Old gas blob from Uranus found in vintage Voyager 2 data By Meghan Bartels Buried inside data Voyager 2 gathered at Uranus more than 30 years ago is the signature of a massive bubble that may have stolen a blob of the planet's gassy atmosphere.
Distant 'quasar tsunamis' are ripping their own galaxies apart By Brandon Specktor The winds and radiation blowing out of quasars — the most energetic objects in the universe — can kill star formation galaxy-wide, new research shows.
We might be living in a gigantic, intergalactic bubble By Rafi Letzter The bubble concept could explain one of the strangest mysteries plaguing astrophysics: Why can't we tell how fast the universe is expanding?
Giant 'potentially hazardous' asteroid will fly safely by Earth in April By Hanneke Weitering A large and "potentially hazardous" asteroid is poised to fly by Earth next month, but don't worry — it poses no threat to Earth.
Live Science podcast "Life's Little Mysteries" 13: Mysterious moon By Live Science Staff In this episode of Life's Little Mysteries, we'll take a closer look at a mysterious object in space that's our closest cosmic neighbor: the moon.
Satellite track emissions drop over China, Italy during coronavirus outbreak By Chelsea Gohd As satellites orbiting Earth have observed, as coronavirus has progressed, there has been less air pollution over Italy and lowered nitrogen-dioxide emissions over China.
Newfound Comet ATLAS is getting really bright, really fast By Joe Rao For years, amateur astronomers have been waiting for a bright, naked-eye comet to pass by Earth — and finally, such an object may have arrived.
Hunting for dark matter — inside the Earth By Paul Sutter The answer to the dark-matter mystery may be under our feet.
'Infinite subrings' may be next frontier for photographing black holes By Mike Wall Black-hole photography could be even more powerful and revelatory than scientists had thought.
Weird! Mercury's scorching temps may actually lead to ice. By Elizabeth Howell Could Mercury's close orbit to the sun help the planet generate ice? This sounds like a paradox, but a new study shows how it could happen.
No, the coronavirus didn't come from outer space By Chelsea Gohd No, the new coronavirus didn't come from outer space. We promise.
'Dyson sphere' legacy: Freeman Dyson's wild alien megastructure idea will live forever By Elizabeth Howell Freeman Dyson may be gone, but his famous alien-hunting idea will likely persist far into the future.
Here's what the supergiant star Betelgeuse will look like when it goes supernova By Samantha Mathewson The red supergiant star Betelgeuse is nearing the end of its life, and researchers are preparing for what it will look like when the star dies in a fiery explosion called a supernova.
Jupiter's Great Red Spot may be shrinking, but its thickness is steady By Mike Wall Jupiter's Great Red Spot isn't shrinking in every direction, a new study suggests.
How common are Tatooine worlds? By Paul Sutter We all know that iconic scene: Luke Skywalker staring forlornly — and perhaps wistfully — at the double sunset of his home planet, Tatooine.
Italy's coronavirus response dramatically reduces air pollution emissions, satellites show By Meghan Bartels As the world scrambles to confront the disease caused by a novel coronavirus, Italy has been forced to take such dramatic measures that the country's emissions have changed, as seen from space.
The universe may have been filled with supermassive black holes at the dawn of time By Rafi Letzter As the universe cooled in the era after the Big Bang, a supermassive black hole had already formed in the center of a galaxy, forming a giant engine of energy we can still see today.
