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…

Iron and sulfur reactions in simulated black smokers shed light on early life

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…

P160C fires up successfully, a new chapter for Ariane 6 and Vega launchers

Credit: European Space Agency The P160C qualification motor was successfully tested on 24 April at the European Spaceport in French Guiana, on the solid-propellant booster test stand (BEAP) operated by…

Newly launched NASA satellites open eyes to start studying ‘auroral electrojets’ in Earth’s atmosphere

The first bits of data have come back from the trio of small satellites that make up NASA’s EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) mission, which aims to solve some mysteries…

Trump administration cancels lease for NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies lab in New York City

It would appear that the latest wave of U.S. federal program cuts fueled by the Trump administration has affected NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) lab in New York…