Feb 25 Watch 1:09 A mind-boggling look at what might be the brightest object in the universe By John Yang, Harry Zahn According to a paper published this past week in the journal Nature Astronomy, scientists found what could be the brightest known object in the universe: a quasar produced by a massive and voracious black hole. It’s estimated to be emitting… Continue watching
Feb 25 Why do leap years have 366 days? By Bhagya Subrayan, The Conversation Humans have synced their calendars to the sun and moon for centuries, but every so often, these systems need a little correction. Continue reading
Feb 23 Astronomers spot 3 new tiny moons around Neptune and Uranus By Christina Larson, Associated Press The latest tally puts Neptune at 16 known moons and Uranus at 28. Scientists say the new moon around Uranus is likely the smallest of the planet's moons. Continue reading
Feb 19 Quasar with black hole at its center may be brightest object in the universe, astronomers say By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press This distant quasar shines 500 trillion times brighter than our sun, and its black hole is more than 17 billion times more immense than our sun. Continue reading
Dec 11 Asteroid to temporarily obscure Betelgeuse star in unique eclipse By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The rare event will occur late Monday into early Tuesday. Weather permitting, it should be visible to millions of people along a narrow path stretching from central Asia and southern Europe to parts of Florida and Mexico. Continue reading
Dec 04 Watch 3:28 Solar system with 6 planets orbiting in-sync discovered in Milky Way By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas, Miles O'Brien Astronomers have discovered a rare solar system with six planets moving in sync with one another. Estimated to be billions of years old, the formation 100 light-years away may help unravel some mysteries of our solar system. Miles O’Brien reports… Continue watching
Nov 03 NASA spacecraft discovers surprise mini moon orbiting the asteroid Dinkinesh By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The Lucy spacecraft made the discovery during Wednesday's close flyby of the asteroid Dinkinesh in the main asteroid belt beyond Mars. Continue reading
Oct 20 How you can observe the Orionid meteor shower this weekend By Daniel Brown, The Conversation The meteor shower happens when Earth passes through debris from Halley’s comet. Continue reading
Oct 14 PHOTOS: Rare ‘ring of fire’ eclipse moves across the Americas, stretching from Oregon to Brazil By Claire Rush, Associated Press/Report for America, Katie Oyan, Associated Press Cheers erupted among crowds in Oregon and New Mexico on Saturday as an annular solar eclipse that had millions across the Americas waiting with anticipation began putting on a spectacular show. Continue reading
Oct 09 These 6 new images from the Hubble telescope shed light on distant galaxies By Bella Isaacs-Thomas Here’s a look at the recent Hubble images NASA released in honor of “galaxy week.”… Continue reading