Check out our latest infographic! Take a journey through space and time with our Sun from its birth 4.6 billion years ago until its ultimate end as a black dwarf quadrillions of years from now! Continue ReadingThe Sun Life Cycle Infographic
Greg Meyer from Phoenix, Arizona This dusty figure of the Baby Eagle Nebula (LBN 777) is part of the larger Taurus Molecular Cloud. The dust is dimly lit by young stars within the cloud; the brownish color gives away the presence of larger dust grains. This image comprises nearly 24 hours of LRGB exposure withContinue reading “Cosmic fledgling” The post Cosmic fledgling appeared first on Astronomy Magazine. Continue ReadingCosmic fledgling
A huge sun eruption combines with speedy solar wind from a “coronal hole” for a weekend aurora show, experts predict. Continue ReadingAurora alert: Giant ‘hole’ in sun and strong geomagnetic storm converge to supercharge northern lights this weekend
The James Webb Space Telescope has directly observed the key chemical of carbon dioxide in planets outside of our solar system for the first time, scientists announced Monday.
“Together, we can inspire a spirit of discovery to change lives and change the world for the better through a passion for exploration.” Continue Reading‘Star Trek’ icon lives on with new Nichelle Nichols Space Camp to inspire young women to aim for the stars
For an unforgettable stargazing adventure, few places rival the Florida Keys. Continue ReadingDark skies and epic Winter Star Party — why the Florida Keys are more than just a Spring Break destination
On Episode 153 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Robert Zubrin, founder and president of The Mars Society, about making real, actionable plans to send a crew to Mars. Continue ReadingThis Week In Space podcast: Episode 153 — Pathways to Mars
This week, ALMA researchers reported the discovery of oxygen in the most distant known galaxy. Geologists believe unusual structures in rock in the desert regions of Namibia, Oman and Saudia Arabia may be evidence of an unknown microorganism. And a group of physicists may have generated a tiny charge of electricity using the Earth’s rotational energy. But the biggest story by far is the second release of data from the DESI survey of the universe, which could upend the standard model:
Astronomers have examined infant planets orbiting a star 370 light-years away, seeing the exomoon forming disks of gas and dust around them in unprecedented detail. Continue ReadingExoplanet ‘baby pictures’ reveal exomoons possibly taking shape around infant worlds
On March 11, NASA launched a new space telescope into orbit to explore the origins of the universe. The mission will use sophisticated software, developed at the Arizona Cosmology Lab at the University of Arizona, to analyze data and help astronomers understand what happened in the first trillionth of a second after the Big Bang.
This stunning image features a deep field view of the Cassiopeia constellation where the two small planetary nebulas can be found, Abell 6 and the larger HFG1. Continue ReadingStunning space photo captures bright blue shock wave around double star system
We don’t have long to wait to see the moon take a “bite” out of the sun, we’re ready… are you? Continue Reading1 week until the 1st solar eclipse of 2025. Here’s what you need to know about the March 2025 partial solar eclipse
Three NASA-funded rockets are set to launch from Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska, in an experiment that seeks to reveal how auroral substorms affect the behavior and composition of Earth’s far upper atmosphere.
Nearly 30 former NASA astronauts have signed a letter endorsing Jared Isaacman as the agency’s next administrator, calling on the Senate to consider his nomination as soon as possible. The post Former NASA astronauts endorse Isaacman as administrator appeared first on SpaceNews.
Both “The Electric State” and “The Wizard of Oz” latch onto the themes of family, home, tolerance, identity and the interconnectedness of the individuals we share our lives with. Continue ReadingIs Netflix’s ‘The Electric State’ a sci-fi retelling of ‘The Wizard of Oz’?
“That capability gap is significantly narrowed, and we’ve got to change the way we’re looking at space, or that capability gap may reverse and not be in our favor anymore.” Continue ReadingChina now has a ‘kill mesh’ in orbit, Space Force vice chief says
A new model that incorporates data gathered by the JWST could help scientists understand the composition and mass of objects in the distant Kuiper Belt and beyond. Continue ReadingHow the James Webb Space Telescope is helping size up tiny dwarf planets
Many galaxies are visible in this deep field exposure, and its just a part of a larger mosaic, zoomed in 16 times. Continue ReadingInto the deep (field) with ESA’s Euclid ‘dark universe’ telescope: Space photo of the day
Star Catcher Industries said it beamed concentrated solar energy over 100 meters March 21 to satellite solar arrays on the ground at EverBank Stadium, Florida, in its first demo of a capability planned for space. The post Star Catcher completes first ground test for space power beaming service appeared first on SpaceNews.
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is one of the Milky Way’s closest neighbors. It’s a small, irregular galaxy that orbits the Milky Way, and is an easy naked-eye object from the Southern Hemisphere. As one of the only galaxies outside our own where telescopes can resolve individual stars and small scale structures, astronomers love toContinue reading “Our near galactic neighbor might have a supermassive black hole” The post Our near galactic neighbor might have a supermassive black hole appeared first on Astronomy Magazine. Continue ReadingOur near galactic neighbor might have a supermassive black hole
Home to the world’s highest tides and biggest lobsters, New Brunswick will experience a partial solar eclipse at sunrise on March 29, 2025. For one eclipse-chaser, it’s the ultimate moon-shot. Continue ReadingWhy I’m going to New Brunswick, Canada, to see next week’s ‘sunrise’ solar eclipse
