Category: Astronomy

Standing gravitational waves after the Big Bang may have created light—powered purely by gravity. Key Takeaways Gravitational waves from the Big Bang could have spontaneously […]

Over 4,000 exoplanets are confirmed, and some may host oceans better suited for life than Earth’s. Key Takeaways Life on some alien planets might be […]

Alpha Centauri is 40 trillion kilometers away, but a lightsail could reach it in 20 years. Key Takeaways Breakthrough Starshot proposes a laser-powered lightsail to […]

KOI-3010.01 may hold life due to its Earth-like environment and ocean-covered surface. Key Takeaways NASA has identified a planet with an 84% probability of hosting […]

Warp drives could one day use ordinary matter to travel faster than any current spacecraft. Key Takeaways Scientists have proposed a new warp drive model […]

The oceans on Kepler-138c and d could be at least 500 times deeper than Earth’s. Key Takeaways Two exoplanets, Kepler-138c and Kepler-138d, might be water-dominated […]

Proxima d completes its orbit in just five Earth days, far quicker than Mercury. Key Takeaways Astronomers have detected Proxima d, a new planet orbiting […]

Mars’ underground ocean contains enough water to submerge the entire planet under a mile-deep layer. Key Takeaways Scientists have uncovered a massive underground ocean on […]

CWISE J1249 is the first known brown dwarf-like object to leave the Milky Way. Key Takeaways A hypervelocity object, moving at 1 million MPH, is […]

Kepler 438b completes an orbit every 35 days, making its year ten times shorter than Earth’s. Key Takeaways Kepler 438b, an exoplanet 470 light years […]