‘In the News’ Archives

In the Milky Way’s central bulge, about 24,000 light-years from Earth, a peculiar pair of … “NASA May Have Found The Fastest Planetary System We’ve Ever Seen”

Have you ever heard of the Blaze Star? It’s a star in the constellation Corona Borealis, … “Why won’t the Blaze Star explode?”

A Milky Way collision with a supermassive black hole might be closer than we thought. Hidden deep … “A Supermassive Black Hole Is on a Collision Course With The Milky Way”

Scientists who just months ago confirmed that Earth’s inner core recently reversed its spin have a … “‘It’s almost science fiction’: Scientists say the shape of Earth’s inner core is changing”

A bizarre cosmic explosion has puzzled astronomers. It’s either a very rare case of the … “A Strange New Cosmic Explosion May Have Just Been Discovered”

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been giving us a fabulous new view on … “An Amazing JWST Image of a Protostar”

At first glance the large scale structure of the Universe may seem to be a … “Our Best Look at the Cosmic Web”

The giant-impact hypothesis posits that billions of years ago a Mars-sized body named Theia collided … “Why We Think Theia Existed”

The Earth is bathed in high-energy particles. Known as cosmic rays, most of them are protons … “Even Microquasars are Powerful Particle Accelerators”

When we first began searching for planets around other stars, one of the surprising discoveries … “White Dwarfs Pause Their Cooling, Giving Planets a Second Chance for Habitability”