Take a multiwavelength tour of Stephan’s Quintet, learning how we study the same object with different wavelengths of light. When combined, telescopes’ observations can provide different information and clues about…
Category: Space
Phosphate, Key Building Block of Life, Found on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
An international team including a University of Washington scientist has found that the water on one of Saturn’s moons harbors phosphates, a key building block of life. The team led…
We could see the glint off giant cities on alien worlds, suggests paper
An example of specular reflection glinting off the ‘Heart of the City’ water feature in Sheffield. Credit: Steve F., Wikimedia Commons How large would an extraterrestrial city have to be…
NASA finds key building block for life in a moon of Saturn
The icy crust at the south pole of Saturn’s moon Enceladus is seen spewing a plume of icy particles into space. The long hunt for extraterrestrials just got a big…
Spanish rocket launch aborted due to last-minute glitch
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The maiden flight of Spain’s first rocket was aborted Saturday after countdown ended because of a last-minute technical problem, the start up PLD Space said. The…
NASA’s Webb Proves Galaxies Transformed the Early Universe
In the early universe, the gas between stars and galaxies was opaque – energetic starlight could not penetrate it. But the gas had become completely transparent 1 billion years after…
Galaxies Deep Dive, Leave Fiery Tail Behind
A group of galaxies is plunging into the Coma galaxy cluster and leaving behind an enormous tail of superheated gas. Coma cluster of galaxies. Image credit: X-ray: Chandra: NASA/SAO/Univ. of…
Jupiter’s moon Europa may have had a slow evolution
Internal evolution of Europa. Credit: Kevin Trinh/ASU Jupiter’s moon, Europa, is slightly smaller than Earth’s Moon and is one of the most promising places to search for alien life. Amid…
Pulsars could help map the black hole at the center of the Milky Way
These annotated images, obtained with the GRAVITY instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) between March and July 2021, show stars orbiting very close to Sgr A*. Credit: ESO…
Black Hole Shadow and Powerful Jet Seen Together
This is what the black hole’s shadow looks like when it is cast on the powerful relativistic jet emanating from the center of the radio galaxy. This is the shadow…
