A solar limb flare with a comparatable scale of Earth. Credit: Created by Alexander Russell (University of Andrews) using open-source SunPy Python package and data from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory…
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I watched scientists view the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS in real time. Here’s what they saw
Few cosmic visitors have captured the fascination of astronomers quite like the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Hurtling through our solar system from the depths of interstellar space, this icy wanderer is…
‘We’ve known it’s been coming for a while’: Inside the decision to eliminate the UK Space Agency
The U.K. government’s announcement to absorb the nation’s 15-year-old space agency into a recently established government department may sound shocking to some, but it came as no surprise to insiders.…
Northern lights may be visible in these 18 US states Sept. 1-2
A potent solar storm is on its way and could put on a spectacular northern lights display for Labor Day across the U.S. A fast-moving coronal mass ejection (CME), launched…
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 175 — More AI in Space
More AI in Space – Crews and AI with Dr. Daniel Selva – YouTube Watch On On Episode 175 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and and Tariq Malik…
Astronomers discover one of the most massive binary stars in the galaxy
NGC 3603 is a starburst region located 22,000 light years away from the Sun, it’s the closest region of this kind known in our Galaxy Credit: ESO A research team…
Webb captures dusty wisps round a planet-forming disk
Webb’s view of planet-forming disc IRAS 04302+2247. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, M. Villenave et al. For this new Picture of the Month feature, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope…
Is there life on Saturn’s moon? Where there’s water, there’s a chance
Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Credit: NASA At first glance, Saturn’s moon Enceladus seems rather unremarkable: it is much smaller than the Earth’s moon and is far away and completely covered in…
