Author: Erika K. Carlson

Exotic Objects

A new method of hunting nearby black holes turns up a monster

Solar System

Earth may have recently destroyed one of its own minimoons

Exotic Objects, Galaxies

Strange galaxy cluster ignores massive black hole, forms stars

Alien Life

Astronomers look inside meteorites and find the sugars needed for life

Exoplanets, Planets, Solar System

A weird, orbital dance keeps these moons of Neptune safely on track

Exotic Objects

NASA instrument spots its brightest X-ray burst ever

Exotic Objects

Huge black holes may have cannibalistic baby black holes orbiting around them

Exoplanets, Planets, Solar System

Astronomers catch water erupting from plumes on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa

Exoplanets, Planets, Space Exploration

This spacecraft will detect if exoplanet skies are cloudy, hazy, or clear

Exotic Objects, Milky Way

How could we find a wormhole hiding in the Milky Way?

Exoplanets, Planets

A rocky planet in this weird star system would have stunning skies

Cosmology, Galaxies

DESI will map millions of galaxies and reveal dark energy’s history