Astronomy Explore Astronomy Asteroids Asteroids Black Holes Black Holes Comets Cosmology Cosmology Meteoroids Meteoroids Planets The Moon The Moon The Sun The Sun Grid List Latest about Astronomy There may be hundreds of millions of habitable planets in the Milky Way, new study suggests By Briley Lewis published 1 June 23 A new analysis of Kepler data shows that one-third of small stars called M dwarfs may have the potential to host life. Shining rainbow rings around the sun photographed in Finland. What caused them? By Harry Baker published 1 June 23 The extremely rare kaleidoscopic circles have a surprising Earth-based origin. New 'quasi-moon' discovered near Earth has been travelling alongside our planet since 100 BC By Kiley Price published 31 May 23 Astronomers recently identified asteroid 2023 FW13 as a quasi-moon, a space rock orbiting the sun nearly in tandem with Earth. How to watch Mars photobomb the buzzing Beehive Cluster of stars this week By Jamie Carter published 31 May 23 Here's how to watch the Red Planet swoop across the Beehive Cluster — one of the closest star clusters to Earth — after sunset this week. Watch the full 'Strawberry Moon' rise on June 3 By Jamie Carter published 31 May 23 June's full moon is known as the Strawberry Moon, the Hot Moon and the Rose Moon. It will be at its fullest on Saturday night, June 3. What is the speed of light? By Briley Lewis published 30 May 23 Light is faster than anything else in the known universe, though its speed can change depending on what it's passing through. The Tunguska event was the biggest asteroid impact in recorded history. How did it vanish without a trace? By Hannah Osborne published 29 May 23 During the Tunguska event, over 8 million trees covering an area of 830 square miles were flattened when an asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere. NASA uncovers shattered remains of Japanese lunar lander that mysteriously disappeared on April 25 By Joanna Thompson published 26 May 23 Japan's private Hakuto-R spacecraft broke into at least four large pieces of debris, according to new images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. A rare type of black hole never proven to exist could be orbiting our galaxy right now, Hubble telescope reveals By Ben Turner published 25 May 23 A potential intermediate-mass black hole may be lurking in Messier 4, the nearest globular star cluster to Earth, new Hubble data reveals. Raging 'polar vortex' discovered over Uranus' north pole for 1st time By Keith Cooper published 25 May 23 A polar cyclone is swirling on Uranus, further showing that the planet's atmosphere is a hive of hidden activity. 123456789Archives Live Science newsletter Stay up to date on the latest science news by signing up for our Essentials newsletter. Name: Your Email Address : Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors Thank you for signing up to Live Science. You will receive a verification email shortly. There was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again. MOST READMOST SHARED1What was the longest-lasting civilization?2The oldest tree in the world (and the 7 runner-ups)3Scientists may be able to put Mars-bound astronauts into 'suspended animation' using sound waves, mouse study suggests42,700-year-old petroglyphs depicting people, ships and animals discovered in Sweden5153,000-year-old footprints from South Africa are the oldest Homo sapiens tracks on record 1First Martian life likely broke the planet with climate change, made themselves extinct2Octopuses torture and eat themselves after mating. Science finally knows why.3Never-before-seen 'crystal-like matter' hidden in a chunk of fossilized lightning is probably a brand new mineral42,700-year-old petroglyphs depicting people, ships and animals discovered in Sweden5What is the speed of light?
There may be hundreds of millions of habitable planets in the Milky Way, new study suggests By Briley Lewis published 1 June 23 A new analysis of Kepler data shows that one-third of small stars called M dwarfs may have the potential to host life.
Shining rainbow rings around the sun photographed in Finland. What caused them? By Harry Baker published 1 June 23 The extremely rare kaleidoscopic circles have a surprising Earth-based origin.
New 'quasi-moon' discovered near Earth has been travelling alongside our planet since 100 BC By Kiley Price published 31 May 23 Astronomers recently identified asteroid 2023 FW13 as a quasi-moon, a space rock orbiting the sun nearly in tandem with Earth.
How to watch Mars photobomb the buzzing Beehive Cluster of stars this week By Jamie Carter published 31 May 23 Here's how to watch the Red Planet swoop across the Beehive Cluster — one of the closest star clusters to Earth — after sunset this week.
Watch the full 'Strawberry Moon' rise on June 3 By Jamie Carter published 31 May 23 June's full moon is known as the Strawberry Moon, the Hot Moon and the Rose Moon. It will be at its fullest on Saturday night, June 3.
What is the speed of light? By Briley Lewis published 30 May 23 Light is faster than anything else in the known universe, though its speed can change depending on what it's passing through.
The Tunguska event was the biggest asteroid impact in recorded history. How did it vanish without a trace? By Hannah Osborne published 29 May 23 During the Tunguska event, over 8 million trees covering an area of 830 square miles were flattened when an asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere.
NASA uncovers shattered remains of Japanese lunar lander that mysteriously disappeared on April 25 By Joanna Thompson published 26 May 23 Japan's private Hakuto-R spacecraft broke into at least four large pieces of debris, according to new images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
A rare type of black hole never proven to exist could be orbiting our galaxy right now, Hubble telescope reveals By Ben Turner published 25 May 23 A potential intermediate-mass black hole may be lurking in Messier 4, the nearest globular star cluster to Earth, new Hubble data reveals.
Raging 'polar vortex' discovered over Uranus' north pole for 1st time By Keith Cooper published 25 May 23 A polar cyclone is swirling on Uranus, further showing that the planet's atmosphere is a hive of hidden activity.
