Nature Astronomy
One of the most significant objects in our solar system’s asteroid belt doesn’t have a core
New findings change how Vesta is defined as not quite an asteroid or a planet.
Astronomers discover Eos, a vast cloud of hydrogen near the Solar system
A giant on the edge of the Local bubble.
Mystery solved: Why do carbon-rich asteroids rarely become Earth meteorites?
The most comprehensive study of its kind.
Astronomers spot two white dwarfs on a collision course
A rare binary star pair destined for supernova just 150 light-years away
Webb captures Neptune’s mysterious auroras for the first time
For the first time, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured bright auroral activity on Neptune. Auroras occur when energetic particles, often originating...
Stellar union sparks radio pulses lasting minutes
Compact objects other than neutron stars are capable of producing bright radio emission.
Big revelation: Life’s ingredients found in NASA’s asteroid Bennu sample
Conditions necessary for the emergence of life were widespread across the early solar system.
Unprecedented view of supermassive black hole in action
Enhanced understanding of AGN environments and host galaxy interactions.
Most distant and therefore oldest blazar ever seen
Early universe had more supermassive black holes than previously thought.
Webb gives the best glimpse ever into the icy planetesimals of the early solar system
A clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved.
Astronomers discovered two great spots at the Jupiter’s north and south poles
Unusual magnetically driven vortices may be generating Earth-size concentrations of hydrocarbon haze.
Fastest-feeding black hole: Consuming matter at over 40 times its theoretical limit
A low-mass supermassive black hole.
Scientists pinpointed the age of the largest and oldest impact basin on the Moon
Uncovering its ancient impact history.
Webb observed ‘inside-out’ growth of a galaxy in the early Universe
Only 700 million years after the Big Bang.
Ceres: From ocean world to icy giant
Asteroid Ceres is a former ocean world that slowly formed into a giant, murky icy orb.
Fresh insights into the large-scale cosmic structure
Study mapped out the gravitational “basins of attraction” in the local Universe.
A glimpse of a uniquely inflated and asymmetric exoplanet
The exoplanet WASP-107b is tidally locked to its star.
A long-hidden small black hole discovered in an unusually evolved binary system
Scientists discovered a low-mass dark object located in the binary system G3425.
AI helps disentangle self-interacting dark matter and cosmic noise
The innovation promises to greatly enhance the precision of dark matter studies.
Astrophysicists harness AI to calculate the Universe’s ‘settings’ precisely
The results were a significant improvement over the values produced by previous methods.
Basketball-sized meteorite hit Mars almost daily
Seismological data from NASA's Mars InSight lander to derive a new impact rate for meteorite strikes on Mars.
Scientists discovered the slowest-spinning radio-emitting neutron star
Most collapsed stars rotate faster than once per second. This one takes nearly an hour.
Unraveling the Mystery of Slow Solar Wind: Insights from Solar Orbiter
Researchers have made progress in uncovering the enigmatic beginnings of the 'slow' solar wind.
The Discovery of CO2 and CO Ices in the Outer Solar System
Researchers Discover Carbon Dioxide and Carbon Monoxide Ices on Trans-Neptunian Objects The Discovery of CO2 and CO Ices in the Outer Solar System