Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum has threatened to file a lawsuit against SpaceX over what the leader described as “contamination” following an explosion at SpaceX’s Starbase facility earlier this month. On…
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Discovery of ‘mini halo’ points to how the early universe was formed
This stunning image reveals a distant galaxy cluster teeming with energy: galaxies shine in visible light (white), ghostly red clouds unveil a newly discovered radio mini-halo—the most distant ever detected—and…
Cosmic images from the world’s largest digital camera are so big they require a ‘data butler’
The amount of data that will be collected by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which released its fabulous first-light images this week, will far outweigh what any telescope before it…
The mystery of Mercury’s missing meteorites, and how we may have finally found some
Mercury seen by Nasa’s Messenger spacecraft on the left. On the right, there’s an approximation of Mercury’s true colour as might be seen by the human eye. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins…
Dwarf galaxy glows red in the Hunting Dogs constellation photo of the day for June 25, 2025
Deep in the constellation Canes Venatici, also called the Hunting Dogs, lies the dwarf galaxy NGC 4449. It’s part of the M94 galaxy group, near a group of galaxies to…
Construction on Mars takes a leap forward
Credit: Kaitlyn Johnson/Texas A&M Engineering Inhabiting Mars has long been a futuristic fantasy fueled by science fiction. However, successful landings over the past half-century have made this seemingly far-fetched idea…
Radio signals from the dawn of time could help ‘weigh’ the universe’s 1st stars
Astronomers could use specific radio signals from the universe’s earliest epoch to “weigh” the first stars in the cosmos. The investigation could reveal more about the so-called Cosmic Dawn, the…
Biomass satellite returns striking first images of forests and more
ESA’s Biomass is the first satellite to carry a P-band synthetic aperture radar. Thanks to the long wavelength of P-band, around 70 cm, this novel radar is able to penetrate…
Moon dust is less toxic than urban air pollution, scientists discover
Moon dust may not be as harmful to humans as had been thought, with a new experiment showing that the typical air pollution on a busy street is more toxic…
