2+ hour, 9+ min ago  (278+ words) The Daily Galaxy onight, stargazers across the globe have a fleeting chance to witness a rare planetary alignment as Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter trace a brilliant line above the western horizon just after sunset Understanding the Celestial Alignment The three…...

4+ hour, 3+ min ago  (382+ words) Space X is planning a million AI-powered satellites in orbit, aiming to create the largest orbital computing network in history. Space exploration is entering a new frontier as Elon Musk and Space X unveil plans for an unprecedented constellation of…...

7+ hour, 9+ min ago  (525+ words) How does the universe create gold? The answer may lie in a rare nuclear process that researchers have only now been able to observe in unprecedented detail. Heavy elements are among the most intriguing products of the cosmos. Researchers have…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (350+ words) Japan's palm-sized, ball-shaped rover rolled across the lunar surface, capturing images and redefining autonomous space exploration. A tiny, ball-shaped rover has transformed how scientists study the moon During Japan's historic first lunar landing, this morphable robotic explorer rolled across the…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (638+ words) A handful of meteorites carry clues from the solar system's earliest days. One recently studied rock from the Sahara appears to trace its origins to a world that no longer exists. A meteorite found in the Sahara Desert is giving…...

22+ hour, 33+ min ago  (390+ words) Billions of years after a major cosmic collision, the Milky Way is being pulled and reshaped once more by a neighboring dwarf galaxy....

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (334+ words) The Daily Galaxy The European Space Agency (ESA) has officially adopted its new galactic archaeology mission, Arrakihs, set to launch by the end of 2030 This ambitious mission aims to capture the faint, elusive light from galaxy haloes, regions that hold…...

1+ day, 42+ min ago  (425+ words) Astronomers have detected a rare sugar in a distant molecular cloud, adding a new twist to the search for life's chemical ingredients beyond Earth. Astronomers have detected erythrulose, a four-carbon sugar, in a giant cloud of gas and dust near…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (762+ words) A nearby planet sits in the life-friendly zone, yet its strange fire-and-ice path shows why the hunt for habitable planets is far messier than it seems. HD 20794 d spends its long year moving between two very different neighborhoods around its…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (381+ words) Astronomers have observed a galaxy-killing wind in the early universe that could explain why massive galaxies "die" so quickly. Early galaxies often existed in crowded, turbulent regions of the universe, where collisions were common and star formation rates skyrocketed. These…...