Space

Around 4.5 billion years ago, a dwarf planet and a huge asteroid may have collided, launching strange hexagonal diamonds into space. According to a recent study, lonsdaleite, a rare kind of meteorite that may have originated from the mantle of...

An exoplanet that may be covered by a deep ocean and is about one hundred light years away from Earth has been discovered by researchers in the constellation Draco. TOI-1452b, as it’s called, is a recently discovered exoplanet that is...

According to a new study published in the journal Astrobiology, the crust of Jupiter's ice moon Europa, may have been partially formed by a fluffy buildup of ice crystals known as "frazil ice." Europa's icy crystals suggest that the shell...

Scientists have detected the distribution of the oldest dark matter ever observed in the universe based on calculations from the glow of surrounding galaxies of twelve billion years ago. The history of our entire universe is smeared across the vastness...

Scientists working with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile announced recently that they have detected water in a distant galaxy in our universe. The galaxy, which is known as SPT0311-58, was discovered to not only contain water but...

Astronomers have detected a mysterious fast radio burst in space with a pattern similar to a heartbeat with a signal estimated to come from a faraway galaxy roughly a billion light-years away. In a study detailing the findings published in...

The summer solstice, or the longest day of the year, was celebrated by ancient cultures across the world, including the Ancient Greeks. In fact, celebrations of the longest day of the year go all the way back to the Stone...

The strawberry moon, which is also designated as a supermoon, is shining in the night sky this week. The moon, which is the full moon for the month of June, is called a supermoon, as it appears much larger and...

NASA announced on Wednesday that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched on December 25, 2021, has sustained its first noticeable micrometeoroid impact. The American space agency said, however, that neither the observatory's schedule nor its scientific legacy is expected...

Our solar system was always a source of fascination for the ancient Greeks, and outer space features prominently across the scientific, philosophical, and mythological output of ancient Greek society. Ancient Greeks referred to constellations as "katasterismoi," which translates to "placings...