Astronomy

NASA X-ray spacecraft catches jet erupting from 1st supermassive black hole imaged by humanity

By Robert Lea published 16 June 26

"We could already see changes in the jet, but never with this level of detail in X-rays."

James Webb Space Telescope forecasts extreme weather on exoplanet that rains rubies and sapphires

By Sharmila Kuthunur published 16 June 26

"With its unprecedented observational quality, JWST gives us the most detailed glimpses into distant planets to date."

NASA X-ray spacecraft discovers supernova wreckage at the heart of the Milky Way

By Robert Lea published 15 June 26

NASA's Chandra X-ray spacecraft has detected the supernova wreckage of a dead star that erupted 1,700 years ago and ejected debris at 2 million miles per hour.

Live from the moon! How lasers connected us all to NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts on their epic lunar trip

By Keith Cooper published 15 June 26

A laser system, previously tested on board the International Space Station, helped to stream video directly from the Artemis 2 mission on its way around the moon.

Hubble spies a swarm of stars in a strange, irregular galaxy | Space photo of the day for June 15, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd published 15 June 26

This faint galaxy is hard to look away from.

Scientists find strange changes on sun hours before a powerful X9 solar flare: 'I was not expecting what I found'

By Sharmila Kuthunur published 15 June 26

These results could benefit space weather forecasts.

We have 4 fundamental forces of nature. 'Quantum gravity' could help lead us to a mysterious 5th

By Robert Lea published 15 June 26

Scientists think a new framework for quantum gravity could offer clues about a mysterious 5th fundamental force of nature.

'We were astonished': Millions of exoplanets could be born near active supermassive black holes

By Robert Lea published 14 June 26

"We were totally amazed when we noticed this mass and size range of planet formation."

How Japanese scientists sent a real-life Transformer to the moon

By Keith Cooper published 13 June 26

An autonomous rolling rover that was able to transform from a sphere into a robot successfully explored a small part of the moon in 2024.

Could the secret to black hole formation be locked away in this record-breaking ancient quasar?

By Keith Cooper published 12 June 26

The quasar existed 12.9 billion years ago and shows that supermassive black holes were able to age rapidly in the early universe.