Scientists Want to Look for Signs of Life on This Rare Planet
If Wolf 1069 b has retained its atmosphere, the view from its surface might look like this. NASA/Ames Research Center/Daniel Rutter I love a good exoplanet. Weird ones with short…
Hubble Space Telescope captures stunning new image of Tarantula Nebula
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a stunning image of the Tarantula Nebula, shedding new light on the brightest region of starbirth in our galactic neighborhood. Also known as 30…
How Einstein’s General Relativity Helped Scientists Analyze a Dead Star
This 2020 NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy LRG-3-817, its image distorted by the effects of gravitational lensing. As such, it appears as a long arc to the…
Neil deGrasse Tyson says James Webb Space Telescope is window to universe ‘never before achieved’
Since beginning science operations over the summer, the James Webb Space Telescope has shed new light on some of the space industry’s most stunning discoveries. Most recently, the Webb team…
Scientists Want to Look for Signs of Life on This Extremely Rare Planet
If Wolf 1069 b has retained its atmosphere, the view from its surface might look like this. NASA/Ames Research Center/Daniel Rutter I love a good exoplanet. Weird ones with short…
Webb telescope image captures stunning spiral galaxy over a billion light-years away
A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope captured ancient galaxies and a distant spiral galaxy in stunning detail. The crowded field shows bright stars and the large spiral…
Einstein’s General Relativity Helps Hubble Measure a Dead Star’s Mass
This 2020 NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy LRG-3-817, its image distorted by the effects of gravitational lensing. As such, it appears as a long arc to the…
NASA Spots Mars Rock That’s Not Like the Others
Congratulations, Curiosity, it’s a meteorite! NASA/JPL-Caltech This story is part of Welcome to Mars, our series exploring the red planet. Here’s a reminder Earth isn’t the only planet with cool…
Jupiter Quietly Takes Crown for Most Moons, With New Tally of 92
Jupiter and three of its largest moons are seen in this photo, taken from Chile. Damian Peach Some planets seem to have it all. Jupiter is the largest in the…
Astronomers find rare star system that will lead to gold-producing explosion
Astronomers at the National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab made the first confirmed detection of a star system that will one day form a kilonova, an ultra-powerful and gold-producing explosion created by…