Artist impression of Quaoar's rings. Credit: Paris Observatory Scientists have discovered a new ring system around a dwarf planet on the edge of the solar syste…
Wormhole illustration A small team of astrophysicists affiliated with several institutions in China has found evidence that suggests if wormholes are real, they migh…
Microscopic image of nanowires. Credit: Dr Takao Yasui Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have used a new device to identify a key membrane protein in urine …
The James Webb Space Telescope captured this image of a galaxy cluster (SMACS0723). The five zoomed in galaxies are so far away that we observe them as they were when the uni…
Artist’s conception of a rocky Earth-mass exoplanet like Wolf 1069 b orbiting a red dwarf star. If the planet had retained its atmosphere, chances are high that it would feat…
This photo made available by NASA shows the planet Jupiter, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, on June 27, 2019. Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons…
An illustration comparing the moon's impact on ocean tides (blue) with its impact on plasmasphere tides (orange) (Image credit: Chinese Academy of Sciences) …