TESS just found a planet in a new way—and more may be hiding in its eight years of data

For the first time, NASA's TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission has identified a planet orbiting a distant star thanks to its warping of space-time. Unlike the star-hugging transiting ...

XMM-Newton and Chandra help revise distance to Milky Way's outer spiral arms

The European Space Agency's XMM-Newton and NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescopes have spotted the aftermath of three bright explosions echoing through the outer spiral arms of our galaxy, the Milky ...
Scientific American

This planet survived the death of its star—and kept its atmosphere

A gas giant planet called WD 1856b, orbiting the burned-out core of a dead, sun-like star. And in a new study published today in Nature, researchers report an even wilder discovery: Not only is WD ...
Opinion

Spielberg’s Disclosure Day is making some wonder: will we have real disclosure soon?

The short answer is that there’s nothing to disclose. But that doesn’t mean we won’t make contact with extraterrestrial life ...

Trump's immigration wins will affect millions despite birthright loss

Trump won numerous federal cases defending his immigration crackdown although he lost on his top priority of restricting birthright citizenship.