Astronomy News
Waves Nobody Has Seen and Life Nobody Would Recognise
On Titan, a gentle breeze kicks up waves three metres tall that roll in slow motion. On a lava world, hurricane-force winds barely make a ripple. The same week, a new study asks: what if alien life can only be found by the pattern it leaves across many planets at once?
Things Nobody Alive Has Ever Seen
Two sights arrived within a week of each other. Artemis II's crew watched a 54-minute solar eclipse from the far side of the Moon. A comet last seen by Neanderthals is now bright enough to catch with the naked eye. Neither will ever happen the same way again.
A Star That Died Without Exploding
A star in the Andromeda galaxy was supposed to explode. Instead, it just went dark. Scientists found it hiding in old telescope data: a supergiant that skipped the supernova and collapsed straight into a black hole. It's only the second time we've caught a star doing this.
Cold Footprints on Jupiter, and a Comet Heading for the Sun
Cold spots in Jupiter’s aurora caused by its moons. Scientists have known about these footprints for years. But until now, they’d only measured how bright they were, never what was physically happening inside them.
Humans Are Going Back to the Moon
No human has left low Earth orbit since 1972. Artemis II will send four astronauts around the Moon and back, further from Earth than anyone in history. After fifty-three years of looking, we're finally going again.
A Comet From Another Star System Just Passed Through Ours
A comet possibly older than our Sun drifted through our solar system in 2025. It was made around a different star, under different conditions, and its chemistry proves it. Every major telescope turned to look. It will never come back.
The Moon Is Shrinking (And Getting Moonquakes)
The Moon is not a dead, unchanging rock. It's shrinking, cracking, and quaking. New mapping reveals over a thousand previously unknown ridges on the surface, and the most powerful moonquake on record struck right where NASA plans to land astronauts next.
Leopard Spots on Mars
NASA's Perseverance rover found small dark spots on a Martian rock that contain the same chemicals microbes leave behind on Earth. It's not proof of life. But it's the most compelling evidence yet that something may once have been alive on Mars.
Why Your Kid Needs Stars
Looking at stars gives kids perspective - their problems feel smaller. Astronomy teaches patience naturally: tracking Moon phases takes weeks, spotting meteors means waiting in the dark. Kids learn to sit with big questions and connect to something vast without needing lectures