Category: Astronomy

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 […]

Einstein believed gravitational waves would never be detected—now, they’re revealing cosmic collisions. Key Takeaways Nearly a billion years ago, a black hole consumed a neutron […]

This delayed outflow of material is traveling at 50% of light speed—far faster than typical TDEs. Key Takeaways A black hole is ejecting stellar material […]