An international team of astronomers, including scientists from the University of Arizona, has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to study the disk of gas and dust around a young,…
Category: Space
Fresh wind blows from historical supernova
A mysterious remnant from a rare type of supernova recorded in 1181 has been explained for the first time. Two white dwarf stars collided, creating a temporary “guest star,” now…
Hubble views a potential galactic merger
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures the dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 5238. ESA/Hubble & NASA, F. Annibali This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the dwarf irregular galaxy NGC…
Moon fests, moon movie and even a full moon mark 55th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing
A footprint left by one of the astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission is seen in the soft, powdery surface of the moon on July 20, 1969. Credit: NASA via…
Washington DC among US cities most vulnerable to space weather, scientists say
A snapshot of the geomagnetically induced current (GIC) network during an intense solar storm in September 2017. British Geological Survey. License type Attribution (CC BY 4.0). Credit: Royal Astronomical Society…
Researchers detect water frost on Solar system’s tallest volcanoes
A research team unveiled that Mars’ Tharsis volcanoes have on and off patches of water frost, challenging previous assumptions about the Martian climate and helping shed light on how water…
XL-Calibur telescope launched to study black holes
Scientists from Washington University in St. Louis have launched a balloon-borne telescope to unlock the secrets of astrophysical black holes and neutron stars, some of the most extreme objects in…
The origins of dark comets
According to a University of Michigan study, up to 60% of near-Earth objects could be dark comets or mysterious asteroids that orbit the sun in our solar system. These comets…
The sun is already starting its next solar cycle—despite being halfway through its current one
This map shows which latitudes on the sun were rotating faster (shown in red and yellow) or slower (shown in blue and green) than average over the last 29 years,…
