NASA Satellite Spots Early Signs of El Niño As Warm Waters Move Eastward Across the Pacific Ocean to West Coast

TECH & INNOVATION 05.17.2023 01:20 AM

NASA's Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite spotted Kelvin waves traversing the Pacific in an eastward direction, which is regarded as a sign of El Niño. Read the article to learn more.

Saturn's Rings Are No Older Than 400 Million Years Old, Younger Than the Gas Giant Planet Itself

05.16.2023 01:57 AM

Researchers determined that the accumulation of dust on Saturn's rings is a relatively recent event of just about a few hundred million years. Read the article to learn more.

Metallic-Looking Rock That Smashed Through the Roof in New Jersey Confirmed To Be a 4.6 Billion-Year-Old Meteorite

05.15.2023 22:50 PM

A scientific examination confirmed that the rock that hit a roof in New Jersey on Monday, May 8, is a rare meteorite. Check out their findings in this article.

5th Brightest Star 'Vega' To Shine Visibly on All Evenings of May; Here's How and Where You Can Watch It

05.15.2023 22:31 PM

Throughout the whole month of May, the Vega star will radiantly shine over the night sky. Read to learn more.

Massive Airplane-Sized Asteroid To Blaze Over Earth at Speed of 46,891 Mph

05.15.2023 21:33 PM

A 200-foot-long asteroid is expected to fly by the Earth on May 16. Read to learn more. Asteroid JD2 will be blazing over the Earth at an extremely high speed of 46,891 mph.

James Webb Space Telescope Takes Its First Up-Close Look at the Mysterious Atmosphere of a Mini-Neptune Exoplanet

05.15.2023 01:48 AM

Astronomers used JWST's MIRI and Low-Resolutions Spectrometer to observe a mini-Neptune exoplanet that is 40 light-years away. Read the article to learn more.

Solar Storm Early Warning System? AI, NASA Satellite Data May Provide 30-Minute Notice For Dangerous Space Events

05.14.2023 23:37 PM

The predictive model DAGGER could quickly and accurately forecast geomagentic disturbance all over the Earth's surface. Read to learn more.

Galactic Bubbles Surrounding the Milky Way: New Evidence of Their Properties Provide Information To Study History of Stars

05.14.2023 23:26 PM

New findings shed light on enormous galactic bubbles surrounding the Milky Way. Read the article to learn about their formation and evolution.

On This Day 50 Years Ago: NASA Launched Historic Skylab Space Station on May 14, 1973

05.14.2023 22:40 PM

The historic Skylab Space Station, the first American space station, was launched into space 50 years ago. Read to learn more about its rocky launch and its astronomical impact.

Massive Supernova 100 Times Larger Than the Solar System Discovered

05.14.2023 01:47 AM

A huge supernova was spotted and it was 10 times brighter than the others. Read to know the details.

Origin of Mystery Fast Radio Burst Revealed Thanks to Highly Changeable Magnetic Field Surrounding It

05.13.2023 03:57 AM

The repeating fast radio burst from more than a year ago might come from a binary system with a neutron star whirling in a magnetic plasma produced by a black hole. Read the article to learn more.

62 New Moons Discovered Orbiting Saturn, Totaling to 145 and Overthrowing Jupiter's Record

05.13.2023 01:37 AM

Saturn reclaims the title of the planet with the most moons in the Solar System after scientists found 62 irregular moons, raising its total to 145. Read the article to learn more.

Cosmic Expansion: Fresh Supernova Data Shed Light on How the Universe Expands

05.12.2023 05:54 AM

Gravitational lensing of a supernova revealed light traveling along various paths in the Universe. Read to learn more.

Mysterious Streak of Stars Might Be a Flat Galaxy and Not a Runaway Black Hole, New Study Suggests

05.12.2023 02:00 AM

A new study claims that the mysterious streak of stars coursing through space is just a plane galaxy, contradicting previous research. Read the article to learn more.

Extraterrestrial Soundscapes: Are Sound Waves the Key to Finding Alien Life?

05.11.2023 22:45 PM

Sound waves could be used to search for alien life traces in other planets and know about other features that require extensive tools to discover. Read to learn more.