#Astronomy

Juno finds Jupiter's defence against the solar wind is more complex than Earth's

NASA's Juno spacecraft has found that Jupiter uses powerful plasma waves and multiple shock regions to defend against the solar wind, differences from Earth that could help…

James Webb finds lava planet TOI-561 b may keep its atmosphere with a 'giant sunscreen'

Webb observations suggest the lava planet TOI-561 b, 280 light-years away, reflects about 75% of incoming starlight, possibly through mineral clouds, and may be replenishing its…

Three actively feeding supermassive black holes found in one galaxy 12.5 billion light-years away

A Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics-led team found three active supermassive black holes in galaxy J0148-4214, seen as it was 1.2 billion years after the Big Bang,…

NASA's Swift observatory ends its science mission

NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has ended its science mission now that the spacecraft is orbiting less than 171 miles (275 kilometers) above Earth, where atmospheric drag…

Asteroid impact beneath the North Sea unleashed a 330-foot tsunami, scientists confirm

Scientists have confirmed that the Silverpit Crater, buried beneath the North Sea, was made by an asteroid impact that unleashed a 330-foot tsunami, ScienceDaily reports.…

Astronomers measure helium from the Universe's first five minutes to within 0.5%

An international team measured the helium produced in the Universe's first five minutes to within 0.5% uncertainty, about three times more precise than earlier estimates, using…

What is the oldest cave art ever discovered

Chinese rocket debris found in a Minnesota farmer's cornfield

Debris found in a Minnesota farmer's cornfield is, according to Ars Technica, all consistent with being part of a Chinese Zhuque-2E rocket that deorbited over the state. Ars…

How fast is the universe expanding

Twice the Mass of Jupiter, and a Problem for How Stars Form

Part of Webb's panorama of IC 348, the star-forming region where the smallest known brown dwarfs were found. ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, K. Luhman, C. Alves de Oliveira, M. Zamani,…