Physics-Astronomy

The most powerful space telescope in the world is also an alert system that will help us prevent potentially lethal phenomena for life on Earth. The James Webb Space Telescope is completing the commissioning of its scientific instruments and will soon…

NASA is preparing to begin scientific operations on the nearly-complete James Webb Space Telescope, which was launched from Earth on Christmas Day, 2021. The $10 billion space observatory has been in construction since 2004 and has been beset by sever…

When white dwarfs go berserk, their planets endure the ensuing mayhem. After consuming planetary and cometary debris, the evidence appears in and around the dying star's atmosphere much later.  This is the conclusion reached by a team of UCLA…

Six months have passed since a European rocket took the James Webb Space Telescope into orbit.  Since then, the ultra-complex telescope has successfully deployed its vast sunshield, activated its scientific equipment, and reached a viewing location mo…

NASA has located the impact location of an unidentified "out-of-control" rocket that crashed into the far side of the moon recently. Images captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) on May 25 showed a twin crater caused by th…

Amateur astronomers may soon be able to see a comet that was initially spotted back in 2017. Artist's Impression of a comet passing through our solar system Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS), abbreviated as K2 for short, was once the most distant active…

Black holes are the cosmic gluttons, consuming anything that approaches too closely, even light. Now, a team of worldwide researchers has identified a supermassive black hole that devours the mass of one Earth every second. By observing other light ob…

This week, the Earth will be able to see a rare alignment of five planets.  Since December 2004, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are aligning in this sequence for the first time. Friday, June 24 will be the best day to see the event. Accordi…

A massive sunspot that has doubled in size in less than 24 hours is currently facing Earth, which means it is expected to unleash a solar flare in our direction. Sunspots are dark regions on the sun's surface that are accompanied by powerful radia…

During the whole month of June, the Earth's skies will host a heavenly homecoming. From June 17 to June 27, skywatchers will have the rare opportunity to observe all the main planets in our solar system clustered together, along with the moon. Mer…

Between Mars and Jupiter lies an incredibly rare metallic asteroid that is worth more than the entire world economy. The Hubble Space Telescope has now provided us with a closer look at the object, which is estimated to be worth $10 quadrillion dollar…

There is trash around 35,700 feet under the surface of the ocean. Now, there's also trash on Mars. NASA's Perseverance rover recently detected landing debris stuck in a jagged rock while searching for signs of previous microbial life on Mars. …

China claimed that its massive Sky Eye telescope may have detected signals of extraterrestrial civilizations, according to a report by the state-backed Science and Technology Daily, which promptly removed the piece and related postings. The repor…

On Monday, June 13, a three-hour-long solar flare erupted from the Sun, releasing a tremendous quantity of charged particles in the form of solar radiation. As a consequence, it is expected that a geomagnetic storm and a radio blackout will hit t…

Astronomers discovered a black hole concealed inside a huge star cluster, B023-G078, in the Andromeda galaxy, our nearest neighboring galaxy.  With a mass of one hundred thousand solar masses, this black hole is smaller than any other black hole …

Imagine a beam of energy that traverses the cosmos and vaporizes everything in its path. Although it may seem a little like science fiction, these energy beams are genuine and offer a serious, if remote, threat. These beams, known as gamma-ray bu…

The Hubble Space Telescope seems to be improving with age. How else can you explain the fact that it reveals knowledge that has been kept hidden even in the present day?  The space observatory, which just completed 32 years in orbit, has attained…

As part of a new drive toward high-risk, high-impact research, NASA is officially launching a UFO investigation. The space agency announced the establishment of an independent committee to determine how much information is publicly accessible on …

A newly identified source of recurring fast radio bursts has added to the enigma surrounding the origin of these intense outbursts. The source, identified as FRB 190520B and spotted for the first time in 2019, appears to frequently emit milliseco…

In 1964, physicists Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson were working at Bell Labs in Holmdel, New Jersey, setting up ultra-sensitive microwave receivers for radio astronomy observations. No matter what the two did, they couldn't rid the receivers …