This 2026 will be an unforgettable year for observing the sky, highlighted by total eclipses, blood moons, and historic space missions that will allow us to connect deeply with the universe.
Astronomy
This theoretical spherical region, which envelops the entire Solar System at astonishing distances, is the vast reservoir of billions of long-period comets.
The James Webb telescope has detected an exoplanet with an atmosphere dominated by carbon and helium, an unexpected finding that challenges current theories about how planets form.
A minor oversight, such as using the wrong units, ended the Mars Climate Orbiter mission and cost over $100 million. Learn how NASA lost its spacecraft on Mars due to an error no one saw coming.
Between science, adventure, and big money, the search for meteorites is growing worldwide, driven by collectors, multimillion-dollar auctions, and debates over scientific heritage and legality.
In a new article, researchers show the possibility of studying dark matter using quantum sensors to analyze its distribution.
An international team observed the red giant W Hydrae, located about 320 light-years away, with unprecedented clarity. By simultaneously capturing 57 molecules, ALMA revealed 57 “faces” (corresponding to different layers) of its turbulent atmosphere.
Chinese researchers have developed an artificial intelligence model capable of identifying patterns in astronomical data, offering new insight into how dark matter behaves in galaxy clusters
The year 2026 will have many astronomical events ahead, and it will also be the year when humanity returns to the Moon with the Artemis mission.
Astronomers have detected a narrow jet of material emerging from the sunlit side of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, behaving differently from its dust tail and revealing new clues about how the comet rotates
Some of Earth’s climate cycles are directly dependent on the orbital parameters of the planet Mars, particularly its mass, according to a recent scientific study.
How stars die and forge the building blocks of Earth: Betelgeuse and the Crab Nebula reveal the secret of our cosmic origins.