The MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile captured this colorful view of the bright star cluster NGC 3532. Some of the stars still shine with a…
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Dust devils on Mars may spark lightning — possibly threatening NASA’s Perseverance rover
Dust devils on Mars could be crackling with electric currents, according to a new study — and scientists are a little concerned about this because a buildup of such charge…
NASA missions help explain and predict severity of solar storms
The strength of the April 2023 geomagnetic storm was a surprise in part because the coronal mass ejection (CME) that produced it followed a relatively weak solar flare, seen as…
New black hole recipe could hold the key to quantum gravity: ‘This is the holy grail of theoretical physics’
The first step toward quantum gravity, the “holy grail of physics,” may be hiding in a quantum recipe to cook up black holes. That’s the suggestion of new research that…
Hubble captures an active galactic center
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. J. Koss, A. J. Barth The light that the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope collected to create this image reached the telescope after a journey of…
Growing evidence for evolving dark energy could inspire a new model of the universe
The Big Bang started around 13.8 billion years ago. Credit: NASA The birth, growth and future of our universe are eternally fascinating. In the last decades, telescopes have been able…
World Asteroid Day 2025 — Watch live views of near-Earth asteroids for free online on June 30
World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here’s how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth asteroids from the comfort of your home. June 30 is…
Japan launches a climate change monitoring satellite on mainstay H2A rocket’s last flight
An H-2A rocket carrying Global Observing SATellite for Greenhouse gases and Water cycle, or GOSAT-GW satellite, lifts off from a launch pad in Tanegashima Space Center in Tanegashima, southern Japan,…
Early visions of Mars: Meet the 19th-century astronomer who used science fiction to imagine the red planet
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Living in today’s age of ambitious robotic exploration of Mars,…
A strange bright burst in space baffled astronomers for more than a year. Now, they’ve solved the mystery
The radio burst was captured using the ASKAP radio telescope. Credit: Marcin Glowacki Around midday on June 13 last year, my colleagues and I were scanning the skies when we…
