In the last decade, spectacular progress has been made in the exploration of the cosmos. Milestones include detailed studies of the planets and moons in…
Black hole that was closest yet found does not exist, say scientists in U-turn
Astronomers who thought they had discovered a black hole at our cosmic doorstep said they were wrong, revealing instead that they found a two-star system…
The James Webb Space Telescope is so powerful, it can detect the heat of a bumblebee as far away as the moon — and other surprising facts
JWST, the most powerful and important telescope ever made, will allow us to reach out into the universe as never before possible for humanity.After having…
NASA Begins Assembly of Europa Clipper Spacecraft
One of the first images of Enceladus’ water jets taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft on Nov. 27, 2005. In this image, Enceladus is backlit by…
The Unanticipated Phenomenology of the Blazar PKS 2131–021: A Unique Supermassive Black Hole Binary Candidate
Most large galaxies host supermassive black holes in their nuclei and are subject to mergers, which can produce a supermassive black hole binary (SMBHB), and…
NASA. Symbiotic R Aquarii
Image Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/R. Montez et al.; Optical: Data: NASA/ESA/STScI, Processing: Judy Schmidt (CC BY-NC-SA)Explanation: Variable star R Aquarii is actually an interacting binary star…
Webb Telescope might be able to detect other civilizations by their air pollution
An artist’s impression of the James Webb Space Telescope, fully deployed. The James Webb Space Telescope is expected to be fully operational this summer. Credit:…
Fifty more Starlink satellites ready for launch Friday
In this file photo from 2019, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands vertical at Space Launch Complex 4-East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Credit:…
International Space Station’s US and Russian astronauts will continue as normal despite outbreak of war, Nasa says
French astronaut Thomas Pesquet, second from the right in the front row, and Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, to his left, current commander of the International…
The Tycho supernova remnant by NASA’s Chandray Observatory
It was the astronomical event of the last millennium, second only to the discoveries in this millennium of extrasolar planets, or exoplanets, as they are…