Now we know why Starship’s second flight test failed

The moment of separation between Superheavy and Starship. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX is often in the headlines; unfortunately, it is not always good news. On 18 November we saw the second…

Study Delivers Detailed Photos of Galaxies’ Inner Structures

For the first time, high-resolution images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope are offering powerful insights into the complex dust patterns of nearby star-forming galaxies.  A galaxy’s inner makeup…

New US Postal Service stamps feature iconic NASA Webb images

The U.S. Postal Service issued a Priority Mail Express stamp Jan. 22, 2024, highlighting an image of the Carina Nebula from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Greg Breeding, an art…

Scientists Reveal New Images of a Black Hole – Proof of a Persistent Black Hole Shadow

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) researchers published the first image of a black hole and its shadow in 2019, showing a bright ring with a dark circular area in the…

Finally, the edge of the universe and beyond

Deep field. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STSCI Launched in 2021 on Christmas Day, the James Webb Space Telescope is the most complex, precise and powerful space observatory ever built. The…

US space company upbeat on next Moon mission despite lander’s demise

NASA has an experimental new partnership with private industry intended to reduce costs for American taxpayers and seed a lunar economy . The head of the American space company whose lunar…

Japan becomes the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the moon

In this image made from live streaming released by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), a screen shows landing information as the robotic moon rover called Smart Lander for Investigating…

Laser instrument on NASA’s LRO successfully pings Indian moon lander

ISRO’s (Indian Space Research Organization) Vikram lander, with a NASA retroreflector on it, touched down on the moon on Aug. 23, 2023. The camera aboard NASA’s LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter)…

Lightest Black Hole or Heaviest Neutron Star? Manchester Astronomers Uncover a Mysterious Object in Milky Way

An international astronomer team has found a new and unknown object in the Milky Way that is heavier than the heaviest neutron stars known and simultaneously lighter than the lightest…

The ‘Barbenheimer Star’ – Technology Org

Astronomy’s new blockbuster was announced in New Orleans during the 2024 American Astronomical Society meeting. Astronomers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) discovered evidence for what they call the…