Astronomers unmask cosmic eruptions in nearby galaxies
On April 15, 2020, a wave of X-rays and gamma rays lasting only a fraction...
Waterways Change as Cities Grow Nearby
Large rivers powerfully sculpt landscapes, but their smaller brethren—streams—are much more numerous and...
Milky Way’s central black hole may have zapped nearby red giant stars
Innumerable stars reside within 1.6 light-years of the Milky Way’s central black hole. But this...
Violent space weather could limit life on nearby exoplanets
Artist's impression of flare from our neighboring star Proxima Centauri ejecting material onto a nearby...
A smartwatch app alerts users with hearing loss to nearby sounds
A new smartwatch app alerts users who are deaf or hard of hearing of nearby...
Hubble launches large ultraviolet-light survey of nearby stars
This is a ground-based telescopic photo of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy...