NASA/JPL announced on March 21, 2022, that the count of confirmed planets beyond our solar stands just over 5000 exoplanets, a 30-year journey of discovery.
NASA released a new image from Webb, the most powerful infrared space telescope, on March 16, 2022. The image shows a star with galaxies in the background.
Searching for life: Could alien life be based on exotic biochemistries unlike Earth's? New research into universal biology and "life as we don't it" says yes.
An astronomer discovered asteroid 2022 EB5 just two hours before it impacted Earth over the Arctic Ocean on March 11, 2022. Fortunately, it was small and burned up upon entry.
The distances between stars are vast, which is why star travel is so far. But now, a new solar sail may be able to travel to Alpha Centauri in 20 years.
Astronomers have spotted the tightest-knit pair of supermassive black holes ever seen. They will collide in 10,000 years, shaking the fabric of spacetime.