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  1. Astronomy

    A faint glow found between galaxies could be a beacon for dark matter

    Intracluster light may help reveal where dark matter resides within galaxy clusters.

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  2. Astronomy

    New Horizons may have seen a glow at the solar system’s edge

    New Horizons may have seen a hydrogen wall just past the edge of the solar system, where the solar wind meets the stuff of interstellar space.

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  3. Astronomy

    Astronomers saw the first mass eruption from a star that’s not the sun

    The first coronal mass ejection observed fleeing another star was as massive as scientists expected, but carried less energy.

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  4. Astronomy

    Hopes dim that gamma rays can reveal dark matter

    A mysterious glow of gamma rays coming from the center of the Milky Way probably isn’t a sign of dark matter.

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  5. Astronomy

    Next to its solar twins, the sun stands out

    Our sun has subtly different chemistry from its peers, which may help pinpoint stars with systems like our own.

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  6. Astronomy

    How the Parker probe was built to survive close encounters with the sun

    Scientists had to get creative in testing the technology for the Parker Solar Probe, using huge mirrors, dust tunnels and even reams of paper.

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  7. Planetary Science

    What does Mars’ lake mean for the search for life on the Red Planet?

    A lake spotted hiding under Martian ice could support life, but finding out if anything lives there could be challenging.

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  8. Physics

    A star orbiting a black hole shows Einstein got gravity right — again

    For the first time, general relativity has been confirmed in the region near a supermassive black hole.

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  9. Planetary Science

    Mars (probably) has a lake of liquid water

    A 15-year-old Mars orbiter has spotted signs of a salty lake beneath the Red Planet’s south polar ice sheets.

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  10. Physics

    The Planck satellite’s picture of the infant universe gets its last tweaks

    Scientists have released the last big result from the cosmic microwave background experiment Planck.

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  11. Particle Physics

    One particle’s trek suggests that ‘spacetime foam’ doesn’t slow neutrinos

    Neutrinos and light travel at essentially the same speed, as predicted.

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  12. Astronomy

    Move over, Hubble. This sharp pic of Neptune was taken from Earth

    A new strategy at the Very Large Telescope lets astronomers take space telescope–quality pictures from the ground.

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