Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Space junk and meteoroids are falling to Earth every year, posing a growing risk as they re-enter the atmosphere at high speeds. Researchers are using infrasound…
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How to catch the Eta Aquarid meteor shower, debris of Halley’s comet
This photo provided by NASA shows an Eta Aquarid meteor streaking over northern Georgia on April 29, 2012. Credit: B. Cooke/Marshall Space Flight Center/NASA via AP, File Halley’s comet swings…
NASA just got the Orion spacecraft that will fly astronauts around the moon on Artemis 2 in 2026
The next spacecraft to fly humans around the moon has been delivered to the only space agency on Earth to ever successfully fly astronauts to our nearest celestial neighbor. Orion,…
New telescope images uncover ‘Green Monster’ in Cassiopeia A
Cassiopeia A (Cas A) is a supernova remnant located about 11,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia. It spans approximately 10 light-years. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO, NASA/JPL/Caltech/NuStar; Optical: NASA/STScI/HST; IR:…
James Webb Space Telescope captures thousands of galaxies in a cosmic ‘feast’ (image)
Galaxies speckle the heavens like stars in a stunning new photo of the deep and distant universe. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) team shared a new image of a…
John Lithgow to launch into life of Apollo 11 astronaut in new podcast ‘BUZZ’
Having explored the ‘third rock from the sun,’ John Lithgow is now heading for its moon. The award-winning actor is set to star in the new podcast “BUZZ” about the…
3 astronauts return to Earth after 6 months on China’s space station
Chinese astronauts Wang Haoze, from left, Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong wave as they attend the see-off ceremony for the Shenzhou-19 mission at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern…
Astronomers discover explosive outflow in star-forming complex using ALMA data
The 1.3 mm continuum map of G34 is depicted in the colorscale. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2504.15748 The study found that half of the identified streamers are receding, reaching radial…
See a wafer-thin crescent moon leapfrog Jupiter this week
The delicate form of the crescent moon is set to draw close to the planet Jupiter in the post-sunset sky on April 29, before later making its closest approach to…
