emerged during extreme cosmic phase transitions, they represent a unique archive of the Universe’s earliest moments. The study suggests that the existence of a fifth dimension would fundamentally alter the life cycle...

out how cutting-edge laser technology might one day propel gram-scale spacecraft to the most extreme environments in the universe. The concept, detailed by physicist Cosimo Bambi of Fudan University in the journal iScience, outlines a mission...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has captured a rare solar eclipse as Phobos transits the Sun, turning the Martian event into vital new scientific data. NASA’s Perseverance rover has successfully documented a rare solar transit, capturing the Martian moon...

An underground experiment has detected an unexpected signal, potentially offering a breakthrough in the search for the universe’s most elusive particles. Physicists operating the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) dark matter experiment have unveiled a potential...

A mysterious signal detected by the James Webb Space Telescope in a well-studied patch of sky is forcing astronomers to rethink what they know. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has identified a transient, unexplained infrared signal emanating from...

of aerospace engineering. As we look toward the next era of exploration, the ability to maintain a visual link with the universe is set to remain a defining feature of our journey into the unknown.

Recent work on two rare star–black hole pairs in our galaxy uses stellar “quakes” to decode the age and history of their red giant companions, reshaping ideas about how such systems form and evolve. Astronomers are learning to “listen” to stars to...

Antarctic sky survey reveals thousands of galaxy clusters, offering an unprecedented look at the universe’s evolution across billions of years. Lindsey Bleem, a physicist at Argonne National Laboratory and senior associate at the UChicago Kavli...

our solar system. The radiation detected by researchers originated roughly 8 billion years ago, providing a window into the universe when it was only about 5 billion years old. Blazars represent some of the most energetic phenomena in the cosmos. They...

activity within the galaxy NGC 1275. Active galactic nuclei (AGNs) represent some of the most energetic environments in the universe. As matter spirals into a supermassive black hole, it forms an accretion disk, heating up and emitting intense...

(RHIC) have identified an anomalous pattern in subatomic debris that may offer a window into the earliest moments of the universe. By colliding gold nuclei at velocities approaching the speed of light, researchers briefly generated quark-gluon plasma, a...

(The Archean Earth, 2026) Insights from early life in the 3.45-Ga Kitty’s Gap Chert for the search for elusive life in the Universe (Nature Astronomy, 2025) Co-evolution of early Earth environments and microbial life (Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2024)...

After two decades of tracking the universe’s most violent events, NASA’s Swift telescope faces an uncertain future following a failed rescue mission. NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, a veteran space telescope that spent two decades unraveling the...

not frozen in time,” Binneman noted. “Language evolves, the way people relate to the sky changes, and our knowledge of the universe changes too.” Practical observations have shown the most resilience. For instance, the planet Venus is widely recognized...

Astronomers are investigating a faint gravitational-wave signal that may hold the key to uncovering how the universe’s first giant black holes formed. New research suggests that the low-frequency hum of gravitational waves detected by pulsar timing...