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The illustration shows how Jupiter uses a series of regions called shocklets to interact with the solar wind and slow it before it reaches the planet’s main bow shock.

NASA’s Juno reveals how Jupiter’s giant magnetic shield absorbs the solar wind

Jupiter’s bow shock uses multiple plasma-wave harmonics and recurring structures to turn incoming solar-wind energy into particle heating.

Joseph ShavitupdaPublished Sep 24, 2026 9:07 AM PDT

Astronomers found a small planet orbiting backward around a red dwarf, possibly revealing a second generation of planet-forming material.

Space Astronomers discover a strange planet circling its red dwarf star in the wrong direction Joseph Shavit

Astronomers traced auroral radio bursts directly to Beta Pictoris b, revealing the first direct magnetic-field measurement of an exoplanet.

Discoveries South Africa’s MeerKAT array detects the first radio signal directly from an exoplanet Joseph Shavit

A camper’s map search led scientists to a likely 25-kilometer impact crater in Quebec, with evidence pointing to a 390-million-year-old strike.

Space Amateur astronomer leads scientists to a massive 390-million-year-old impact crater in Quebec Joshua Shavit

An overhead, close-up view of McGetchin crater that was taken on Dec. 5, 2025, by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Narrow-Angle Camera (NAC).

Space NASA discovers a once-in-a-century impact blasted a 728-foot crater into the Moon Joseph Shavit

Supermassive and stellar black holes may launch compact jets at the same critical feeding rate near 2% of the Eddington limit.

Space Stellar destruction reveals a universal rule for black hole jet formation Joseph Shavit

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently observed IC 348, a star-forming region just 1,000 light-years away from Earth. Webb's sharp vision revealed tiny brown dwarfs, some just twice Jupiter's mass, and young stars ejecting powerful jets crashing into surrounding gas and dust.

Space Webb finds brown dwarfs barely twice Jupiter’s mass, challenging star-formation models Joseph Shavit

A physicist outlines how laser-driven nanocraft could someday reach a nearby black hole and test gravity directly.

Space Scientists outline how spacecraft could reach a nearby black hole within a century Joseph Shavit

Visualization of the simulation by ATERUI III showing a rapidly growing black hole surrounded by gas. Red indicates areas of higher temperature.

Space Supercomputer simulations may finally explain Webb’s mysterious Little Red Dots Joseph Shavit

Elias 2-24 b is less than 1 million years old, challenging models of how quickly giant planets can form far from their stars.

Space Astronomers discover a baby planet less than 1 million years old Joseph Shavit

Webb caught opposite changes in Chariklo’s two narrow rings, challenging the idea that small-body rings remain stable.

Space JWST finds evidence that Chariklo’s rings are changing faster than astronomers expected Joseph Shavit

Mercury may have shrunk up to 30% more than estimated because crater debris hides wrinkles created as the planet cooled.

Space Mercury’s cratered surface has been hiding evidence of a much smaller planet Joseph Shavit

Tiny changes in the Moon’s orbit could reveal gravitational waves in a frequency range that existing observatories struggle to detect.

Space Scientists find a new way to search for gravitational waves using the Moon Joseph Shavit

A million-person Moon city could exhaust even a generous lunar water supply in about a century despite 98% recycling.

Space The moon could support permanent settlements, just not the giant cities Elon Musk envisions Joshua Shavit

New models show how a hypothetical Venus moon could have spiraled inward and disappeared without another catastrophic impact.

Space Venus may have swallowed its own moon, new models finds Joseph Shavit

Scientists find Earth’s response to solar storms may not have a limit, suggesting stronger risks to modern technology.

Space Extreme solar storms could hit Earth harder than scientists expected Joseph Shavit

A catalog of 2,884 Type Ia supernovae strengthens hints that dark energy may change as the universe evolves.

Space 2,884 exploding stars deepen the mystery of dark energy Joseph Shavit