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Shireen Gonzaga
Space
Black hole Cygnus X-1 has fast, powerful dancing jets
The Cygnus X-1 black hole emits jets that are bent by stellar winds from a companion star. This has enabled astronomers to calculate the power of those jets.
April 22, 2026
Brightest Stars
Alpha Centauri, the star system closest to our sun
Our closest stellar neighbors are the 3 stars that make up the Alpha Centauri system. They lie just over 4 light-years away from us.
April 17, 2026
Earth
Ancestors of mammals laid eggs, says new fossil evidence
Scientists discovered a 250-million-year-old Lystrosaurus fossil that was still in its egg. It showed ancestors of mammals laid eggs.
April 14, 2026
Human World
Native Americans played dice more than 12,000 years ago
Native Americans played dice games more than 12,000 years ago. That's 6,500 years earlier than Bronze age people in the Old World did.
April 9, 2026
Earth
Humans’ deep connection to dogs spans more than 15,000 years
The oldest-known dogs, according to genetic analysis, lived about 15,000 years ago. They were widespread in Europe by 14,000 years ago.
April 3, 2026
Earth
New dinosaur named for iconic Korean cartoon character Dooly
Scientists discovered a new dinosaur, thought to be 2 years old, and named it after Dooly, a popular South Korean baby dinosaur cartoon character.
March 24, 2026
Space
‘Completely bonkers’ collision of 2 exoplanets observed
Astronomers found that the erratically flickering light from a stable star was due to debris from the collision of 2 exoplanets.
March 17, 2026
Space
Gravitational waves discoveries surge in new catalog
A new catalog of gravitational waves signatures reveals many more observations of mostly black hole mergers, including the most massive one known.
March 11, 2026
Space
Remember when DART struck an asteroid? New surprises!
Two new studies of the DART asteroid mission say that Didymos is flinging rocks at Dimorphos, while the binary asteroid’s orbit around the sun has changed.
March 10, 2026
Space
Heart of our Milky Way revealed in new radio image
Astronomers used powerful radio telescopes to build an unprecedentedly detailed view of cold molecular gases in the center of the Milky Way.
March 4, 2026
