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Celebrate World Oceans Day on June 8, 2023
World Oceans Day has been celebrated since 1992. It's a day to raise awareness about how we're connected to the oceans and... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: June 8, 2023 - 9:00 am - ●
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission — Live updates
Read the latest news about NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.... Read more »Source: Space | Published: June 8, 2023 - 8:29 am - ●
25 years of Copernicus
Video: 00:05:05 25 years ago, Copernicus set out to transform the way we see our planet. It is the largest environmental monitoring... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: June 8, 2023 - 7:00 am - Video●
NASA’s Europa Clipper Taking “Message in a Bottle” to Jupiter
NASA believes in getting the public excited about space, and they’re carrying on this tradition by recently announcing that space fans from... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: June 8, 2023 - 2:01 am Is it Time for a New Definition of “Habitable?”
Things tend to move from the simple to the complex when you’re trying to understand something new. This is the situation exoplanet... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: June 7, 2023 - 11:11 pmMissed the Mars Livestream? Here's the Video
When a mission to Mars reaches 20 years of service, that’s definitely reason to celebrate. ESA’s Mars Express celebrated by airing the... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: June 7, 2023 - 9:46 pmJWST Shows How the Early Universe Was Furiously Forming Stars
We can gaze out into regions in our neighbourhood of the Milky Way and find orgies of star birth. The closest region... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: June 7, 2023 - 9:18 pm- Video
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts, lava pools on crater floor
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park erupted on June 7, 2023. Pools of lava are filling the pit crater. Watch... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: June 7, 2023 - 8:24 pm Earth's highest, coldest, rarest clouds are back. How to see the eerie 'noctilucent clouds' this summer.
Look North as the stars appear in June and July to have a chance of seeing rare noctilucent (or 'night-shining') clouds with... Read more »Source: Space | Published: June 7, 2023 - 8:17 pmJames Webb Space Telescope spots faintest galaxy yet in the infant universe (photo)
Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have confirmed the faintest galaxy yet seen in the early universe, a curious object that... Read more »Source: Space | Published: June 7, 2023 - 7:00 pmSatellite photos show US East Coast engulfed by smoke from Canadian wildfires
The U.S. Northeast woke up to a "horribly smoky day" on Wednesday (June 7) as a low-pressure system funnels toxic smoke from... Read more »Source: Space | Published: June 7, 2023 - 6:30 pmNASA Awards $5 Million to Women’s Colleges Tackling STEM Gender Gap
As part of a Biden/Harris initiative, NASA will award more than $5 million in funding to seven Women’s Colleges and Universities (WCUs)... Read more »Source: NASA Breaking News | Published: June 7, 2023 - 5:56 pmULA test-fires new Vulcan Centaur rocket on the launch pad for 1st time (video)
United Launch Alliance's next-generation Vulcan Centaur rocket took a big step toward its debut launch, acing a crucial engine firing today (June... Read more »Source: Space | Published: June 7, 2023 - 5:48 pmBest evidence yet for second supermassive black hole orbiting more massive companion
Emissions from a supermassive black hole orbiting a much more massive hole at the heart of a brilliant quasar have finally been... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: June 7, 2023 - 5:37 pmGemini North back in action in spectacular fashion after mirror repair, recoating
Back in action after its primary mirror was repaired and recoated, the Gemini North Telescope captures a spectacular view of a just-discovered... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: June 7, 2023 - 4:45 pmNASA Invites Media to View Asteroid Sample Recovery Rehearsal
NASA invites media to attend the first major asteroid sample recovery rehearsal for its OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security... Read more »Source: NASA Breaking News | Published: June 7, 2023 - 4:32 pmDusty, green webbing shows how stars form in NGC 5068
A far cry from the beautiful wide-field shots of barred spiral NGC 5068 you may be used to seeing, the the mossy... Read more »Source: Astronomy Magazine | Published: June 7, 2023 - 4:30 pmOwen Jay Gingerich, 1930–2023
Owen Jay Gingerich, well-known historian of astronomy and contributor to Sky & Telescope for more than half a century, died on May... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: June 7, 2023 - 4:10 pmParker Solar Probe peers into coronal hole, sees source of solar wind
The Parker Solar Probe has looked into a coronal hole, helping to identify the source of the fast solar wind as magnetic... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: June 7, 2023 - 4:02 pmCrew-5 Visits NASA Headquarters
On June 5, 2023, Crew-5 astronauts Josh Cassada (left) and Nicole A. Mann (second from left) of NASA, and Japan Aerospace Exploration... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: June 7, 2023 - 3:23 pmNASA's sun-kissing Parker Solar Probe finds source of 'fast' solar wind
Using data collected by NASA's sun-touching Parker Solar Probe, scientists have tracked the "fast" solar wind back to showerhead-like funnels generated by... Read more »Source: Space | Published: June 7, 2023 - 3:01 pmHow I learned to 'walk on the moon' while flying at 30,000 feet on a stomach-churning airplane ride (video)
Parabolic flights produce reduced gravity by following a wild trajectory of steep climbs and nerve-racking dives. The experience is out of this... Read more »Source: Space | Published: June 7, 2023 - 3:00 pmSLS Could Launch a Sample Return Mission to Phobos and Deimos
NASA’s next colossal rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), recently had its first successful flight back in November after years of development.... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: June 7, 2023 - 2:56 pmLearn all about the constellation Ara the Altar
The constellation ARA (pronounced AIR-uh) the Altar was one of the “original” constellations of the Greeks. It appeared in Phaenomena, a 3rd-century-b.c.... Read more »Source: Astronomy Magazine | Published: June 7, 2023 - 2:30 pmJames Webb Space Telescope Uncovers Hundreds of Galaxies in Early Universe
In the JWST version of the Hubble Deep Field, astronomers are discovering what galactic life was like in the earliest years of... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: June 7, 2023 - 2:15 pm'The Expanse' actor Cara Gee talks playing Drummer again in the upcoming The Expanse: A Telltale Series (Exclusive)
Cara Gee took some time out of her busy belting schedule to talk to us about working on the upcoming The Expanse:... Read more »Source: Space | Published: June 7, 2023 - 2:00 pmNicolas Bobrinsky on space safety | ESA Masterclass
Video: 00:13:21 Satellites in orbit underpin our modern lives. They are used in many areas and disciplines, including space science, Earth observation,... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: June 7, 2023 - 2:00 pm25 times Copernicus made the headlines
Twenty-five years ago, Copernicus set out to transform the way we see our planet. Now, well established as the largest environmental monitoring... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: June 7, 2023 - 1:55 pmFirst Mars livestream: the movie
Image: First Mars livestream: the movie... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: June 7, 2023 - 12:50 pmNASA Opens Applications for Artifact Program to Museums, Schools, More
Eligible schools, universities, museums, libraries, and planetariums interested in receiving historic NASA objects for their STEM programs have until Friday, June 30,... Read more »Source: NASA Breaking News | Published: June 7, 2023 - 12:19 pmDark matter atoms may form shadowy galaxies with rapid star formation
Dark matter, the invisible material that makes up the vast majority of the universe's mass, may collect itself to form atoms, a... Read more »Source: Space | Published: June 7, 2023 - 12:00 pmGlimpse 45,000 baby galaxies in the early universe
A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope captured more than 45,000 baby galaxies, at a time when our universe was... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: June 7, 2023 - 11:49 amSun activity: CME arrival delayed, 2 more CME blasts
June 7, 2023, sun activity. Two explosions fired ejecta into space. The expected arrival of the June 4 CME was delayed to... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: June 7, 2023 - 11:40 am- Video
Visible planets and night sky for June 2023
June's visible planets: Venus and Mars are in the evening sky. Jupiter, Saturn and Mercury are in the morning sky. There will... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: June 7, 2023 - 11:40 am Space pictures! See our image of the day
The U.S. weather forecasting satellite GOES East observes how toxic air pollution from wildfires in Canada spreads southward to the U.S. Northeast.... Read more »Source: Space | Published: June 7, 2023 - 11:34 amCanadian wildfire smoke halts flights in northeastern U.S.
Canadian wildfire smoke pouring across the border is turning skies milky white and bringing poor air quality to the northeastern U.S. The... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: June 7, 2023 - 10:07 amAstraphobia is a fear of thunder and lightning
If your heart starts to race when a thunderstorm comes near, and you want to hide from the thunder and lightning, you... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: June 7, 2023 - 10:00 amNot your average space explosion: Very long baseline array finds classical novae are anything but simple
While studying classical novae using the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), a graduate researcher uncovered evidence the objects... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: June 7, 2023 - 4:41 am20 Years of Mars Express Images Helped Build This Mosaic of the Red Planet
To mark the 20th anniversary of the Mars Express mission, the ESA has released a stunning color mosaic image of Mars. The... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: June 7, 2023 - 12:03 amThere Are Hundreds of Mysterious Filaments at the Center of the Milky Way
Several million years ago, the core of our galaxy experienced a powerful event. It blew out a huge bi-lobed bubble that blasted... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: June 6, 2023 - 10:00 pmNew software shows promise for coping with photobombing satellites
Astronomers develop software to help eliminate streaks marring Hubble Space Telescope images caused by rapidly increasing numbers of Earth-orbiting satellites.... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: June 6, 2023 - 8:54 pmJWST Sees Organic Molecules Ludicrously Far Away
When astronomers used the JWST to look at a galaxy more than 12 billion light years away, they were also looking back... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: June 6, 2023 - 8:54 pmWe Could Soon “Hear” the Gravitational Waves of Dying Stars
Massive, dying stars — behemoths tens of times the Sun's mass — should emit gravitational waves that we can hear with LIGO.... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: June 6, 2023 - 6:12 pmNASA Names Winners of 2023 Student Rocket Launch Competition
NASA announced Tuesday the University of Alabama in Huntsville is the overall winner of the agency’s 2023 Student Launch challenge.... Read more »Source: NASA Breaking News | Published: June 6, 2023 - 6:10 pmA Bloom in Space
This colorful zinnia, shown in an image from Jan. 22, 2016, grew aboard the International Space Station as part of the VEG-01... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: June 6, 2023 - 4:05 pmPsyche on Track for October Launch to Metal-rich Asteroid
After a year's delay, NASA's Psyche mission to the metal-rich asteroid of the same name is on track for a launch in... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: June 6, 2023 - 4:00 pmFirst detection of secondary supermassive black hole in a well-known binary system
An international team of astronomers observed the second one of the two supermassive black holes circling each other in an active galaxy... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: June 6, 2023 - 3:17 pmProposed design could double the efficiency of lightweight solar cells for space-based applications
When it comes to supplying energy for space exploration and settlements, commonly available solar cells made of silicon or gallium arsenide are... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: June 6, 2023 - 3:16 pmAirbus Developed a System To Extract Oxygen and Metal From Lunar Regolith
New technologies utilizing material found in space are constantly popping up, sometimes from smaller companies and sometimes from larger ones. Back in... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: June 6, 2023 - 2:29 pmSETI looks to Milky Way’s heart for alien signals
A new SETI collaboration is searching for repeating artificial radio signals from alien civilizations in the heart of our Milky Way galaxy.... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: June 6, 2023 - 12:01 pmMysterious Milky Way filaments point to central black hole
Mysterious Milky Way filaments - found by the MeerKAT telescope in South Africa - appear to point to the supermassive black hole... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: June 6, 2023 - 12:00 pmResearchers are Working on a Tractor Beam System for Space
Human technology is crossing another threshold. Tractor beams have been common in science fiction for decades. Now a team of researchers is... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: June 5, 2023 - 10:54 pmWebb Space Telescope detects universe's most distant complex organic molecules
Researchers have detected complex organic molecules in a galaxy more than 12 billion light-years away from Earth -- the most distant galaxy... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: June 5, 2023 - 10:12 pmNASA's Webb Space Telescope peers behind bars
A delicate tracery of dust and bright star clusters threads across this image from the James Webb Space Telescope. The bright tendrils... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: June 5, 2023 - 10:12 pmDying stars' cocoons could be new source of gravitational waves
Although astrophysicists theoretically should be able to detect gravitational waves from a single, non-binary source, they have yet to uncover these elusive... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: June 5, 2023 - 10:12 pmEarly universe crackled with bursts of star formation, Webb shows
Among the most fundamental questions in astronomy is: How did the first stars and galaxies form? NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: June 5, 2023 - 10:11 pmNASA Selects Small Business, Research Teams for Tech Development
NASA will award funding to more than 200 small business teams to develop new technologies designed to protect the health of astronauts,... Read more »Source: NASA Breaking News | Published: June 5, 2023 - 6:39 pmReview Board: NASA-JPL Psyche Progress Outstanding, Launch on Track
Steps taken by NASA, the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California, and Caltech, to put the Psyche mission on track... Read more »Source: NASA Breaking News | Published: June 5, 2023 - 6:13 pmExplore the sky’s Summer Triangle: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher
Hi folks, tune in every week of 2023 for the best in astronomy from Astronomy Editor Dave Eicher, brought to you by... Read more »Source: Astronomy Magazine | Published: June 5, 2023 - 5:26 pmAsk Astro: If gravity is the weakest fundamental force, why is the Sun’s gravity so far-reaching?
If gravity is the weakest of the four fundamental forces, how can the Sun’s gravity affect distant and low-mass objects such as... Read more »Source: Astronomy Magazine | Published: June 5, 2023 - 5:00 pmNASA, SpaceX Launch Solar Arrays, Cargo to Space Station
Following a successful launch of NASA’s SpaceX 28th commercial resupply services mission, two new solar arrays, science investigations, and supplies are on... Read more »Source: NASA Breaking News | Published: June 5, 2023 - 3:44 pmNASA Names New Agency General Counsel
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday the selection of Iris Lan as the agency’s new general counsel, effective immediately. She succeeds Sumara... Read more »Source: NASA Breaking News | Published: June 5, 2023 - 3:06 pmWhere and when to see the October 2023 annular eclipse
On Oct. 14, an annular eclipse will cross the western U.S. from Oregon to Texas. Afterward, it will touch nine additional countries:... Read more »Source: Astronomy Magazine | Published: June 5, 2023 - 2:30 pmNASA Awards Technical Workforce Training Contract
NASA has selected Osi Vision, LLC of San Antonio, to provide program support and course development/delivery for NASA’s Academy of Program/Project &... Read more »Source: NASA Breaking News | Published: June 2, 2023 - 6:14 pmExplore the 10 nearest stars
If you want to study the stars, there’s no better place to start than close to home. After all, the nearest star... Read more »Source: Astronomy Magazine | Published: June 2, 2023 - 4:00 pmEventually everything will evaporate, not only black holes
New theoretical research has shown that Stephen Hawking was likely right about black holes, although not completely. Due to Hawking radiation, black... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: June 2, 2023 - 3:50 pmMysterious dashes revealed in Milky Way's center
In the early 1980s, astronomers discovered gigantic, one-dimensional filaments dangling vertically near Sagittarius A*, our galaxy's central supermassive black hole. Now, astronomers... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: June 2, 2023 - 3:50 pmU.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón Unveils Poem for Europa Clipper
U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón reads her poem for the Europa Clipper mission during an event with NASA, Thursday, June 1, 2023,... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: June 2, 2023 - 3:17 pmThe Sky This Week from June 2 to 9: See a Full Strawberry Moon
Friday, June 2Look west shortly after sunset tonight and you’ll find Mars stealing the show high above the horizon. The Red Planet... Read more »Source: Astronomy Magazine | Published: June 2, 2023 - 2:00 pmWeek in images: 29 May - 02 June 2023
Week in images: 29 May - 02 June 2023 Discover our week through the lens... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: June 2, 2023 - 1:10 pmFlying frying in microgravity
The food we eat determines how we feel, and nothing beats a good fry-up, although in moderation of course. As we prepare... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: June 2, 2023 - 11:38 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, June 2 – 11
Venus shining in the dusk says goodbye to Pollux, hello to Mars. . . which is busy crossing the Beehive Cluster. Arcturus... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: June 2, 2023 - 8:47 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, June 2 – 11
Venus shining in the dusk says goodbye to Pollux, hello to Mars. . . which is busy crossing the Beehive Cluster. Arcturus... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: June 2, 2023 - 8:47 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, June 2 – 11
Venus shining in the dusk says goodbye to Pollux, hello to Mars. . . which is busy crossing the Beehive Cluster. Arcturus... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: June 2, 2023 - 8:47 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, June 2 – 11
Venus shining in the dusk says goodbye to Pollux, hello to Mars. . . which is busy crossing the Beehive Cluster. Arcturus... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: June 2, 2023 - 8:47 amNASA Invites Public to Sign Poem That Will Fly Aboard Europa Clipper
Members of the public are invited to add their names to an original poem dedicated to NASA’s Europa Clipper mission before the... Read more »Source: NASA Breaking News | Published: June 1, 2023 - 8:11 pmAstrophysicists confirm the faintest galaxy ever seen in the early universe
After the Big Bang, the universe expanded and cooled sufficiently for hydrogen atoms to form. In the absence of light from the... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: June 1, 2023 - 7:57 pmNASA TV Executive Producer Rebecca Sirmons
"'NASA for all.' That's something that I think is really important because we are the universe, right? We are made of star... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: June 1, 2023 - 6:01 pmFind a Horizon and Savor the Bending of Light
The full Strawberry Moon on June 3rd invites us to experience the refractive power of Earth's atmosphere. The post Find a Horizon... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: June 1, 2023 - 5:00 pmFind a Horizon and Savor the Bending of Light
The full Strawberry Moon on June 3rd invites us to experience the refractive power of Earth's atmosphere. The post Find a Horizon... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: June 1, 2023 - 5:00 pmFind a Horizon and Savor the Bending of Light
The full Strawberry Moon on June 3rd invites us to experience the refractive power of Earth's atmosphere. The post Find a Horizon... Read more »Source: Explore the Night with Bob King – Sky & Telescope | Published: June 1, 2023 - 5:00 pmNASA Panel Talks Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena
NASA has held its first public meeting with its panel investigating Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena. The panel will publish a full report in... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: June 1, 2023 - 3:47 pmVela supernova remnant in all its glory as seen by ESO’s OmegaCAM
The Vela supernova remnant just 800 light years away shows the awesome aftermath of a Type II supernova that exploded some 11,000... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: June 1, 2023 - 2:41 pmSky This Month: June 2023
Venus reaches its best for the year as an evening object this month. Its brilliance captures attention long after sunset. Meanwhile, Mars... Read more »Source: Astronomy Magazine | Published: June 1, 2023 - 2:30 pmWebb spots vast plume of water vapor spewing from Saturn’s moon Enceladus
Despite the huge distance to its target, the Webb telescope has managed to "see" a vast plume of water vapour jetting from... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: June 1, 2023 - 2:06 pm- mp3
June: Solstice Nights & Summer Sights
June offers the shortest nights of the year for stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere. So count on our monthly Sky Tour podcast... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: June 1, 2023 - 9:12 am - mp3
June: Solstice Nights & Summer Sights
June offers the shortest nights of the year for stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere. So count on our monthly Sky Tour podcast... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: June 1, 2023 - 9:12 am - mp3
June: Solstice Nights & Summer Sights
June offers the shortest nights of the year for stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere. So count on our monthly Sky Tour podcast... Read more »Source: Sky Tour Astronomy Podcast – Sky & Telescope | Published: June 1, 2023 - 9:12 am NIRISS instrument on Webb maps an ultra-hot Jupiter's atmosphere
There's an intriguing exoplanet out there -- 400 light-years out there -- that is so tantalizing that astronomers have been studying it... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 31, 2023 - 7:01 pmUnder pressure: Foundations of stellar physics and nuclear fusion investigated
Research using the world's most energetic laser has shed light on the properties of highly compressed matter -- essential to understanding the... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 31, 2023 - 7:00 pmDoes This Star Cluster Host a Black Hole in Its Core?
The well-known star cluster Messier 4 might have an elusive, midsize black hole hidden at its center, but the evidence isn’t conclusive... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 31, 2023 - 5:45 pmUnited Arab Emirates Announces New Mission to the Asteroid Belt
An ambitious new mission from the United Arab Emirates would fly closely and speedily by seven main-belt asteroids. The post United Arab... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 31, 2023 - 5:26 pmComputer Programmer and Mathematician Josephine Jue
Hired by NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston in 1963, Josephine Jue was a Chinese-American computer programmer and mathematician who worked for... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 31, 2023 - 4:49 pmHow the James Webb telescope is changing astronomy
When an Ariane 5 rocket lifted off from French Guiana on Christmas Day 2021, it carried a cargo of dreams: the James... Read more »Source: Astronomy Magazine | Published: May 31, 2023 - 3:30 pmQuest for alien signals in the heart of the Milky Way takes off
A graduate student is spearheading an extraordinary scientific endeavor -- a groundbreaking mission to uncover periodic signals emanating from the core of... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 30, 2023 - 9:42 pmAstronomers detected two major targets with a single telescope – a mysterious signal and its source galaxy
Marcin Glowacki, Curtin University Astronomers have been working to better understand the galactic environments of fast radio bursts (FRBs) – intense, momentary... Read more »Source: Astronomy Magazine | Published: May 30, 2023 - 8:39 pmVIPER Team Mimics Moon's Surface
By recreating realistic Moon-like environments, we can get a much better idea of how VIPER will perform on the surface.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 30, 2023 - 5:16 pmTowering plume of water escaping from Saturn moon
Scientists have observed a towering plume of water vapor more than 6,000 miles long -- roughly the distance from the U.S. to... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 30, 2023 - 4:54 pmAstronomers discover last three planets Kepler telescope observed before going dark
With the help of citizen scientists, astronomers discovered what may be the last three planets that the Kepler Space Telescope saw before... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 30, 2023 - 4:54 pmTROPICS Prepped to Track Storms
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket stands on Pad B, Launch Complex 1, in Māhia, New Zealand, just ahead of a successful launch... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 30, 2023 - 3:39 pmOne-third of galaxy's most common planets could be in habitable zone
A third of the exoplanets orbiting common M dwarf stars have gentle enough orbits to potentially be in the habitable zone capable... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 29, 2023 - 9:17 pmX-ray emissions from black hole jets vary unexpectedly, challenging leading model of particle acceleration
Black hole jets are known to emit x-rays, but how they accelerate particles to this high-energy state is still a mystery. Surprising... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 29, 2023 - 9:15 pmGalaxy NGC 4565: Coma’s edge-on wonder
It’s quite an accolade for NGC 4565, a stunning edge-on galaxy in Coma Berenices that’s also known as Caldwell 38 and the... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: May 29, 2023 - 11:56 am- Video
Seeing the universe in X-rays, optical and infrared, all at once
New images of two galaxies, a star cluster and the famed "Pillars of Creation" showcase the value of multi-wavelength astronomy when it... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: May 26, 2023 - 7:04 pm Hubble Captures a Drifting Galaxy
The jellyfish galaxy JW39 hangs serenely in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 26, 2023 - 11:00 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, May 26 – June 4
Venus starts the week under Pollux and Castor, then lines up with them. Nearby, Mars steps on the Beehive. In the south... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 26, 2023 - 9:24 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, May 26 – June 4
Venus starts the week under Pollux and Castor, then lines up with them. Nearby, Mars steps on the Beehive. In the south... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 26, 2023 - 9:24 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, May 26 – June 4
Venus starts the week under Pollux and Castor, then lines up with them. Nearby, Mars steps on the Beehive. In the south... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 26, 2023 - 9:24 amThe search for habitable planets expands
Astronomers are suggesting a new way to expand the search for habitable planets that takes into account a zone not previously considered:... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 25, 2023 - 6:15 pmAstronomers discover a key planetary system to understand the formation mechanism of the mysterious 'super-Earths'
A study presents the detection of a system of two planets slightly larger than Earth orbiting a cold star in a synchronized... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 25, 2023 - 6:14 pmNew study provides novel insights into the cosmic evolution of amino acids
All biological amino acids on Earth appear exclusively in their left-handed form, but the reason underlying this observation is elusive. Recently, scientists... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 25, 2023 - 6:13 pmHelium nuclei research advances our understanding of cosmic ray origin and propagation
The latest observations from Low Earth Orbit with the International Space Station provide further evidence of spectral hardening and softening of cosmic... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 25, 2023 - 6:13 pmStrategic Partnerships Manager Anita Dey
"If I can advocate for all the groups that need equity, I'm glad to do it." – Anita Dey, Strategic Partnerships Manager,... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 24, 2023 - 5:20 pmWhistling Through the Wildflowers
Two black-bellied whistling ducks walk through a field of wildflowers at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 19, 2023.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 24, 2023 - 4:08 pmSpaceX Dragon Crew Ship Approaches the International Space Station
The SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft, named Freedom, is seen as it approaches the International Space Station with four Axiom Mission 2 private... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 23, 2023 - 6:18 pmA deep underground lab could hold key to habitability on Mars
Tunnels deep underground in North Yorkshire are providing a unique opportunity to study how humans might be able to live and operate... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 23, 2023 - 4:38 pmNASA's Hubble hunts for intermediate-sized black hole close to home
Astronomers have come up with what they say is some of their best evidence yet for the presence of a rare class... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 23, 2023 - 4:36 pmElement creation in the lab deepens understanding of surface explosions on neutron stars
Scientists working in the lab have produced a signature nuclear reaction that occurs on the surface of a neutron star gobbling mass... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 23, 2023 - 4:36 pmCall on the Coma Star Cluster
Melotte III is a sprawling open cluster that can be spotted with the naked eye tucked away in far north-west of Coma... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: May 23, 2023 - 3:05 pmSearching for hidden black holes in the hearts of densely-packed globular clusters
Some tightly-packed globular clusters show signs of unseen black holes affecting the movements of their stars. Astronomers are using the Hubble Space... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: May 23, 2023 - 12:21 pmEruption of Tonga underwater volcano found to disrupt satellite signals halfway around the world
Researchers found that the Hunga-Tonga eruption was associated with the formation of an equatorial plasma bubble in the ionosphere, a phenomenon associated... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 22, 2023 - 5:13 pmBright Supernova Blazes in M101, the Pinwheel Galaxy
A supergiant star exploded as a supernova in the prominent galaxy M101 in Ursa Major. It's now bright enough to see in... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 22, 2023 - 2:50 pmBright Supernova Blazes in M101, the Pinwheel Galaxy
A supergiant star exploded as a supernova in the prominent galaxy M101 in Ursa Major. It's now bright enough to see in... Read more »Source: Explore the Night with Bob King – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 22, 2023 - 2:50 pmBaby Stars in the Orion Constellation
Scores of baby stars shrouded by dust are revealed in this infrared image of the star-forming region NGC 2174.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 22, 2023 - 1:29 pmAn X-ray look at the heart of powerful quasars
Researchers have observed the X-ray emission of the most luminous quasar seen in the last 9 billion years of cosmic history, known... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 19, 2023 - 2:45 pmHubble Peers into a Glistening Star Cluster
The densely packed globular cluster NGC 6325 glistens in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 19, 2023 - 11:00 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, May 19 – 28
As Venus and Mars move toward each other in the western dusk, Venus brightens and Mars shrinks — just like they always... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 19, 2023 - 9:17 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, May 19 – 28
As Venus and Mars move toward each other in the western dusk, Venus brightens and Mars shrinks — just like they always... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 19, 2023 - 9:17 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, May 19 – 28
As Venus and Mars move toward each other in the western dusk, Venus brightens and Mars shrinks — just like they always... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 19, 2023 - 9:17 amU.S. Senate Members Meet the Crew of Artemis II
The four astronauts who will fly around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II visited Washington on Wednesday, May 17, to discuss their... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 18, 2023 - 3:39 pmLaguna San Rafael National Park Viewed from the Space Station
Laguna San Rafael National Park, photographed on May 9, 2023 as the space station orbited 268 miles above Chile.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 17, 2023 - 5:12 pmRadio signal reveals supernova origin
Astronomers reveal the origin of a thermonuclear supernova explosion. Strong emission lines of helium and the first detection of such a supernova... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 17, 2023 - 4:21 pmNASA's Spitzer, TESS find potentially volcano-covered Earth-size world
Astronomers have discovered an Earth-size exoplanet, or world beyond our solar system, that may be carpeted with volcanoes. Called LP 791-18 d,... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 17, 2023 - 4:20 pmAustralia's Hybrid Solar Eclipse: Capturing the Chromosphere
A veteran eclipse-chaser found himself in a “hurry-up offense” on a tiny, uninhabited island during the April 2023 hybrid solar eclipse. The... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 17, 2023 - 12:00 pmMoon Over the Southern Atlantic
The waxing gibbous Moon stands out against the stark darkness of space on May 3, 2023.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 16, 2023 - 3:33 pmSee the Moon-Jupiter Trifecta: Conjunction, Occultation, and Double-Shadow Transit
The May 17th dawn pairing of Jupiter and the Moon may be one of the most amazing conjunctions you'll ever see. The... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 16, 2023 - 2:26 pmSee the Moon-Jupiter Trifecta: Conjunction, Occultation, and Double-Shadow Transit
The May 17th dawn pairing of Jupiter and the Moon may be one of the most amazing conjunctions you'll ever see. The... Read more »Source: Explore the Night with Bob King – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 16, 2023 - 2:26 pmAstronomers observe the first radiation belt seen outside of our solar system
Astronomers have described the first radiation belt observed outside our solar system, using a coordinated array of 39 radio dishes from Hawaii... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 15, 2023 - 5:19 pmHearing and Seeing the Music of the Spheres
Maestro Piotr Gajewski conducts the National Philharmonic in the world premiere performance of Henry Dehlinger’s “Cosmic Cycles,” in this photo from Thursday,... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 15, 2023 - 4:21 pmMake eyes at Messier 64, the Black Eye Galaxy
There are so many bright galaxies to choose from in springtime, but one you definitely shouldn’t miss is the marvellous ‘Black Eye... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: May 15, 2023 - 2:50 pmScientists Confirm: Meteorite Crashed Into New Jersey Home
A rock that crashed through the roof of a house in New Jersey proved to be the real thing — a chunk... Read more »Source: Explore the Night with Bob King – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 15, 2023 - 1:00 pmNew study puts a definitive age on Saturn's rings -- they're really young
Physicists measured the flux of interplanetary dust around Saturn. The researchers concluded that the planet's rings formed less than 400 million years... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 12, 2023 - 6:47 pm50th Anniversary of the Skylab 1 Launch
Clouds of smoke billow out over the surrounding area as the uncrewed Skylab 1/Saturn V space vehicle launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 12, 2023 - 3:48 pmAstronomers reveal the largest cosmic explosion ever seen
Astronomers have uncovered the largest cosmic explosion ever witnessed. The explosion is more than ten times brighter than any known supernova and... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 12, 2023 - 3:02 pmThis Week's Sky at a Glance, May 12 – 21
Mars and Venus each line up with a pair of stars this week. And with the Milky Way lying all around the... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 12, 2023 - 8:59 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, May 12 – 21
Mars and Venus each line up with a pair of stars this week. And with the Milky Way lying all around the... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 12, 2023 - 8:59 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, May 12 – 21
Mars and Venus each line up with a pair of stars this week. And with the Milky Way lying all around the... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 12, 2023 - 8:59 amResearchers find new approach to explore earliest universe dynamics with gravitational waves
Researchers have discovered a new generic production mechanism of gravitational waves generated by a phenomenon known as oscillons.... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 11, 2023 - 8:46 pmHidden supermassive black holes brought to life by galaxies on collision course
Astronomers have found that supermassive black holes obscured by dust are more likely to grow and release tremendous amounts of energy when... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 11, 2023 - 8:46 pmCelestial monsters at the origin of globular clusters
Globular clusters are the most massive and oldest star clusters in the Universe. They can contain up to 1 million of them.... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 11, 2023 - 8:45 pmHidden views of vast stellar nurseries
Astronomers have created a vast infrared atlas of five nearby stellar nurseries by piecing together more than one million images. These large... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 11, 2023 - 8:45 pmMeasurement of the Universe's expansion rate weighs in on a longstanding debate in physics and astronomy
A team used a first-of-its-kind technique to measure the expansion rate of the Universe, providing insight that could help more accurately determine... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 11, 2023 - 8:44 pmAstronomers find no young binary stars near Milky Way's black hole
Scientists analyzed over a decade's worth of data about 16 young supermassive stars orbiting the supermassive black hole at the center of... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 11, 2023 - 8:44 pmStabilizing Shorelines with Mangroves
A team member from the Environmental Management Branch at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center works to remove a mangrove seedling deposited by tropical... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 11, 2023 - 4:05 pmVance Oyama, Searching for Life in Our Solar System
Vance I. Oyama holds a readout from the gas chromatograph in the life detection laboratory at NASA’s Ames Research Center in this... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 10, 2023 - 4:25 pmLie Back, Look Up, and Find Your Zenith Stars
When you want to relax under the stars there's no better way than on your back looking up at the zenith. We... Read more »Source: Explore the Night with Bob King – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 10, 2023 - 4:16 pmLie Back, Look Up, and Find Your Zenith Stars
When you want to relax under the stars there's no better way than on your back looking up at the zenith. We... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 10, 2023 - 4:16 pmResearchers measure the light emitted by a sub-Neptune planet's atmosphere
Researchers observed exoplanet GJ 1214b's atmosphere by measuring the heat it emits while orbiting its host star. Astronomers directly detected the light... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 10, 2023 - 4:05 pmHow 1,000 undergraduates helped solve an enduring mystery about the sun
For three years at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of students spent an estimated 56,000 hours analyzing the behavior... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 9, 2023 - 4:20 pmSpacewalkers Stephen Bowen and Sultan Alneyadi Exit the Quest Airlock
Spacewalkers Stephen Bowen and Sultan Alneyadi are pictured in their Extravehicular Mobility Units, or spacesuits, exiting the International Space Station's Quest airlock... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 8, 2023 - 11:33 pmGalactic bubbles are more complex than imagined
Astronomers have revealed new evidence about the properties of the giant bubbles of high-energy gas that extend far above and below the... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 8, 2023 - 7:09 pmWebb looks for Fomalhaut's asteroid belt and finds much more
Astronomers used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to image the warm dust around a nearby young star, Fomalhaut, in order to study... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 8, 2023 - 7:09 pmPlumes from Popocatépetl Volcano
Popocatépetl, one of Mexico’s most active volcanoes, has been erupting since 2005.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 8, 2023 - 4:18 pmEyes on Ice
Curtis Flack (left) and Paul von Hardenberg inspect the ice formation on the spinner of an Advanced Air Mobility proprotor model tested... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 5, 2023 - 11:50 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, May 5 – 14
Big, macho Venus is closing in on wimpy little Mars in the western sky at dusk. Venus says hi to M35 on... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 5, 2023 - 9:15 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, May 5 – 14
Big, macho Venus is closing in on wimpy little Mars in the western sky at dusk. Venus says hi to M35 on... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 5, 2023 - 9:15 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, May 5 – 14
Big, macho Venus is closing in on wimpy little Mars in the western sky at dusk. Venus says hi to M35 on... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 5, 2023 - 9:15 amExploring the Cosmos Together
Miloslav Stašek, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the United States (left), Foreign Affairs Minister for the Czech Republic, Jan Lipavský (second... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 4, 2023 - 3:49 pmNeutron star's X-rays reveal 'photon metamorphosis'
A 'beautiful effect' predicted by quantum electrodynamics (QED) can explain the puzzling first observations of polarized X-rays emitted by a magnetar --... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 4, 2023 - 3:18 pmHubble follows shadow play around planet-forming disk
The young star TW Hydrae is playing 'shadow puppets' with scientists observing it with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. In 2017, astronomers reported... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 4, 2023 - 3:18 pmDo your homework to prep for the 2023 and 2024 eclipses
This year and next, Americans will have the extraordinary opportunity to witness two solar eclipses as both will be visible throughout the... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 3, 2023 - 7:46 pmAstronomers spot a star swallowing a planet
Scientists have observed a star swallowing a planet for the first time. Earth will meet a similar fate in 5 billion years.... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 3, 2023 - 4:13 pmAstronomers find distant gas clouds with leftovers of the first stars
Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), researchers have found for the first time the fingerprints left by the explosion of the first... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 3, 2023 - 12:53 pmHubble Captures Extraordinarily Bright Interacting Galaxies
This new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows interacting galaxies known as AM 1214-255.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 3, 2023 - 11:00 amWhat would the Earth look like to an alien civilization located light years away?
What would the Earth look like to an alien civilization located light years away? A team of researchers has used crowd-sourced data... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 2, 2023 - 5:23 pmA stormy, active sun may have kickstarted life on Earth
The first building blocks of life on Earth may have formed thanks to eruptions from our Sun, a new study finds. A... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 2, 2023 - 5:22 pmNeutron Stars Collide
Two neutron stars begin to merge in this illustration, blasting a jet of high-speed particles and producing a cloud of debris.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 2, 2023 - 4:12 pmWebb finds water vapor, but from a rocky planet or its star?
Astronomers used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study a rocky exoplanet known as GJ 486 b. It is too close to... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: May 1, 2023 - 6:30 pmAstronaut Kjell Lindgren
"I think that getting to be a crewmember on the International Space Station, and getting to serve there over the course of... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 1, 2023 - 2:50 pm- mp3
May: Leo is King in Late Spring
This month’s episode takes you on a guided tour of the key stars and planets that you’ll see on May evenings —... Read more »Source: Sky Tour Astronomy Podcast – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 1, 2023 - 5:02 am - mp3
May: Leo is King in Late Spring
This month’s episode takes you on a guided tour of the key stars and planets that you’ll see on May evenings —... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 1, 2023 - 5:02 am Astronomers detect 'nearby' black hole devouring a star
Astronomers have discovered a new 'tidal disruption event,' in which the center of a galaxy lights up as its supermassive black hole... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 28, 2023 - 5:07 pmHubble Captures an Elusive Galaxy Cluster
A menagerie of interesting astronomical finds are visible in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 28, 2023 - 11:00 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, April 28 – May 7
The Arch of Spring across the west enfolds Mars and Venus. Wintry Sirius nears its heliacal setting low in the southwest. The... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 28, 2023 - 9:18 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, April 28 – May 7
The Arch of Spring across the west enfolds Mars and Venus. Wintry Sirius nears its heliacal setting low in the southwest. The... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 28, 2023 - 9:18 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, April 28 – May 7
The Arch of Spring across the west enfolds Mars and Venus. Wintry Sirius nears its heliacal setting low in the southwest. The... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 28, 2023 - 9:18 amSuperflare with massive, high-velocity prominence eruption
A team of Japanese astronomers used simultaneous ground-based and space-based observations to capture a more complete picture of a superflare on a... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 28, 2023 - 2:32 amTotality “Down Under”
When the Moon’s shadow swept across Earth on April 20th, tens of thousands traveled to Australia, Timor-Leste, and Indonesia to witness the... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 27, 2023 - 6:45 pmMost massive touching stars ever found will eventually collide as black holes
A new study looked at a known binary star (two stars orbiting around a mutual center of gravity), analyzing starlight obtained from... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 27, 2023 - 3:45 pmCasting a safety net: A reliable machine learning approach for analyzing coalescing black holes
An interdisciplinary team has developed an algorithm that immediately checks its own calculations of merging black holes' properties and corrects its result... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 27, 2023 - 3:45 pmThe Cygnus space freighter is released from the Canadarm2 robotic arm
The Cygnus space freighter is pictured moments after its release from the Canadarm2 robotic arm.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 27, 2023 - 2:07 pmDirect image of a black hole expelling a powerful jet
Astronomers have observed, in one image, the shadow of the black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87 (M87) and... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 27, 2023 - 1:05 amNew findings indicate gene-edited rice might survive in Martian soil
New research suggests future Martian botanists may be able to grow gene-edited rice on Mars.... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 27, 2023 - 1:05 amAstronomers solve the 60-year mystery of quasars -- the most powerful objects in the Universe
Scientists have unlocked one of the biggest mysteries of quasars -- the brightest, most powerful objects in the Universe -- by discovering... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 26, 2023 - 12:53 amMedium-sized black holes eat stars like messy toddlers
In new 3D computer simulations, astrophysicists modeled black holes of varying masses and then hurled stars (about the size of our sun)... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 26, 2023 - 12:53 amAstrophysicists reveal the nature of dark matter through the study of crinkles in spacetime
Astrophysicists have provided the most direct evidence yet that Dark Matter does not constitute ultramassive particles as is commonly thought but instead... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 25, 2023 - 3:12 pmAsteroid's comet-like tail Is not made of dust, solar observatories reveal
We have known for a while that asteroid 3200 Phaethon acts like a comet. It brightens and forms a tail when it's... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 25, 2023 - 3:11 pmHow to land on a planet safely
Researchers develop a model to describe the interaction between a rocket plume and the surface of a planetary body in near-vacuum conditions.... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: April 25, 2023 - 3:11 pmCelebrating Earth Day
Former NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden speaks with local students during an Earth Day event, Thursday, April 20, 2023, at Union Station in... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 24, 2023 - 4:55 pmThis Week's Sky at a Glance, April 21 – 30
The Moon hops past Venus and then Mars. Hydra snakes up, the Pointers point down, and the Arch of Spring spans the... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 21, 2023 - 8:15 amSuperBIT Sees Colliding Antennae Galaxies
This view of the Antennae Galaxies, two large galaxies colliding 60 million light-years away, is one of the first research images from... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 20, 2023 - 4:07 pmNASA's New 3D-Printed Superalloy Can Take the Heat
NASA has demonstrated a breakthrough in 3D printable high-temperature materials that could lead to stronger, more durable parts for airplanes and spacecraft.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 20, 2023 - 2:51 pmMartian Milestone for Ingenuity
This April 16, 2023, enhanced color image of NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is the clearest view of the rotorcraft since its first... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 19, 2023 - 4:35 pmSee the Young Moon and the Lyrid Meteor Shower
We have an exciting week ahead with a crescent Moon that might break your observing record followed by a well-timed Lyrid meteor... Read more »Source: Explore the Night with Bob King – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 18, 2023 - 9:15 pmKatmai National Park
The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, located in Katmai National Park, forms a unique and ashen landscape. Encircled by volcanoes – both... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 18, 2023 - 8:24 pmAstronaut Jessica Watkins
"Operating the International Space Station requires an entire team of people all coming together with one goal in pursuit of that one... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 18, 2023 - 3:07 pmThe Himalayas and Mount Everest in Nepal
Clouds gather over Nepal near Mount Everest (center) in this April 13, 2023, photograph from the International Space Station.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 17, 2023 - 10:53 pmBald Eagle Lands at Kennedy Space Center
An American bald eagle swoops down to land on a pole at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on April 10, 2023.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 17, 2023 - 2:42 pmHubble Spots a Galaxy with Tendrils
This image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows JO204, a ‘jellyfish galaxy’ so named for the bright tendrils of gas... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 14, 2023 - 11:00 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, April 14 – 23
Venus shines with Aldebaran and the Pleiades in late twilight. After sunset on the 20th, try to spot your record-breaking thinnest young... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 14, 2023 - 8:45 amHeavy Rain, Snow Revive Tulare Lake
Floodwater (dark blue) stands out against the vegetation in agricultural fields around Tulare Lake near Corcoran, California, in this enhanced color image... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 13, 2023 - 3:37 pmCelebrating Science at the White House Easter Egg Roll
Former NASA astronaut Alvin Drew shakes hands with a guest during the White House Easter Egg Roll in this photo from Monday,... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 12, 2023 - 4:06 pmX-59 Gets Its Tail
NASA’s X-59 sits in support framing while undergoing the installation of its lower empennage, or tail section, at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 11, 2023 - 2:50 pmSchulz, Snoopy Visit NASA Headquarters
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson (left), Jeannie Schulz, widow of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz, and Snoopy are all smiles during a Wednesday,... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 10, 2023 - 4:23 pmThis Week's Sky at a Glance, April 7 – 16
Venus in the western twilight guides the way down to Mercury. The Pleiades pass by Venus far in its background. And can... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 7, 2023 - 9:00 pmBattling Bots
Industrial-size robots built by high school teams compete against each other in a game at Rocket City Regional, Alabama’s annual FIRST Robotics... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 7, 2023 - 3:56 pmArtemis II Crew Appears on "The Late Show"
The Artemis II crew appeared on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on April 5, 2023.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 6, 2023 - 1:30 pmArtemis II Crew Revealed
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen (from left) and NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, and Christina Koch greet the crowd at... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 5, 2023 - 3:19 pm- mp3
April: Mercury & Venus at Their Best
This month’s episode offers an easy-to-follow guide to finding the solar system’s two innermost planets after sunset. And then it takes you... Read more »Source: Sky Tour Astronomy Podcast – Sky & Telescope | Published: April 1, 2023 - 6:00 am Patagonian Plankton Swirls
Phytoplankton create rich blooms of color in the Atlantic Ocean near South America in this enhanced color image from Dec. 2, 2014.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 31, 2023 - 4:25 pmThis Week's Sky at a Glance, March 31 – April 8
Mercury emerges this week far below Venus at dusk, while Venus makes its way toward the Pleiades. Orion turns his belt horizontal... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: March 31, 2023 - 9:04 amNASA’s Crawler Transporter 2 Sets Record
Guinness World Records officially designated NASA’s Crawler Transporter 2 as the heaviest self-powered vehicle, weighing approximately 6.65 million pounds—equivalent to about 15... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 30, 2023 - 4:24 pmPleasures of Lunar Pareidolia
Do you still see animal shapes in clouds? If so, you'll enjoy doing the same with the Moon, home to the Moon... Read more »Source: Explore the Night with Bob King – Sky & Telescope | Published: March 29, 2023 - 5:11 pmCrew-4’s Museum Field Trip
NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, left, Jessica Watkins, center, and Bob Hines, right, take in the view from the interactive recreation of the... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 29, 2023 - 3:55 pmEarth’s Radiant Atmosphere
The last rays of an orbital sunset illuminate the Earth's atmosphere in this Feb. 17, 2023, photograph from the International Space Station... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 27, 2023 - 4:19 pmWorking on Artemis II
A technician works on part of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s core stage for Artemis II in this March 11, 2023,... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 24, 2023 - 4:08 pmCelebrating Women in STEM
Deputy director for technology and research investments at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Dr. Christyl Johnson, speaks during a panel discussion as... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 23, 2023 - 4:19 pmSpace Station Star Trail
Stars leave streaks of light in concentric circles in this Mar 16, 2012, view from the International Space Station.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 22, 2023 - 3:44 pmPhoto Archivist and Photographer Aubrey Gemignani
“I think I’m always seeking out projects that help people feel seen. And maybe that’s why I got so into photography initially.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 21, 2023 - 3:56 pmLouisiana’s Rice Fields
This Feb 3, 2023, enhanced-color image from Landsat 9 highlights a green and blue patchwork pattern in flooded rice fields in southwestern... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 21, 2023 - 3:19 pmGalactic Giants Titan and Saturn
Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, looks quite small in comparison to the giant planet behind it in this natural color view from the... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 20, 2023 - 4:43 pmVenus' Volcano
Maat Mons, a volcano on Venus that has shown signs of a recent eruption, is in the black square near the planet’s... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 17, 2023 - 4:06 pmSunrise Over the Pacific
An orbital sunrise reveals cloud tops above the Pacific Ocean northeast of New Zealand as the International Space Station orbited 260 miles... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 16, 2023 - 4:10 pmAnticipating Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3)
Newly discovered Comet C/2023 A3 might reach naked-eye brightness when it flies past Earth in 2024. Check out our forecast of what... Read more »Source: Explore the Night with Bob King – Sky & Telescope | Published: March 16, 2023 - 3:19 pmDiana Trujillo Sparks Students' Curiosity
Elementary school students eagerly raise their hands as Diana Trujillo, technical group supervisor for sequence planning and execution and tactical mission lead... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 15, 2023 - 4:16 pmTell Time with the Big Dipper; See Ceres Transit a Spiral Galaxy
Phone battery dead? Learn how to tell time with the Big Dipper. Also, don't miss a remarkable transit of Ceres in front... Read more »Source: Explore the Night with Bob King – Sky & Telescope | Published: March 15, 2023 - 3:54 pmCrew-5’s Nighttime Splashdown
The SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft is seen as it lands with Crew-5 mission members aboard on Saturday, March 11, 2023.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 13, 2023 - 3:20 pmHubble Spots a Star-Forming Spiral
The irregular spiral galaxy NGC 5486 hangs against a background of dim, distant galaxies in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: March 10, 2023 - 1:00 pmPi Day Challenge: Solve Stellar Math Problems With NASA
The agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory celebrates the mathematical marvel with a set of problems involving real space missions.... Read more »Source: Education News | Published: March 9, 2023 - 7:49 pmAurora Season Is Underway
These are the nights to get ready for the auroras — and tonight may be your lucky night. Not only is the current... Read more »Source: Explore the Night with Bob King – Sky & Telescope | Published: March 1, 2023 - 4:31 pmESA recruits – and not only astronauts. Apply now!
In 2023, ESA will be recruiting over 200 new colleagues to join our teams and support our mission of the peaceful exploration... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: March 1, 2023 - 2:13 pm- mp3
March: The Winter Hexagon
As the Northern Hemisphere edges toward the March equinox and beyond, stargazers have an abundance of brilliant stars overhead as darkness falls.... Read more »Source: Sky Tour Astronomy Podcast – Sky & Telescope | Published: March 1, 2023 - 7:31 am Euclid mission page card link
Euclid: exploring the dark Universe Euclid: exploring the dark Universe... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: February 2, 2023 - 12:30 pm- mp3
February: Winterʼs Dazzling Stars
February 4th marks the midway point between Decemberʼs solstice and the March equinox. Celebrate that celestial milestone by getting outside to gaze... Read more »Source: Sky Tour Astronomy Podcast – Sky & Telescope | Published: February 1, 2023 - 11:00 am Native American Full Moon Names for 2023
Native American tribes each had their own full Moon names — we introduce the most commonly used ones and the traditions behind... Read more »Source: Resources and Education – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 1, 2023 - 6:44 pm- mp3
January: Goodbye, Saturn (Hello, Venus)
For those well north of the equator, January’s long nights provide lots of time to enjoy the starry sky — and the... Read more »Source: Sky Tour Astronomy Podcast – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 1, 2023 - 7:12 am Getting Started with Your New Telescope
How to start out right with a new telescope — a guide to what you need to know, how to set it... Read more »Source: Resources and Education – Sky & Telescope | Published: December 25, 2022 - 9:32 am- mp3
December: Mars in the Spotlight
December's solstice means that for many skywatchers the night will be up to 14 hours long — providing lots of time to... Read more »Source: Sky Tour Astronomy Podcast – Sky & Telescope | Published: December 1, 2022 - 7:00 am NASA Solar System Ambassadors: Sharing the Science for 25 Years
Volunteers with the program, which is managed by JPL, share the latest updates from scientists and engineers working at the leading edge... Read more »Source: Education News | Published: November 1, 2022 - 6:21 pm
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