Asteroids April 18, 2023 Lyrid meteor shower: When it peaks and how to watch it The Lyrids meteor shower is expected to peak between April 22 and 23 this month. One of the oldest known meteor showers, the Lyrids can produce fireballs.
SCIENCE April 17, 2023 Planets quiz! How well do you know these fun facts about our solar system? Earth Day is April 22 — think you know the planets? Test your knowledge of the solar system in this fun and engaging lifestyle quiz — and see how well you do!
Jupiter April 12, 2023 Europe's JUICE mission will explore Jupiter system, planet's ocean-bearing moons The European Space Agency's JUICE spacecraft is slated to launch on Thursday to study the gas giant Jupiter and its three ocean-bearing moons in new detail.
AIR AND SPACE April 9, 2023 NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope spots runaway black hole creating ‘trail of stars’ Using a Hubble Space Telescope, NASA researchers accidentally stumbled upon a supermassive black hole leaving behind a "contrail" of newborn stars.
Astronomy April 8, 2023 Webb Telescope uncovers new details in stunning image of supernova remnant NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed new details in a supernova remnant created by a massive exploding star 11,000 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia.
AIR AND SPACE April 6, 2023 James Webb Space Telescope captures most detailed ever image of Uranus The James Webb Space Telescope captured the most detailed image of the seventh planet from the Sun, Uranus, showing 11 of the 13 known rings.
Astronomy April 6, 2023 Hubble astronomers find double quasar in distant merging galaxies Astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to find a pair of quasars residing in the cores of two galaxies. They existed when the universe was 3 billion years old.
NASA April 5, 2023 Webb astronomers discover earliest galaxies confirmed so far in new milestone International astronomers who used observations from two instruments on the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered the earliest galaxies confirmed to date.
Astronomy April 1, 2023 Black hole jet from newly-classified galaxy changes direction toward Earth, astronomers say A group of international researchers said a jet from a galaxy with a supermassive black hole at its center had changed direction and is pointing at us.
Astronomy March 30, 2023 UK scientists find one of largest black holes ever discovered U.K. astronomers announced that they have discovered one of the largest black holes ever found, using gravitational lensing, supercomputer simulations and Hubble Telescope images.
NASA March 29, 2023 Webb telescope captures warped space, galaxies billions of light-years away The James Webb Space Telescope has captured the fabric of space-time being warped, showing a galaxy cluster 6.3 billion light-years away and the distant Cosmic Seahorse galaxy.