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To calibrate telescopes on Earth, NASA's launching an 'artificial star' to orbit
Space via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoThe Landolt satellite will beam lasers at telescopes on Earth and serve as an absolute flux...
Webb Telescope Captures Massive Asteroid Collision in Neighboring Star System
SciTechDaily· 1 day agoAstronomers have captured a snapshot of a giant asteroid collision in Beta Pictoris, revealing...
NASA telescope spots 'cosmic fireworks' and faint echos from the Milky Way's supermassive black hole
Space via Yahoo News· 1 day agoBlack hole echoes around Sgr A* Uteg examined the limited activity of Sgr A* using a technique akin...
Vera C. Rubin Observatory: The groundbreaking mission to make a 10-year, time-lapse movie of the...
LiveScience· 13 hours agoFormerly known as the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, the Rubin Observatory is expected to give...
Planet Nine: Is the search for this elusive world nearly over?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoAstronomers have been scouring the outer solar system for signs of a hypothetical ninth planet for...
James Webb telescope reveals 'cataclysmic' asteroid collision in nearby star system
LiveScience· 3 days agoThe James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has found evidence of two giant asteroids slamming into each...
"Once-in-a-lifetime" cosmic explosion is likely this summer, NASA says
CBS News· 3 days agoA rare eruption of light from a dead star will likely be visible to people on Earth this summer in a...
A star that exploded like a nuclear bomb is still raising questions half a century later
Space via Yahoo News· 3 days agoHM Sge, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. The nebulosity that surrounds the system is material...
8 strange objects that could be hiding in the outer solar system
LiveScience· 13 hours agoYou might think we know the solar system pretty well, but there's a lot more to our cosmic...
‘Cataclysmic’ collision of giant asteroids discovered in nearby star
PA Media: Science via Yahoo News· 5 days ago“In this case, the story is a little different because our results come from what JWST did not see.”...