Articles by

Adam Mann

A new image reveals magnetic fields around our galaxy’s central black hole

Astronomers have gotten their best view yet of the magnetic fields around the gargantuan black hole...

A teeny device can measure subtle shifts in Earth’s gravitational field

There’s a new entrant in the competition to develop ever-tinier instruments that can detect changes in our...

Did the James Webb telescope ‘break the universe’? Maybe not

Reports that NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope broke the universe may have been exaggerated. In its first...

Odysseus’ historic moon mission comes to an end, for now

Odysseus has exceeded engineers’ expectations during its odyssey on the moon. NASA confirmed that the spindly solar-powered...

JWST spies hints of a neutron star left behind by supernova 1987A

Within the dusty cloud left behind by supernova 1987A, the most famous stellar explosion in modern history,...

NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex nabbed over 120 grams of space rocks from asteroid Bennu

It’s official: NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft snagged 121.6 grams of pristine space rocks when it bopped the asteroid...

Saturn’s ‘Death Star’ moon might contain a hidden ocean

An uncanny resemblance to the Death Star might not be the only intriguing thing about Saturn’s moon...

Bacteria that can make humans sick could survive on Mars

Future interplanetary explorers beware: Hitchhiking bacteria brought to Mars on human bodies might not only survive the...