Category: Space
NASA’s EZIE mission captures ‘first light’
This artist’s concept shows the three CubeSats of NASA’s EZIE mission flying in formation to study electrical currents in Earth’s atmosphere associated with auroras. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL NASA’s EZIE…
World’s largest solar telescope gains powerful new ‘eye’ to study the sun’s secrets
The world’s largest solar telescope has gained a powerful new “eye” that promises deeper views into the workings of our sun than ever before, scientists announced on Thursday (April 24).…
The sun’s natural gravitational lensing is more powerful than you thought
A collection of gravitational lensing taken with the Euclid telescope. Credit: ESA Let’s turn the sun into a telescope. In fact, we don’t have to do any work—we just have…
Gorgeous deep space photo captures the Andromeda Galaxy surrounded by glowing gas
Miguel Claro is a professional photographer, author and science communicator based in Lisbon, Portugal, who creates spectacular images of the night sky. As a European Southern Observatory Photo Ambassador and…
Planetary alignment provides NASA rare opportunity to study Uranus
This image of Uranus from NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope exquisitely captures Uranus’s seasonal north polar cap and dim inner and outer rings. This Webb image…
Our galactic neighbor Andromeda has a bunch of satellite galaxies — and they’re weirdly pointing at us
Our neighboring Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31, or M31) appears to sport a lopsided arrangement of satellite galaxies that defy scientific models, stumping astronomers who are also trying to figure out…
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft beams back pictures of an asteroid shaped like a lumpy bowling pin
This image from video animation provided by NASA in October 2022 depicts the Lucy spacecraft. Credit: NASA via AP NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid…
NASA’s Curiosity rover finds major clue that Mars was once habitable
While slowly climbing the slopes of Mount Sharp — a towering peak inside Mars’ Gale Crater — NASA’s Curiosity rover made a remarkable discovery: large deposits of carbon locked away…
NASA’s oldest active astronaut returns to Earth on 70th birthday
It was the fourth spaceflight for US astronaut Don Pettit, who has logged more than 18 months in orbit throughout his career. Cake, gifts and a low-key family celebration may…
