Browsing: Astronomers

Astronomers at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy just constructed a detailed, three-dimensional map of the cosmic dust in our…

Astronomers have identified four exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s Star, a red dwarf star just 6 light-years away from Earth. No, really,…

Water—the thirst-quenching molecule considered necessary for life as we know it—existed early in the universe’s lifetime, according to a study…

Step aside, Santa Monica. It seems that Mars once had beaches that would give the Californian coast a run for…

A small star and its orbiting planet are flying through the Milky Way at record pace, according to a NASA…

Astronomers have spotted a massive radio jet in the early universe, which they say is the largest known from that…

Astronomers are calling for a global ban on space advertising, in hopes that the issue can be nipped in the…

There are likely more supermassive black holes lurking in the universe than we can see, according to a team of…

Voyager 1 is currently exploring interstellar space at a distance of 15.5 billion miles (24.9 billion kilometers) away from Earth.…