Ready for ‘Variable Stars’ Live on Oct 28?
Have you ever watched a star that beats like a quiet heart? Welcome, friend—pull up a chair. On Tuesday, 28…
Astronomy
Can Neptune’s Mysterious Rings Rewrite Our Cosmic Story?
Have you ever wondered why Saturn gets all the spotlight when we talk about planetary rings? What if Neptune, lurking…
Is GJ 251 c Our Closest Imageable Habitable-Zone World?
Welcome back, dear readers of FreeAstroScience. Today we ask: what happens when the most imageable, temperate world candidate pops up…
Is 3I/ATLAS really spraying the Sun with a giant jet?
A recent Gemini Observatory image of comet 3I/ATLAS (background) overlaid with the new Two-meter Twin Telescope image of the comet’s…
Could dark matter tint the cosmos red—or blue?
Welcome, dear readers of FreeAstroScience. Here’s a question you won’t easily forget: if dark matter is “invisible,” could it still…
Is a Carbon-Rich Dust Cocoon Hiding Red Supergiant Progenitors?
This image shows a combined JWST and Hubble view of spiral galaxy NGC 1637, with the region of interest in…
Is the Milky Way’s glow dark matter killing itself?
The galactic center gamma-ray excess recorded by Fermi. (NASA Goddard/A. Mellinger (Central Michigan Univ.) and T. Linden (Univ. of Chicago))…
Can a Galaxy Be Both Elliptical and Spiral? The Mystery of NGC 1316
Have you ever wondered if the universe plays tricks on our eyes? Can a galaxy wear the mask of one…
Is 2025 PN7 Earth’s hidden second moon?
Is Earth really getting a second moon, or is 2025 PN7 something else entirely that only looks like a lunar…
Can You Catch Shooting Stars This October?
Have you ever wondered what it feels like to witness the universe putting on a light show just for you?…