‘Once-in-a-lifetime’: Rare chance to see explosion at dwarf star 3,000 light-years away

In what’s been called a “once-in-a-lifetime event,” light from a thermonuclear explosion on a star has been traveling toward Earth for thousands of years and could arrive here at any moment. T Coronae Borealis (also known as T Cor Bor, T CrB, and the Blaze Star) will be as bright as the North Star (for … Read more

Visit the Pillars of Creation! Incredible NASA Video Travels Through Trunks of Interstellar Gas and Dust in a Nebula 6,500 Light-Years Away

This animation was created by combining observations from the Hubble Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope.  This image shows a comparison between the two different observations

If you ever want to take a walk into deep space, this may be as close as you get. In this stunning animation, NASA lets viewers wander through the trunks of the ‘Pillars of Creation’ in a nebula 6,500 light-years from Earth. This is the most detailed and comprehensive video ever taken of these star … Read more

NASA discovers an Earth-sized planet just 40 light-years away, which is ‘not a bad place’ to hunt for life

An illustration of the newly discovered Earth-sized exoplanet Gliese 12

Scientists using a NASA space telescope have discovered a tantalizing world. It’s about the size of Earth, is remarkably close to our solar system, and could be comfortable for life as we know it. The extrasolar planet, or ‘exoplanet’, called Gliese 12 b, orbits a small and cool red dwarf star located only about 40 … Read more

‘Exo-Venus’ discovered: a potentially habitable world just 40 light-years from Earth

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Gliese 12 b, which orbits a cool, red dwarf star just 40 light-years away, promises to tell astronomers more about how planets close to their stars retain or lose their atmospheres. In this artist’s concept, Gliese 12 b is depicted while maintaining a rarefied atmosphere. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Pain (Caltech-IPAC) Scientists have discovered Gliese 12 b, … Read more