A mysterious gamma-ray stream comes from the Milky Way’s center. Could dark matter have something to do with it?

New research has failed to rule out self-annihilating dark matter as the source of a hotly debated gamma-ray emission known as the Galactic Center Excess radiating from the heart of the Milky Way.

Supermassive black holes may be surrounded by dark matter clusters, new ‘echo map’ technique suggests

A technique called echo mapping suggests supermassive black holes, like that at the heart of the Milky Way, are surrounded by clusters of dark matter.

Late, great singer-songwriter Elliott Smith finds immortality as an asteroid

An asteroid has been named after Smith, who died in 2003 at the age of 34.

Juicy new details emerge about an asteroid NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew by last year

Evidence of chemical alteration by liquid water has been found on the asteroid Donaldjohanson, which formed further from the sun before being shoved inwards.

James Webb Space Telescope finds a salty surprise on famous ‘Pink Planet’

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered that one of the coldest exoplanets ever discovered, the so-called Pink Planet, harbors a salty surprise.

These Mars valleys are hiding 30 dust devils | Space photo of the day for June 18, 2026

Europe’s Mars Express orbiter recently imaged a huge valley system on the Red Planet — and dust devils dot the alien landscape.

Astronomers solve the mystery of black holes’ delayed cosmic ‘burps’

A new study reveals why black holes let out massive radio “burps” years after eating stars, giving astronomers a chemical blueprint to predict them early.

NASA’s Perseverance rover just ran a marathon on Mars. Could you do the same?

Percy has now traveled more than 26.2 miles on the Red Planet! Could you?

One of these twin stars has likely been snacking on exoplanets

Astronomers have discovered chemical differences between binary stars that indicate one has devoured at least one planet.