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- Video● Visible planets and night sky guide for MayVisible planets and night sky guide for May 2024. The nights before and after new moon are the perfect time for stargazing... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: May 8, 2024 - 6:00 am
- ● A Nebula that Extends its Hand into SpaceThe Gum Nebula is an emission nebula almost 1400 light-years away. It’s home to an object known as “God’s Hand” among the... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: May 8, 2024 - 12:04 am
- International SWOT Mission Can Improve Flood PredictionA partnership between NASA and the French space agency, the satellite is poised to help improve forecasts of where and when flooding... Read more »Source: NASA | Published: May 7, 2024 - 10:47 pm
- 20 Years Ago: NASA Selects its 19th Group of AstronautsOn May 6, 2004, NASA announced the selection of its 19th group of astronauts. The group comprised 11 candidates – two pilots,... Read more »Source: NASA | Published: May 7, 2024 - 9:34 pm
- 41,000 Years Ago Earth’s Shield Went DownEarth is naked without its protective barrier. The planet’s magnetic shield surrounds Earth and shelters it from the natural onslaught of cosmic... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: May 7, 2024 - 9:20 pm
- Fall Into a Black Hole With this New NASA SimulationNo human being will ever encounter a black hole. But we can’t stop wondering what it would be like to fall into... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: May 7, 2024 - 9:05 pm
- Next-gen satellites will paint a clearer picture of a changing EarthFrom tracking hazards in the ocean to predicting the strength of hurricanes, NOAA's GeoXO series continues on the legacy of the GOES-R... Read more »Source: Space | Published: May 7, 2024 - 9:00 pm
- NASA’s TESS Returns to Science OperationsNASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) returned to science operations May 3 and is once again making observations. The satellite went into... Read more »Source: NASA | Published: May 7, 2024 - 8:51 pm
- NASA Challenge Gives Artemis Generation Coders a Chance to ShineNASA’s Office of STEM Engagement selected seven student teams to participate in a culminating event for the 2024 App Development Challenge (ADC),... Read more »Source: NASA | Published: May 7, 2024 - 8:16 pm
- NASA Challenge Gives Artemis Generation Coders a Chance to ShineNASA’s Office of STEM Engagement selected seven student teams to participate in a culminating event for the 2024 App Development Challenge (ADC),... Read more »Source: Learning Resources – NASA | Published: May 7, 2024 - 8:16 pm
- New Proposals to Help NASA Advance Knowledge of Our Changing ClimateNASA has selected four proposals for concept studies of missions to help us better understand Earth science key focus areas for the... Read more »Source: NASA | Published: May 7, 2024 - 8:14 pm
- Could alien life be hiding in the rings of Saturn or Jupiter?The rings that circle gas giants like Saturn are composed mostly of water-ice particles. Could life exist in these beautiful and enigmatic... Read more »Source: Space | Published: May 7, 2024 - 7:00 pm
- Jupiter’s Great Red SpotThis image of Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot and surrounding turbulent zones was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft. The color-enhanced image is... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 7, 2024 - 6:15 pm
- Jupiter’s Great Red SpotThis April 1, 2018, enhanced-color image of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft. The image is a combination... Read more »Source: NASA | Published: May 7, 2024 - 6:07 pm
- James Webb Space Telescope suggests supermassive black holes grew from heavy cosmic 'seeds'The mystery of how early universe supermassive black holes grew so quickly may be solved, with the James Webb Space Telescope finding... Read more »Source: Space | Published: May 7, 2024 - 6:00 pm
- Possible hints of life found on exoplanet K2-18b – how excited should we be?Editor’s note: This article on K2-18b was first published in September 2023 on The Conversation. The Times of London reported NASA’s James... Read more »Source: Astronomy Magazine | Published: May 7, 2024 - 5:39 pm
- What happens if we detect alien life?Scientists have been listening for signals from extraterrestrial civilizations for decades, but what would they do if they actually heard one? The... Read more »Source: Astronomy Magazine | Published: May 7, 2024 - 5:11 pm
- International SWOT Mission Can Improve Flood PredictionA partnership between NASA and the French space agency, the satellite is poised to help improve forecasts of where and when flooding... Read more »Source: NASA | Published: May 7, 2024 - 5:05 pm
- Boeing’s Starliner launch – delayed again – will be an important milestone for commercial spaceflightAlready years late, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft continues to face delays as it prepares to launch NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams into space.... Read more »Source: Astronomy Magazine | Published: May 7, 2024 - 5:03 pm
- 'God's Hand' interstellar cloud reaches for the stars in new Dark Energy Camera image (video)The Dark Energy Camera has imaged a ghostly hand claw reaching out to grab a distant galaxy. There's nothing supernatural about this... Read more »Source: Space | Published: May 7, 2024 - 4:59 pm
- Does Planet Nine exist? The new evidence says yes.Recent papers by Michael Brown and Konstantin Batygin, both astronomers at Caltech, are providing a whole new line of evidence in support... Read more »Source: Astronomy Magazine | Published: May 7, 2024 - 4:21 pm
- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission — Live updatesRead the latest news about NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.... Read more »Source: Space | Published: May 7, 2024 - 4:05 pm
- White Sands Propulsion Team Tests 3D-Printed Orion Engine ComponentWhen the Orion spacecraft carries the first Artemis crews to the Moon and back, it will rely on the European Service Module... Read more »Source: NASA | Published: May 7, 2024 - 4:05 pm
- The Force is strong with new 'Star Wars: The Acolyte' trailer (video)Disney+ releases a new trailer for its upcoming series "Star Wars: The Acolyte" that delves into the High Republic era and seems... Read more »Source: Space | Published: May 7, 2024 - 4:00 pm
- Ken Carpenter: Ensuring Top-Tier Science from Moon to StarsToday, Ken Carpenter is a scientist for NASA’s Hubble and Roman space telescopes, but in 1967 he was just a teenager at... Read more »Source: NASA | Published: May 7, 2024 - 3:43 pm
- See the sun's corona revealed in all its glory during 2024 total solar eclipse (photo)Astrophotographer Miguel Claro explains how taking a high resolution solar image like this one represents an enormous amount of personal and professional... Read more »Source: Space | Published: May 7, 2024 - 3:00 pm
- Breaking the Scaling Limits: New Ultralow-noise Superconducting Camera for Exoplanet SearchesWhen imaging faint objects such as distant stars or exoplanets, capturing every last bit of light is crucial to get the most... Read more »Source: NASA | Published: May 7, 2024 - 2:48 pm
- See this galaxy's bright center? It's home to a voracious supermassive black holeTo launch Black Hole Week, NASA released this new Hubble image of spiral galaxy NGC 4951.... Read more »Source: Space | Published: May 7, 2024 - 2:29 pm
- Black hole collision 'alerts' could notify astronomers within 30 seconds of detectionAstronomers will be alerted to gravitational waves faster than ever before as LIGO and other detectors "listen" to a universal symphony.... Read more »Source: Space | Published: May 7, 2024 - 1:59 pm
- Is This Gamma-Ray Burst a Shredded Star in Disguise?Is GRB 191019A a typical burst of gamma rays from a dying star, an anomalously long burst from colliding objects, or something... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 7, 2024 - 1:42 pm
- New moon of May 2024 tonight welcomes the stars of summerThe new moon of May 2024 will see the bright constellations of summer begin to rise just as those of winter sink... Read more »Source: Space | Published: May 7, 2024 - 1:00 pm
- Solar Max is Coming. The Sun Just Released Three X-Class FlaresThe Sun is increasing its intensity on schedule, continuing its approach to solar maximum. In just over a 24-hour period on May... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: May 7, 2024 - 12:34 pm
- Sun news May 7: X flare potential is 50% today!Sun news for May 7, 2024. X4.5 flare! Region AR3663 has had a week of high activity. Today is no exception as... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: May 7, 2024 - 12:19 pm
- Ring the fish doorbell to help fish migrate!Ring the fish doorbell to help fish migrating to their spawning grounds! The fish are stuck behind a lock in the Netherlands,... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: May 7, 2024 - 12:00 pm
- Resolving Messier 3’s swarming starsMessier 3 in Canes Venatici is right up near the top of the premier league of globular clusters. It has huge appeal... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: May 7, 2024 - 11:33 am
- Liujiang skeleton re-dates earliest Homo sapiens in ChinaThe Liujiang skeleton, a significant fossil in understanding early modern humans in East Asia, has been aged at 33,000 to 23,000 years... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: May 7, 2024 - 11:30 am
- Boeing Starliner 1st crew launch postponed to May 10The 1st crewed Boeing Starliner launch to the International Space Station was postponed on Monday due to a rocket issue. Get updates... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: May 7, 2024 - 6:33 am
- New Evidence for Our Solar System’s Ghost: Planet NineDoes another undetected planet languish in our Solar System’s distant reaches? Does it follow a distant orbit around the Sun in the... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: May 7, 2024 - 1:10 am
- NASA Takes Six Advanced Tech Concepts to Phase IIIt’s that time again. NIAC (NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts) has announced six concepts that will receive funding and proceed to the second... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: May 6, 2024 - 9:37 pm
- Astronaut Suni Williams Prepares for Crew Flight TestDuring a mission dress rehearsal, NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronaut Suni Williams flashes a thumbs up in her Boeing spacesuit inside... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 6, 2024 - 7:21 pm
- China is Going Back to the Moon Again With Chang'e-6On Friday, May 3rd, the sixth mission in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program (Chang’e-6) launched from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: May 6, 2024 - 7:12 pm
- What Can Early Earth Teach Us About the Search for Life?Earth is the only life-supporting planet we know of, so it’s tempting to use it as a standard in the search for... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: May 6, 2024 - 7:06 pm
- How Markarian 205 nearly broke the universe: This Week in Astronomy with Dave EicherNGC 4319 and Markarian 205 are a pair of objects with a lot of lore and history. NGC 4319 is a spiral... Read more »Source: Astronomy Magazine | Published: May 6, 2024 - 7:02 pm
- SpaceX adds tourism offering to websiteHuman spaceflight has long been a goal for SpaceX, the rocket and satellite manufacturing venture of billionaire Elon Musk. Per an update... Read more »Source: Astronomy Magazine | Published: May 6, 2024 - 5:45 pm
- Venus has almost no water: A new study may reveal whyBillions of years ago, Venus may have harbored as much water as Earth. Today, almost all of it has disappeared. A new... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 6, 2024 - 5:16 pm
- Astronomers observe elusive stellar light surrounding ancient quasarsAstronomers observed the elusive starlight surrounding some of the earliest quasars in the universe. The findings may shed light on how the... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 6, 2024 - 5:15 pm
- Hubble views a galaxy with a voracious black holeBright, starry spiral arms surround an active galactic center in a new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the galaxy NGC 4951.... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 6, 2024 - 5:15 pm
- New discoveries about Jupiter's magnetosphereNew discoveries about Jupiter could lead to a better understanding of Earth's own space environment and influence a long-running scientific debate about... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 6, 2024 - 5:15 pm
- Astronauts have a surprising ability to gauge distances in spaceOn Earth, gravity and acceleration are fundamental cues that help humans orient themselves and determine how far they’ve traveled. However, in the... Read more »Source: Astronomy Magazine | Published: May 6, 2024 - 3:51 pm
- The Milky Way over KotliSamit Saha from Kolkata, India The Milky Way and, at right, the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex make a stunning backdrop to this... Read more »Source: Astronomy Magazine | Published: May 6, 2024 - 3:01 pm
- Could we find Planet X using JWST?If the James Webb Space Telescope can see galaxies billions of light-years away, why can’t it find the proposed Planet X somewhere... Read more »Source: Astronomy Magazine | Published: May 6, 2024 - 2:15 pm
- The NASA/Boeing Starliner launches soon. Here’s what to know.Update: The Starliner launch was scrubbed Monday night because of a technical issue. Here’s the latest from NASA, as of Monday night:... Read more »Source: Astronomy Magazine | Published: May 6, 2024 - 12:50 pm
- VideoOtters are cute! They’re our lifeform of the weekOtters are cute, fluffy, smart and good swimmers. Have you fallen in love with them yet? Here are some interesting facts about... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: May 6, 2024 - 11:00 am
- Mission control ready for EarthCARE despite disruptionTeams at ESA’s European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, are currently engaged in intensive preparations for the critical ‘Launch and Early... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: May 6, 2024 - 8:00 am
- China Creates a High-Resolution Atlas of the MoonMultiple space agencies are looking to send crewed missions to the Moon’s southern polar region in this decade and the next. Moreover,... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: May 5, 2024 - 11:04 pm
- Exoplanet WASP-43 b weather is hot and wildNASA's Webb telescope has mapped the weather on WASP-43 b, a hot Jupiter exoplanet 283 light-years away. It's blistering hot with 5,000-mile-per-hour... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: May 5, 2024 - 10:00 pm
- Video1st American in space, 63 years ago todayAlan Shepard became the 1st American in space on May 5, 1961. His suborbital flight took place just 3 weeks after the... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: May 5, 2024 - 11:45 am
- Von Kármán vortices are beautiful, swirling cloudsLearn more about beautiful von Kármán vortices, a swirling pattern of clouds seen in satellite images. They occur when flowing fluid is... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: May 5, 2024 - 10:55 am
- Dinkinesh's Moonlet is Only 2-3 Million Years OldLast November, NASA’s Lucy mission conducted a flyby of the asteroid Dinkinish, one of the Main Belt asteroids it will investigate as... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: May 4, 2024 - 9:54 pm
- Eta Aquariid meteor shower this weekend! Q&A hereMay's Eta Aquariid meteor shower is good over several mornings. But the best time is on May 5 and 6, 2024, in... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: May 4, 2024 - 9:00 am
- A Moonlit TrioThe Moon, left, Jupiter, right, and Saturn, above and to the left of Jupiter, are seen after sunset with the Washington Monument,... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 3, 2024 - 5:55 pm
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, May 3 – 12This week in the moonless dark, the Summer Triangle appears over the eastern treetops star by star. Leo walks down toward the... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 3, 2024 - 3:18 pm
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, May 3 – 12This week in the moonless dark, the Summer Triangle appears over the eastern treetops star by star. Leo walks down toward the... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 3, 2024 - 3:18 pm
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, May 3 – 12This week in the moonless dark, the Summer Triangle appears over the eastern treetops star by star. Leo walks down toward the... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 3, 2024 - 3:18 pm
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, May 3 – 12This week in the moonless dark, the Summer Triangle appears over the eastern treetops star by star. Leo walks down toward the... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 3, 2024 - 3:18 pm
- China's Chang'e 6 Mission Heads to the MoonChina’s ambitious Chang’e 6 mission will attempt to return a sample from the lunar farside. The post China's Chang'e 6 Mission Heads... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 3, 2024 - 2:40 pm
- Meet the team behind EarthCAREVideo: 00:04:54 As we approach the launch of ESA’s EarthCARE mission, we caught up with some of the scientists, engineers and experts... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: May 3, 2024 - 12:00 pm
- Week in images: 29 April - 03 May 2024Week in images: 29 April - 03 May 2024 Discover our week through the lens... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: May 3, 2024 - 11:30 am
- Earth from Space: Namibian landformsImage: This image may resemble the surface of Mars, but it was actually captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, revealing the stunning... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: May 3, 2024 - 8:20 am
- Seven ways ESA has cut its environmental footprintESA is committed to almost halve its greenhouse gas emissions linked to energy consumption by 2025 compared to 2019 levels. But how... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: May 3, 2024 - 8:19 am
- ESA’s cloud and aerosol satellite aerosol-freeA few weeks ago, a team of engineers carefully extracted ESA's EarthCARE satellite from its protective transport container, initiating a meticulous process... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: May 3, 2024 - 7:29 am
- Meet Alkaid, the Big Dipper’s HandleAlkaid is the end star of the Big Dipper's handle, a bright-blue example of a nearby B-type star. The post Meet Alkaid,... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 2, 2024 - 6:09 pm
- Galaxy Evolution Explorer Searches for LightNASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer was launched on April 28, 2003. Its mission was to study the shape, brightness, size and distance of... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 2, 2024 - 5:43 pm
- Webb telescope probably didn't find life on an exoplanet -- yetRecent reports of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope finding signs of life on a distant planet understandably sparked excitement. A new study... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 2, 2024 - 3:31 pm
- NASA Selects Students for Europa Clipper Intern ProgramNASA has selected 40 undergraduate students for the first year of its Europa ICONS (Inspiring Clipper: Opportunities for Next-generation Scientists) internship program,... Read more »Source: Learning Resources – NASA | Published: May 2, 2024 - 2:58 pm
- By Their Powers CombinedIn a historic first, all six radio frequency antennas at the Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex – part of NASA's Deep Space... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 1, 2024 - 5:57 pm
- A 'cosmic glitch' in gravityResearchers have discovered a potential 'cosmic glitch' in the universe's gravity, explaining its strange behavior on a cosmic scale.... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 1, 2024 - 4:58 pm
- Ready the Hot Cocoa and Recliner — Here Comes the Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower!You might be tempted to sleep through this annual shower but then you'd miss seeing some of the fastest meteors around. Not... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 1, 2024 - 3:40 pm
- Ready the Hot Cocoa and Recliner — Here Comes the Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower!You might be tempted to sleep through this annual shower but then you'd miss seeing some of the fastest meteors around. Not... Read more »Source: Explore the Night with Bob King – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 1, 2024 - 3:40 pm
- Ready the Hot Cocoa and Recliner — Here Comes the Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower!You might be tempted to sleep through this annual shower but then you'd miss seeing some of the fastest meteors around. Not... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 1, 2024 - 3:40 pm
- Ready the Hot Cocoa and Recliner — Here Comes the Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower!You might be tempted to sleep through this annual shower but then you'd miss seeing some of the fastest meteors around. Not... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 1, 2024 - 3:40 pm
- Earth-like environment likely on ancient MarsA research team using the ChemCam instrument onboard NASA's Curiosity rover discovered higher-than-usual amounts of manganese in lakebed rocks within Gale Crater... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 1, 2024 - 2:07 pm
- mp3May Podcast: Big Dipper Shows the WayHigh above you on May evenings is an one obvious star pattern that just about everyone knows: the Big Dipper. This “Swiss... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 1, 2024 - 6:00 am
- mp3May Podcast: Big Dipper Shows the WayHigh above you on May evenings is an one obvious star pattern that just about everyone knows: the Big Dipper. This “Swiss... Read more »Source: Sky Tour Astronomy Podcast – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 1, 2024 - 6:00 am
- mp3May Podcast: Big Dipper Shows the WayHigh above you on May evenings is an one obvious star pattern that just about everyone knows: the Big Dipper. This “Swiss... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 1, 2024 - 6:00 am
- Webb captures top of iconic horsehead nebula in unprecedented detailNASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the sharpest infrared images to date of a zoomed-in portion of one of the most... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 30, 2024 - 6:56 pm
- What Happens After a Supernova Blows? Watch and Find OutNew time-lapse videos from the Chandra X-ray Observatory show the Crab Nebula and the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant over more than 20... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 30, 2024 - 6:00 pm
- NASA Grants Support Academic Collaborations for STEM Student SuccessNASA has awarded $3.9 million to 13 teams at under-resourced academic institutions across the country, to support collaborative projects with NASA that... Read more »Source: Learning Resources – NASA | Published: April 30, 2024 - 5:21 pm
- NASA's Webb maps weather on planet 280 light-years awayResearchers have successfully used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to map the weather on the hot gas-giant exoplanet WASP-43 b.... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 30, 2024 - 5:18 pm
- International Space Station Program Manager Dana Weigel"What you eventually realize is that your success as a leader is not really yours, it’s the team’s. You’re not successful without... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 30, 2024 - 4:41 pm
- JWST captures zooms in on the ‘mane’ of the iconic Horsehead NebulaThe James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured the sharpest infrared images to date of a zoomed-in portion of one of the... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: April 30, 2024 - 8:35 am
- Astronomers' simulations support dark matter theoryComputer simulations by astronomers support the idea that dark matter -- matter that no one has yet directly detected but which many... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 30, 2024 - 12:19 am
- The Horse’s ManeRising from turbulent waves of dust and gas is the Horsehead Nebula, otherwise known as Barnard 33, which resides roughly 1,300 light-years... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 29, 2024 - 6:04 pm
- Gemini south reveals origin of unexpected differences in giant binary starsAstronomers have confirmed that differences in binary stars' composition can originate from chemical variations in the cloud of stellar material from which... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 29, 2024 - 5:35 pm
- A Cosmic Arrow Pierced Pluto's Heart — Is It Still There Beneath the Surface?A giant impact likely formed Pluto's heart-shaped basin, Sputnik Planitia. A big chunk of the impactor’s core might still be buried under... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 29, 2024 - 4:55 pm
- Probing the effects of interplanetary space on asteroid RyuguSamples reveal evidence of changes experienced by the surface of asteroid Ryugu, some probably due to micrometeoroid bombardment.... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 29, 2024 - 2:28 pm
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 26 – May 5All the planets now huddle around our line of sight toward the Sun. However, these moonless evenings present us the Spring Triangle,... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 26, 2024 - 5:30 pm
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 26 – May 5All the planets now huddle around our line of sight toward the Sun. However, these moonless evenings present us the Spring Triangle,... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 26, 2024 - 5:30 pm
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 26 – May 5All the planets now huddle around our line of sight toward the Sun. However, these moonless evenings present us the Spring Triangle,... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 26, 2024 - 5:30 pm
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 26 – May 5All the planets now huddle around our line of sight toward the Sun. However, these moonless evenings present us the Spring Triangle,... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 26, 2024 - 5:30 pm
- Hubble Spots a Magnificent Barred GalaxyThe magnificent central bar of NGC 2217 (also known as AM 0619-271) shines bright in the constellation of Canis Major (The Greater... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 26, 2024 - 5:01 pm
- Earth’s Mini-Moon Linked to Farside Lunar CraterResearchers might have located the birthplace of 469219 Kamo‘oalewa, a small asteroid that has been described as Earth’s “mini-moon.” The post Earth’s... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 26, 2024 - 3:56 pm
- NASA Grant Brings Students at Underserved Institutions to the StarsAt the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, interns from Cal State LA are learning key skills studying the origins of life. What does... Read more »Source: Learning Resources – NASA | Published: April 26, 2024 - 3:45 pm
- Researchers advance detection of gravitational waves to study collisions of neutron stars and black holesResearchers co-led a study that will improve the detection of gravitational waves--ripples in space and time.... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 26, 2024 - 3:00 pm
- NASA Finds New Homes for Artemis Generation of ‘Moon Trees’ Across USAfter careful review of hundreds of applications, NASA has selected organizations from across the country to receive ‘Moon Tree’ seedlings that flew... Read more »Source: Learning Resources – NASA | Published: April 25, 2024 - 6:47 pm
- Navigating the Moon with ArtArtists used paintbrushes and airbrushes to recreate the lunar surface on each of the four models comprising the LOLA simulator. Project LOLA... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 25, 2024 - 4:52 pm
- Washington State High Schooler Wins 2024 NASA Student Art ContestA 12th grade artist with a passion for NASA and space took home the top prize for the 2024 NASA Student Art... Read more »Source: Learning Resources – NASA | Published: April 25, 2024 - 1:35 pm
- NASA’s Voyager 1 probe calls home after five monthsFor the first time in five months, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is returning usable data about the health and status of its... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: April 25, 2024 - 12:23 pm
- Ariane 6 media kitAriane 6 media kit... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: April 25, 2024 - 9:04 am
- Tracking Spring FloodingRivers swelled in southern Russia and northern Kazakhstan in April 2024 following heavy rain and rapid snowmelt. This image shows Orenburg on... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 24, 2024 - 5:47 pm
- Researchers find oldest undisputed evidence of Earth's magnetic fieldA new study has recovered a 3.7-billion-year-old record of Earth's magnetic field, and found that it appears remarkably similar to the field... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 24, 2024 - 3:15 pm
- Eruption of mega-magnetic star lights up nearby galaxyWhile ESA's satellite INTEGRAL was observing the sky, it spotted a burst of gamma-rays -- high-energy photons -- coming from the nearby... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 24, 2024 - 3:15 pm
- NASA Glenn Joins Big Hoopla STEM ChallengeNASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland joined in the adventure of the Big Hoopla STEM Challenge held at the Dayton Convention Center... Read more »Source: Learning Resources – NASA | Published: April 24, 2024 - 12:16 pm
- NASA Mentors, Students Rock FIRST Buckeye RegionalNASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland supported the 25th annual FIRST Robotics Buckeye Regional Competition, March 20 to 23, at Cleveland State... Read more »Source: Learning Resources – NASA | Published: April 24, 2024 - 12:16 pm
- Cleveland School Students Learn About STEM CareersNASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland opened its doors to Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) students to explore various Science, Technology, Engineering,... Read more »Source: Learning Resources – NASA | Published: April 24, 2024 - 12:13 pm
- Toward unification of turbulence framework -- weak-to-strong transition discovered in turbulenceAstrophysicists have made a significant step toward solving the last puzzle in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence theory by observing the weak to strong transition... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 23, 2024 - 5:51 pm
- Hubble Spots the Little Dumbbell NebulaIn celebration of the 34th anniversary of the launch of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers took a snapshot of the Little Dumbbell... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 23, 2024 - 5:14 pm
- NASA Announces 30th Human Exploration Rover Challenge WinnersNASA announced the winners of the 30th Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) April 22, with Parish Episcopal School, from Dallas, winning first... Read more »Source: Learning Resources – NASA | Published: April 22, 2024 - 7:34 pm
- Our Beautiful Water WorldBehold one of the more detailed images of Earth. This Blue Marble Earth montage—created from photographs taken by the Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 22, 2024 - 6:06 pm
- To find life in the universe, look to deadly VenusDespite surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead, lava-spewing volcanoes, and puffy clouds of sulfuric acid, uninhabitable Venus offers vital lessons about... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 22, 2024 - 4:07 pm
- Giant galactic explosion exposes galaxy pollution in actionAstronomers have produced the first high-resolution map of a massive explosion in a nearby galaxy, providing important clues on how the space... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 22, 2024 - 4:07 pm
- Simulated microgravity affects sleep and physiological rhythmsSimulated effects of microgravity significantly affect rhythmicity and sleep in humans, a new study finds. Such disturbances could negatively affect the physiology... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 22, 2024 - 4:06 pm
- AI and physics combine to reveal the 3D structure of a flare erupting around a black holeBased on radio telescope data and models of black hole physics, a team has used neural networks to reconstruct a 3D image... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 22, 2024 - 4:05 pm
- NGC 4361: A planetary nebula to crow aboutNGC 4361 in Corvus is a bit of an horizon-hugger at mid-northern latitudes, but it’ll reward determined observers. ... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: April 22, 2024 - 1:59 pm
- Looking Beyond the VeilThis image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) of star-forming region NGC 604 shows how stellar winds from bright,... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 19, 2024 - 6:46 pm
- Weather prediction models can also forecast satellite displacementsResearchers have found that modern weather models can accurately predict the energy that Earth emits and reflects into space, which directly affects... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 19, 2024 - 5:23 pm
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 19 – 28Springtime Leo walks high in the south, springtime Hydra snakes a quarter of the way around the celestial sphere, and the bright... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 19, 2024 - 9:08 am
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 19 – 28Springtime Leo walks high in the south, springtime Hydra snakes a quarter of the way around the celestial sphere, and the bright... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 19, 2024 - 9:08 am
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 19 – 28Springtime Leo walks high in the south, springtime Hydra snakes a quarter of the way around the celestial sphere, and the bright... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 19, 2024 - 9:08 am
- Water Touches EverythingThe ocean holds about 97 percent of Earth's water and covers 70 percent of our planet's surface. According to the United Nations,... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 18, 2024 - 5:25 pm
- Sometimes Getting the Perfect Picture Really Is Rocket ScienceNASA Engineer Cindy Fuentes Rosal waves goodbye to a Black Brant IX sounding rocket launching from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 17, 2024 - 5:35 pm
- Astronomers uncover methane emission on a cold brown dwarfAstronomers have discovered methane emission on a brown dwarf, an unexpected finding for such a cold and isolated world. The findings suggest... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 17, 2024 - 5:11 pm
- 'Tube map' around planets and moons made possible by knot theoryScientists have developed a new method using knot theory to find the optimal routes for future space missions without the need to... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 17, 2024 - 5:10 pm
- Jupiter Meets Uranus in Twilight; Supernova Erupts in Nearby Spiral GalaxyJupiter aligns with distant Uranus before it exits the evening sky as a bright supernova flares in the southern galaxy NGC 3621.... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 17, 2024 - 5:08 am
- Jupiter Meets Uranus in Twilight; Supernova Erupts in Nearby Spiral GalaxyJupiter aligns with distant Uranus before it exits the evening sky as a bright supernova flares in the southern galaxy NGC 3621.... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 17, 2024 - 5:08 am
- Jupiter Meets Uranus in Twilight; Supernova Erupts in Nearby Spiral GalaxyJupiter aligns with distant Uranus before it exits the evening sky as a bright supernova flares in the southern galaxy NGC 3621.... Read more »Source: Explore the Night with Bob King – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 17, 2024 - 5:08 am
- 'Nanostitches' enable lighter and tougher composite materialsIn an approach they call 'nanostitching,' engineers used carbon nanotubes to prevent cracking in multilayered composites. The advance could lead to next-generation... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 17, 2024 - 1:46 am
- NASA’s VIPER Gets Its Head and NeckA team of engineers lifts the mast into place atop of NASA’s VIPER robotic Moon rover in a clean room at NASA’s... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 16, 2024 - 6:44 pm
- No gamma rays seen coming from nearby supernovaA nearby supernova in 2023 offered astrophysicists an excellent opportunity to test ideas about how these types of explosions boost particles, called... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 16, 2024 - 4:53 pm
- Most massive stellar black hole in our galaxy foundAstronomers have identified the most massive stellar black hole yet discovered in the Milky Way galaxy. This black hole was spotted in... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 16, 2024 - 3:59 pm
- How Pluto got its heartThe mystery of how Pluto got a giant heart-shaped feature on its surface has finally been solved by an international team of... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 15, 2024 - 8:37 pm
- Seeing the Solar Eclipse from 223,000 Miles AwayThis spectacular image showing the Moon’s shadow on Earth’s surface was acquired during a 20-second period starting at 2:59 p.m. EDT (18:59:19... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 15, 2024 - 6:50 pm
- Physicists solve puzzle about ancient galaxy found by Webb telescopePhysicists solve a puzzle linked to JWST-ER1g, a massive ancient galaxy that formed when the universe was just a quarter of its... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 15, 2024 - 3:04 pm
- Physicists solve puzzle about ancient galaxy found by Webb telescopePhysicists solve a puzzle linked to JWST-ER1g, a massive ancient galaxy that formed when the universe was just a quarter of its... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 13, 2024 - 12:37 am
- The First Space ShuttleThe new era in space flight began on April 12, 1981. That is when the first Space Shuttle mission (STS-1) was launched.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 12, 2024 - 5:38 pm
- Brightest gamma-ray burst of all time came from the collapse of a massive starIn 2022, astronomers discovered the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) of all time. Now, astronomers confirm that a 'normal' supernova, the telltale sign... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 12, 2024 - 3:34 pm
- Stellar winds of three sun-like stars detected for the first timeAn international research team has for the first time directly detected stellar winds from three Sun-like stars by recording the X-ray emission... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 12, 2024 - 3:34 pm
- Exoplanets true to sizeA star's magnetic field must be considered in order to correctly determine the characteristics of exoplanets from observations by space telescopes such... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 12, 2024 - 3:33 pm
- EarthCARE mission card with taglineEarthCARE: cloud and aerosol mission... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: April 12, 2024 - 1:10 pm
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 12 – 21Jupiter is easy to spot, shining low in the west at nightfall. Near it are Uranus and Comet Pons-Brooks, tougher catches that... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 12, 2024 - 8:26 am
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 12 – 21Jupiter is easy to spot, shining low in the west at nightfall. Near it are Uranus and Comet Pons-Brooks, tougher catches that... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 12, 2024 - 8:26 am
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 12 – 21Jupiter is easy to spot, shining low in the west at nightfall. Near it are Uranus and Comet Pons-Brooks, tougher catches that... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 12, 2024 - 8:26 am
- Beautiful nebula, violent history: Clash of stars solves stellar mysteryWhen astronomers looked at a stellar pair at the heart of a stunning cloud of gas and dust, they were in for... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 11, 2024 - 8:59 pm
- Twinkle twinkle baby star, 'sneezes' tell us how you areResearchers have found that baby stars discharge plumes of gas, dust, and magnetic flux from their protostellar disk. The protostellar disk that... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 11, 2024 - 5:02 pm
- The hidden role of the Milky Way in ancient Egyptian mythologyAstrophysicists shed light on the relationship between the Milky Way and the Egyptian sky-goddess Nut. The paper draws on ancient Egyptian texts... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 10, 2024 - 10:11 pm
- Study shedding new light on Earth's global carbon cycle could help assess liveability of other planetsResearch has uncovered important new insights into the evolution of oxygen, carbon, and other vital elements over the entire history of Earth... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 10, 2024 - 3:27 pm
- Seeing TotalityA total solar eclipse is seen in Dallas, Texas on Monday, April 8, 2024. A total solar eclipse swept across a narrow... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 9, 2024 - 4:27 pm
- The Totality Experience: S&T’s Eclipse StoriesWith Sky & Telescope’s editors and writers scattered across the eclipse path, we have dozens of stories to share. Here are a... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 9, 2024 - 2:35 pm
- Inexplicable flying fox found in Hydra galaxy clusterHigh sensitivity radio observations have discovered a cloud of magnetized plasma in the Hydra galaxy cluster. The odd location and shape of... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 8, 2024 - 5:08 pm
- How the moon turned itself inside outLinking analyses of the moon's gravity field with models of its earliest evolution, scientists tell a story of the moon turning itself... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 8, 2024 - 5:06 pm
- Climate change threatens Antarctic meteoritesAntarctica harbors a large concentration of meteorites imbuing the icy continent with an unparalleled wealth of information on our solar system. However,... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 8, 2024 - 5:06 pm
- Telescope detects unprecedented behavior from nearby magnetarCaptured by cutting-edge radio telescope technology, a chance reactivation of a magnetar -- the Universe's most powerful magnets -- has revealed an... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 8, 2024 - 5:01 pm
- Line up Markarian’s ChainMarkarian’s Chain is a string of bright Virgo Cluster galaxies straddling the Virgo/Coma border. ... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: April 8, 2024 - 9:01 am
- Astronauts Protect Their Eyes with Eclipse GlassesNASA astronauts Stephen Bowen, left, Frank Rubio, Warren Hoburg, and UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, right, pose for a photo... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 5, 2024 - 5:46 pm
- Chemical reactions can scramble quantum information as well as black holesA team of researchers has shown that molecules can be as formidable at scrambling quantum information as black holes by combining mathematical... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 5, 2024 - 5:05 pm
- Neutron stars are key to understanding elusive dark matterScientists may be one step closer to unlocking one of the great mysteries of the universe after calculating that neutron stars might... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 5, 2024 - 5:04 pm
- Astronomy: How do brown dwarfs form?New observations provide insights into whether the birth of the giant planets takes a similar course to that of stars.... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 5, 2024 - 5:04 pm
- CHEOPS detects a 'rainbow' on an exoplanetThe CHEOPS space telescope is providing new information on the mysterious exoplanet WASP-76b. This ultra-hot giant is characterized by an asymmetry between... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 5, 2024 - 5:04 pm
- 11 Things to Take With You the Day of the Solar EclipseYou might have your eclipse-viewing plans all worked out, but have you thought about all the other things you might need? The... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 5, 2024 - 3:00 pm
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 5 – 14Venus and Jupiter may shine through the blue sky during the April 8th solar eclipse even if the eclipse for you is... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 5, 2024 - 9:07 am
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 5 – 14Venus and Jupiter may shine through the blue sky during the April 8th solar eclipse even if the eclipse for you is... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 5, 2024 - 9:07 am
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 5 – 14Venus and Jupiter may shine through the blue sky during the April 8th solar eclipse even if the eclipse for you is... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 5, 2024 - 9:07 am
- Stellar collisions produce strange, zombie-like survivorsDensely packed, fast-moving stars at the Milky Way's center can collide with each other. New research uses simulations to explore the outcomes... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 4, 2024 - 11:07 pm
- Exobiology Deputy Branch Chief Melissa Kirven-Brooks“… I've just seen such tremendous things happen since I've been part of the Astrobiology Program, and that's why I'm pretty confident... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 4, 2024 - 4:09 pm
- First results from DESI make the most precise measurement of our expanding universeResearchers have used the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument to make the largest 3D map of our universe and world-leading measurements of dark... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 4, 2024 - 3:35 pm
- Where to Watch the Total Solar Eclipse OnlineWatch the total solar eclipse — alongside interviews with scientists and astronauts — with these livestreams. The post Where to Watch the... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 4, 2024 - 12:00 pm
- NASA's Webb probes an extreme starburst galaxyA team of astronomers has used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to survey the starburst galaxy Messier 82 (M82). Located 12 million... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 3, 2024 - 9:10 pm
- Carving a PathWhat looks like highways going through a metropolitan area are actually a series of glaciers carving their way through the Karakoram mountain... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 3, 2024 - 6:25 pm
- First results from BREAD experiment demonstrate a new approach to searching for dark matterOne of the great mysteries of modern science is dark matter. We know dark matter exists thanks to its effects on other... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 2, 2024 - 11:26 pm
- A Home for Astronauts around the MoonThe primary structure of the Gateway space station's HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost) module is one step closer to launch following welding... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 2, 2024 - 7:12 pm
- Chasing lunar shadowsThere’s so much that the Moon offers to an observer armed with just modest instrumentation and the unaided eye. Here’s some of... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: April 2, 2024 - 11:45 am
- Safety First!Safety is important, no matter where you're viewing the eclipse. NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station show off their eclipse glasses,... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 1, 2024 - 5:05 pm
- mp3April Podcast: Planets in TransitionApril’s evening skies offer plenty of stars to check out. However, aside from Jupiter low in the west, planets are in short... Read more »Source: Sky Tour Astronomy Podcast – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 1, 2024 - 6:00 am
- mp3April Podcast: Planets in TransitionApril’s evening skies offer plenty of stars to check out. However, aside from Jupiter low in the west, planets are in short... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 1, 2024 - 6:00 am
- International Space Station Program Deputy Chief Scientist Meghan Everett“One of my cornerstone pinnacles [is], ‘Show up to work [and] life with integrity and intent.’ So, accomplish your goals with integrity,... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 29, 2024 - 2:55 pm
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, March 29 – April 7What? You say you're bored? The evening sky is moonless, the two Dog Stars align vertically, the Big Dipper dumps into the... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: March 29, 2024 - 9:04 am
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, March 29 – April 7What? You say you're bored? The evening sky is moonless, the two Dog Stars align vertically, the Big Dipper dumps into the... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: March 29, 2024 - 9:04 am
- Mariner 7 Goes to MarsAn Atlas-Centaur launched at 5:22 p.m. EST on March 27, 1969, to send Mariner 7 on its way to Mars. Mariner 7... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 28, 2024 - 4:53 pm
- Unlocking supernova stardust secretsNew research has discovered a rare dust particle trapped in an ancient extra-terrestrial meteorite that was formed by a star other than... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: March 28, 2024 - 3:10 pm
- ALMA finds new molecular signposts in starburst galaxyThe ALMA radio telescope has detected more than 100 molecular species, including many indicative of different star formation and evolution processes, in... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: March 28, 2024 - 3:10 pm
- Long-period oscillations control the Sun's differential rotationThe interior of the Sun does not rotate at the same rate at all latitudes. The physical origin of this differential rotation... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: March 27, 2024 - 10:25 pm
- Astronomers conduct first search for forming planets with new space telescopePlanets form in disks of dust and gas called protoplanetary disks that whirl around a central protostar during its final assembly.... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: March 27, 2024 - 7:49 pm
- Persistent hiccups in a far-off galaxy draw astronomers to new black hole behaviorAstronomers have found that a previously quiet black hole, which sits at the center of a galaxy about 800 million light years... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: March 27, 2024 - 7:49 pm
- Astronomers unveil strong magnetic fields spiraling at the edge of Milky Way's central black holeA new image from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration has uncovered strong and organized magnetic fields spiraling from the edge of... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: March 27, 2024 - 4:46 pm
- Distant 'space snowman' unlocks mystery of how some dormant deep space objects become 'ice bombs'Researchers found that the double-lobed object, which is officially named Kuiper Belt Object 486958 Arrokoth and resembles a snowman, may have ancient... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: March 27, 2024 - 4:46 pm
- Turbulence within solar transients imagedScientists captured images showing the development of turbulence as a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) interacted with the ambient solar wind in the... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: March 27, 2024 - 4:45 pm
- 'Cosmic cannibals' expel jets into space at 40 percent the speed of lightAstronomers have measured the speed of fast-moving jets in space, crucial to star formation and the distribution of elements needed for life.... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: March 27, 2024 - 4:34 pm
- Sending “Water” to EuropaNASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will carry a special message when it launches in October 2024 and heads toward Jupiter's moon Europa. The... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 27, 2024 - 3:57 pm
- What Will We See in the Sky During Totality?Most of our time will be focused on Sun during the minutes of totality on April 8th, but consider tearing yourself away... Read more »Source: Explore the Night with Bob King – Sky & Telescope | Published: March 27, 2024 - 2:58 pm
- Sleeping supermassive black holes awakened briefly by shredded starsAstronomers have concluded that an obscure class of galaxies known as Compact Symmetric Objects, or CSOs, are not young as previously thought... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: March 26, 2024 - 9:01 pm
- CADRE Rovers’ Test Drive in the Mars YardTwo full-scale development model rovers that are part of NASA's CADRE (Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration) technology demonstration drive in the Mars... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 26, 2024 - 7:43 pm
- Tiniest 'starquake' ever detectedAn orange dwarf star has yielded the tiniest 'starquakes' ever recorded, measured by an international team of scientists.... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: March 26, 2024 - 2:39 pm
- Scientists on the hunt for evidence of quantum gravity's existence at the South PoleAn Antarctic large-scale experiment is striving to find out if gravity also exists at the quantum level. An extraordinary particle able to... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: March 26, 2024 - 2:38 pm
- Hubble Views a Galaxy Under PressureThis NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows LEDA 42160, a galaxy about 52 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo. The... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 25, 2024 - 3:30 pm
- Focus on Messier 106Spiral galaxy Messier 106 in Canes Venatici faces stiff competition there but remains one of the northern sky’s best . ... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: March 25, 2024 - 3:04 pm
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, March 22 – 31The full Moon will go through a penumbral eclipse. Comet Pons-Brooks nears its best showing in early evening. And as Mercury fades... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: March 22, 2024 - 9:03 am
- A Tranquil SunriseA fast boat is seen at sunrise after the landing of SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft a few hours earlier in the Gulf... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 21, 2024 - 4:47 pm
- Ocean Worlds Planetary Scientist Dr. Lynnae Quick"I've come a long way from thinking, 'Well, I did this whole dissertation on geysers, what it would take for them to... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 20, 2024 - 3:07 pm
- Gemini VI Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford and Walter M. Schirra Jr.Gemini VI astronauts Thomas P. Stafford (left), pilot, and Walter M. Schirra Jr., command pilot, are shown during suiting up exercises at... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 19, 2024 - 2:29 pm
- St. Patrick's Aurora Illuminates the Night SkyThis majestic image of the dazzling green lights of the aurora borealis was captured on March 17, 2015, around 5:30 a.m. EDT... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 15, 2024 - 5:53 pm
- Inspect impressive Mare ImbriumIn and around the vast Imbrium Basin is a very fertile area for lunar observers. For our Imbrium expedition let’s zero in... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: March 15, 2024 - 2:02 pm
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, March 15 – 24Mercury emerges in the sunset, far lower right of brighter Jupiter. And don't just arc to Arcturus and speed to Spica —... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: March 15, 2024 - 9:07 am
- Celebrating Pi Day on the International Space StationNASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Stephen Bowen holds a small pie that is festively decorated in commemoration of Pi Day... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 14, 2024 - 6:47 pm
- Apollo 9 Crew Comes HomeImmediately after splashdown, a recovery helicopter from the USS Guadalcanal hovers over the Apollo 9 spacecraft. Still inside the Command Module are... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 13, 2024 - 6:47 pm
- M95 & M96: A close galaxy pairing in LeoSpiral galaxies Messier 95 and 96 are Leo’s second great Messier duo, after Messier 65 and 66. ... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: March 13, 2024 - 4:15 pm
- Is Betelgeuse Fading Again?Betelgeuse has dipped nearly half a magnitude since late January. Could it be headed for another Great Dimming Event? We also take... Read more »Source: Explore the Night with Bob King – Sky & Telescope | Published: March 13, 2024 - 2:39 pm
- NASA Astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara Read First WomanExpedition 70 Flight Engineers (from left) Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O'Hara, both NASA astronauts, are pictured inside the International Space Station's cupola... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 12, 2024 - 6:03 pm
- Moon and Sun Over WyomingThe Moon is seen passing in front of the Sun at the point of the maximum of the partial solar eclipse near... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 11, 2024 - 5:53 pm
- Martian Barchan DunesThis image shows two types of sand dunes on Mars. The small dots are called barchan dunes, and from their shape we... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 8, 2024 - 7:17 pm
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, March 8 – 17The Moon sidles up to bold Jupiter, then the delicate Pleiades, then the Castor and Pollux twins. Arcturus, ascending in the east,... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: March 8, 2024 - 10:02 am
- Como Fotografiar el Eclipse Con un SmartphoneAntes de intentar fotografiar el eclipse con su smartphone, lea el consejo de estos expertos. The post Como Fotografiar el Eclipse Con... Read more »Source: Resources and Education – Sky & Telescope | Published: March 7, 2024 - 10:14 pm
- Apollo 9 Astronaut David Scott’s SpacewalkExcellent view of the docked Apollo 9 command and service modules (CSM) and lunar module (LM), with Earth in the background, during... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 7, 2024 - 5:42 pm
- Qué Buscar y Cuándo Durante un Eclipse Solar TotalLos fenómenos astronómicos y terrestres que no se debe perder durante el eclipse solar total del 8 de abril de 2024. The... Read more »Source: Resources and Education – Sky & Telescope | Published: March 6, 2024 - 8:10 pm
- NASA’s Newest AstronautsNASA newest class of astronauts, selected in 2021, graduate during a ceremony on March 5, 2024, at the at the agency’s Johnson... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 6, 2024 - 3:46 pm
- Women of NASA Langley Research CenterIn honor of Women’s History Month 2024 and those who paved the way for them, hundreds of female staff – from artists... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 4, 2024 - 6:54 pm
- Hubble Uncovers a Celestial FossilThis densely populated group of stars is the globular cluster NGC 1841, which is part of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 1, 2024 - 5:47 pm
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, March 1 – 9It's early March, so the Winter Triangle balances on Sirius after dark. The Gemini twins float high across the meridian. Leo jumps... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: March 1, 2024 - 9:43 am
- mp3March Podcast: A Barely-There Lunar EclipseAs told in the latest episode of our long-running Sky Tour astronomy podcast, this month it’ll be challenging to a special kind... Read more »Source: Sky Tour Astronomy Podcast – Sky & Telescope | Published: March 1, 2024 - 6:17 am
- Odysseus Lands on the MoonFollowing a launch on Feb. 15, Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lander touched down in the Moon’s south polar region on Feb. 22 and... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: February 29, 2024 - 6:32 pm
- Atmospheric Science Branch Chief Dr. Charles Gatebe"Anyone you see on the streets, their color or background doesn't matter; we all come into this world the same way. You're... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: February 28, 2024 - 6:34 pm
- Fuzzy Glows: See Zodiacal Light, Gegenschein, Airglow, and AuroraeFind time this season to set aside your telescope and seek the night sky's ghostly glows. The post Fuzzy Glows: See Zodiacal... Read more »Source: Explore the Night with Bob King – Sky & Telescope | Published: February 28, 2024 - 4:38 pm
- A Splash of PinkA female (left) and a male roseate spoonbill get together near the tall grasses at the edge of a pond in the... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: February 27, 2024 - 6:26 pm
- Cómos y Porqués De Los Eclipses SolaresConviértase en un experto en eclipses para familiares y amigos en un par de minutos The post Cómos y Porqués De Los... Read more »Source: Resources and Education – Sky & Telescope | Published: February 26, 2024 - 9:46 pm
- ¿Qué es la Eclíptica?La eclíptica, dicho de manera simple, es el plano de la órbita de la Tierra alrededor del Sol. The post ¿Qué es... Read more »Source: Resources and Education – Sky & Telescope | Published: February 26, 2024 - 9:45 pm
- Explore Puppis’ Messier cluster trioPuppis is rich in open clusters, including the Messier trio of M46, M47 and M93.... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: February 26, 2024 - 5:28 pm
- NASA, Partners Test Artemis II Recovery ProceduresMembers of NASA’s Exploration Ground System’s Landing and Recovery team and partners from the Department of Defense aboard the USS San Diego... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: February 26, 2024 - 5:28 pm
- Hubble Views an Active Star-Forming GalaxyThis NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features IC 3476, a dwarf galaxy that lies about 54 million light-years from Earth in the... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: February 23, 2024 - 9:16 pm
- Shanghai from SpaceThe city lights of Shanghai, the most populous city in China with a population of about 24.9 million, and the Huangpu River... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: February 22, 2024 - 6:06 pm
- Studying Arctic IceOn July 12, 2011, crew from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy retrieved a canister dropped by parachute from a C-130, which... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: February 21, 2024 - 8:01 pm
- Former Deputy Program Manager Dr. Camille Alleyne"You must have grit, resilience, courage, and strength. I'm able to really share all the wisdom and the lessons I've learned throughout... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: February 20, 2024 - 6:11 pm
- Signing Our NamesThe Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis II mission received its latest makeover. Teams adhered the agency’s iconic “worm” logo and ESA (European... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: February 16, 2024 - 7:17 pm
- Intuitive Machines Launches to the MoonA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: February 15, 2024 - 7:57 pm
- Winter's Finest Triple StarsDouble stars are wonderful, but triples are terrific! Here are 16 trios to enjoy the next clear night. The post Winter's Finest... Read more »Source: Explore the Night with Bob King – Sky & Telescope | Published: February 14, 2024 - 7:10 pm
- A Floridian SunsetPhotographers at NASA capture the sunset on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, near the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: February 14, 2024 - 5:39 pm
- NGC 4254 (Webb Image)It’s oh-so-easy to be mesmerized by this spiral galaxy. Follow its clearly defined arms, which are brimming with stars, to its center,... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: February 13, 2024 - 6:22 pm
- Astronaut Charles Bolden Preps for DeorbitSTS-60 commander Charles F. Bolden is seen at the commander's station on the forward flight deck of the space shuttle Discovery. He... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: February 12, 2024 - 7:36 pm
- Astronaut Bob Hines"... Being able to see the world from a different perspective is incredible, and getting to fly in space was the culmination... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: February 9, 2024 - 7:25 pm
- Skylab 4 Recovery Ends ProgramThe crewmen of the third and final manned Skylab mission relax on the USS New Orleans, prime recovery ship for their mission,... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: February 8, 2024 - 4:33 pm
- Astronaut Bruce McCandless Performs the First Untethered SpacewalkAstronaut Bruce McCandless II approaches his maximum distance from the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Challenger in this 70mm frame photographed by his fellow... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: February 7, 2024 - 7:17 pm
- First Artemis Moon Crew Trains for Return to EarthNASA astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman exits the side of a mockup of the Orion spacecraft during a training exercise... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: February 6, 2024 - 7:24 pm
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