Outflowing galactic winds from exploding stars may explain the enormous rings. It’s not every day astronomers say, “What is that?” After all, most observed astronomical phenomena are known: stars, planets,…
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Webb finds signs of possible aurorae on isolated brown dwarf
This artist concept portrays the brown dwarf W1935, which is located 47 light-years from Earth. Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope found infrared emission from methane coming from W1935.…
Questions about NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission put JPL jobs in jeopardy
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The Jet Propulsion Laboratory laid off 100 contractors last week and will scale back part of the first-ever effort to bring pieces of Mars to Earth,…
NASA’s Hubble Observes Exoplanet Atmosphere Changing Over 3 Years
By combining several years of observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and conducting computer modelling, astronomers have found evidence for massive cyclones and other dynamic weather activity swirling on a hot,…
Should we send humans to Pluto?
Image of Pluto obtained by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft during its flyby in July 2015, which reveals the smooth, nitrogen plains of Sputnik Planitia (heart-shaped region) and vast, water-ice mountain ranges.…
India’s Sun probe reaches solar orbit
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain India’s solar observation mission on Saturday entered the Sun’s orbit after a four-month journey, the latest success for the space exploration ambitions of the world’s most…
Hubble observes a changing exoplanet atmosphere
An international team of astronomers has assembled and reprocessed observations of the exoplanet WASP-121 b that were collected with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in the years 2016, 2018 and…
New images reveal what Neptune and Uranus really look like
Neptune is fondly known for being a rich blue and Uranus green – but a new study has revealed that the two ice giants are actually far closer in colour…
The most massive neutron stars probably have cores of quark matter
Illustration of a quark core in a neutron star. Credit: Jyrki Hokkanen, CSC – IT Center for Science Atoms are made of three things: protons, neutrons, and electrons. Electrons are…
Volcanism on Mars: Planet More Active than Previously Thought
University of Arizona researchers reconstructed lava flows from spacecraft images and radar to better understand Mars‘ surprisingly turbulent history. This image taken by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter…
