

All Stories by Lisa Grossman

  1. composite image of 2017 total solar eclipse

    How the 2019 eclipse will differ from 2017’s — and what that means for science

    This year’s total solar eclipse is visible late in the day from a relatively small slice of South America.

  2. Galaxy B14-65666 merger

    The earliest known galaxy merger occurred shortly after the Big Bang

    Telescopes show two distant blobs of stars and gas swirling around each other in the young universe.

  3. 51 Pegasi

    A new algorithm finds nearby stars that could host hidden worlds

    An algorithm dubbed “Netflix for exoplanets” identified more than 350 stars that, based on their chemistry, might have planets orbiting out of sight.

  4. cosmic Cow

    The cosmic ‘Cow’ may be a strange supernova

    New observations suggest the strange bright burst called the ‘Cow’ was a supernova, rather than a shredded star.

  5. Antilia 2 galaxy


    Astronomers think they’ve identified a galaxy that hit the Milky Way and ruffled its edges millions of years ago.

  6. center of Milky Way

    The accretion disk around our galaxy’s black hole has been spotted at last

    The Milky Way's central black hole has a disk of gas and dust orbiting it, astronomers can finally say with confidence.

  7. solar eclipse

    Watch the oldest surviving film of a total solar eclipse


  8. Pluto
    Planetary Science

    Icy volcanoes on Pluto may have spewed organic-rich water


  9. solar eclipse



  10. Very Large Array

    Big black holes can settle in the outskirts of small galaxies


  11. kilonova over NYC

    What a nearby kilonova would look like


  12. Physics

    LIGO is on the lookout for these 8 sources of gravitational waves
