‘In the News’ Archives

Almost every galaxy can be classified as a spiral, elliptical, or irregular galaxy. Only 1-in-10,000 … “Ring galaxies, the rarest in the Universe, finally explained”

In a groundbreaking discovery, a team of scientists has identified the largest planet known to … “Breaking News: Scientists Uncover the Largest Planet Ever Discovered”

Somewhere deep within the vast expanse of our universe, a cosmic ballet is taking place. … “Breaking news: scientists uncover unique 3-star system in deep space”

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A newly-discovered bright comet visible to naked eyes – even from the suburbs of … “’Comet of a decade’ to whiz past Earth in likely first visit in 4.5 billion years”

Science fiction loves space collisions. Across decades of books, movies, TV shows, and video games, … “Why stars never collide and galaxies always do”

In three years, the “Ƅlack hole мerger,” a rare astronoмical occurrence, will take place. A … “In Three years, 2 Enormous Black Holes will collide, and we’ll be Able to Witness it from Earth”

When a star ventures a little too close to a black hole, the intense tidal … “ Astronomers caught a black hole slurping up a star like spaghetti”

When you hear the word bioluminescence, do you think of glowing ocean waves under a dark … “ What is bioluminescence? It’s a living light”

Egyptian officials have released photos of an ancient scroll, the 52-foot-long (16 meters) Book of the … “See photos of stunningly preserved 52-foot-long Book of the Dead papyrus from ancient Egypt”

Published today in Nature, researchers from the Center for Astrophysics and the Space Telescope Science Institute have created a 3D map that … “ Astronomers just mapped the ‘bubble’ that envelopes our planet”