The Geminid meteor shower put on a dazzling show this week, delighting skywatchers worldwide. The Geminids are one of the most prolific showers of the year, known for bright, colorful…
Category: Astronomy
‘Dune: Prophecy’ stars talk weird haircuts and hairy coats (exclusive)
HBO’s “Dune: Prophecy” is lurching towards its season finale on Dec. 22, but before we’re further embroiled in the heated court politics of House Corrino and Valya Harkonnen’s vengeful thirst…
NASA astronaut uses homemade star tracker to take incredible deep space photo from ISS
Astronauts are many things. They’re often scientists, engineers, or pilots. And in the case of NASA astronaut Don Pettit, he’s also an astrophotographer. Pettit is currently on his third stay…
India practices pulling its Gaganyaan astronaut capsule out of the sea (photos)
India continues to perfect hardware and recovery procedures for its Gaganyaan human spaceflight program. Last week, the nation recovered a mock Gaganyaan crew module onto a ship’s well deck, which…
‘We are preparing to make history:’ NASA’s Parker Solar Probe gears up for epic sun flyby on Christmas Eve
On Christmas Eve, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will swoop within 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the sun’s surface at a whopping 430,000 mph (690,000 kph), breaking its own…
Sunny days on Mars come with a weather warning: Dust storms ahead!
The weather report from Mars may soon come with a forecast for dust storms, following the discovery that, in 78% of cases, a Red Planet dust storm is preceded by…
Hubble Telescope gets closest-ever look at a quasar, sees ‘weird things’
The Hubble Space Telescope has stared deeper into a quasar than ever before, discovering “weird” features in its vicinity. Quasars are the superbright centers of active galaxies, and they’re powered…
Ancient cosmic collisions may have birthed the universe’s most monstrous galaxies
Astronomers have discovered that large flows of cold gas created by collisions between galaxies in the early universe may have forged some of the most monstrous star systems. The formation…
Some of Uranus’ moons might be able to support life. Here’s what a mission might reveal
For sure, it was a far-reaching recommendation: The planet Uranus and its moons should be NASA’s highest-priority new flagship mission for startup in the decade 2023-2032. The proposed mission, known…
‘Interstellar’ returns from deep space to IMAX theaters starting today for 10th anniversary
“Nobody believed me, but I knew you’d come back”. This holiday season, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures are delivering their version of an early Christmas gift in the form…
