Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost moon lander has snapped its first photos of its distant target. On Monday (Jan. 27), Texas-based Firefly released two photos of the moon that Blue Ghost…
Category: Astronomy
Supermassive black holes in ‘little red dot’ galaxies are 1,000 times larger than they should be, and astronomers don’t know why
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered distant, overly massive supermassive black holes in the early universe. The black holes seem way too massive compared to the…
‘Star Trek: Section 31’ has a huge surprise celebrity cameo at the end
No matter what side of the galaxy you’re on regarding your opinion of Paramount+’s first-ever direct-to-streaming “Star Trek” film, “Section 31,” we can at least all agree (hopefully) that the…
Mysterious Mars mounds may bolster case for ancient Red Planet ocean
Thousands of hills and mounds on Mars have been found to contain layers of clay minerals, which formed when running water interacted with the rocks during a period when Mars’…
Blue Origin to simulate moon gravity on Jan. 28 New Shepard suborbital launch
Blue Origin will launch the 29th mission of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle next week, on an uncrewed research flight that will simulate lunar gravity conditions. The mission, known as…
Growing up and going out: Beyond the cradle (op-ed)
Rick Tumlinson is the founder of SpaceFund, a venture capital firm investing in space startups. He also founded the Space Frontier Foundation, Earthlight Foundation, and New Worlds Institute and was…
Strange ‘quasi-moon’ of Earth gets named Cardea, after goddess of door hinges
Until we live in a world based purely on sliding doors, door hinges will remain some of the most unsung heroes of our society. We’d still be able to saunter…
Bill Nelson steps down as NASA chief as Trump begins 2nd term
Bill Nelson has stepped down as NASA administrator, ending a half-century of public service. Nelson and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy left the agency on Monday (Jan. 20), the day…
Hubble Telescope spies newborn stars in famous Orion Nebula (photo)
Two young stars shine bright in the dusty depths of the Orion Nebula in a new Hubble Space Telescope image. Located about 1,300 light-years from Earth, these young stars, also…
Scientists discover ‘sunken worlds’ hidden deep within Earth’s mantle that shouldn’t be there
Potential patches of Earth’s ancient crust, sometimes called “sunken worlds,” may have just been discovered deep within the mantle, thanks to a new way of mapping the inside of our…
