NASA, ESA, Z. Levay and R. van der Marel (STScI), T. Hallas, and A. Mellinger The end of the Milky Way will be inevitable. Andromeda…
NASA Enters the Solar Atmosphere for the First Time, Bringing New Discoveries
For the first time in history, a spacecraft has touched the Sun. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has now flown through the Sun’s upper atmosphere – the corona…
Scientists Just Found a ‘Significant’ Volume of Water Inside Mars’ Grand Canyon
A depiction of canyons (left), and Mars itself (right). The Red Planet is hiding an appealing secret. Scientists have discovered a world-historic discovery on Mars:…
These are the deepest images of the black hole in the Milky Way
Images obtained by ESO’s VLTI of stars at the center of the Milky Way. Photo: ESO A team of astronomers from the European Southern Observatory…
Machine Learning decodes the tremors of the Universe
Neural network analyzes gravitational waves in real time Researchers trained a neural network to estimate – in just a few seconds – the precise characteristics…
A Lightsail Powered By Millions of Lasers Could Reach Alpha Centauri in 20 Years
Interstellar exploration might not be lightyears away, at least not in the figurative sense. That’s because international research project Breakthrough Starshot just provided an update…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Fully Fueled for Launch
The James Webb Space Telescope was fueled inside the payload preparation facility at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on Nov. 26, 2021. Credit: © ESA-CNES-Arianespace/Optique…
The fascinating and mysterious rings of Saturn
Image credit: Hubble With its dazzling icy ring system, Saturn has been a subject of fascination since ancient times. Even now, the sixth planet from…
The Sombrero Galaxy, involved in a galactic collision
Surprising new data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope suggest that the soft, settled “wing” of the Sombrero Galaxy’s disk may be hiding a troubled past.…
Simulated Webb images of the quasar and the galaxy surrounding the quasar
Illustration of a quasar in the early universe. Researchers will study the galaxies that surround three bright quasars in detail for the first time with…