Sudden Spin-Down Event Illuminates Magnetar Mystery
A recent publication in the journal Nature Astronomy is offering new insights into magnetars, whose characteristics are still not well understood. A magnetar is a…
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Hubble Captures a Spectacular Triple Galactic Crash Course
A spectacular trio of merging galaxies in the constellation Boötes takes center stage in this stunning image from the Hubble Space Telescope. These three galaxies…
The Seven-Year Photobomb: Astronomers Discover Source of Distant Star’s Unusual Dimming
By their own admission, Anastasios “Andy” Tzanidakis and James Davenport are interested in unusual stars. The University of Washington astronomers were searching for “stars behaving…
This Week @NASA: Webb Detects Main Belt Asteroid, Redesigned Moon Rocket Engine Tested
Celebrating diversity in space and technology … Some recognition for a unique mission … And a small find that is a pretty big deal ……
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission Receives Space Foundation Achievement Award
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) team has been selected to receive the 2023 Space Achievement Award, a top award from the Space Foundation. This…
NASA Conducts Test of Redesigned RS-25 Moon Rocket Engine
NASA’s newly redesigned RS-25 engine for future flights of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, underwent its first hot fire test of the year on…
JPL and the Space Age: The Stuff of Dreams (NASA Documentary)
In 1977 the greatest adventure in space exploration began with the launch of the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft – two robotic explorers designed…
New Research Shows That Something Strange Is Going On in the Butterfly Nebula
Planetary nebulae are formed when red giant stars reach the end of their helium fuel supply and eject their outer layers, becoming hot and dense…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers Surprise Clues to Ancient Water on Mars
Among other discoveries made by the rover, rippled rock textures suggest lakes existed in a region of ancient Mars that scientists expected to be drier….
NASA Astronaut Nicole Mann Captures Stunning “Space-Selfie” During Spacewalk
NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Nicole Mann points the camera toward herself and takes a “space-selfie” with her helmet’s visor up during a…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Views Rhythmic Rock Layers on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this stunning image of rhythmic rock layers with a repetitive pattern in their spacing and thickness. This rhythmic pattern could…
James Webb Space Telescope Explores Star Formation in Distant Galaxies
Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope’s first images of galaxy clusters, researchers have, for the very first time, been able to examine very compact…
Saturn’s Rings Are Acting Strange – Hubble Captures Mysterious “Spokes”
Mysterious Features Were First Seen Decades Ago by Voyager Spacecraft Since their discovery by NASA’s Voyager mission in the 1980s, temporary “spoke” features across Saturn’s…
NASA’s Fermi Space Telescope Detects First Gamma-Ray Eclipses From “Spider” Star Systems
Scientists have discovered the first gamma-ray eclipses from a special type of binary star system using data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. These so-called…
Webb Space Telescope Spies Chariklo’s Strange Ring System
In an observational feat of high precision, scientists used a new technique with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to capture the shadows of starlight cast…
Roscosmos Progress 83 Cargo Craft Lifts Off to Resupply Space Station Crew
The uncrewed Roscosmos Progress 83 is safely in orbit and headed for the International Space Station (ISS) following its launch on Thursday, February 9 at…
Space Mystery: Unexpected New Ring System Discovered in Our Own Solar System
ESA’s Cheops finds an unexpected ring around dwarf planet Quaoar During a break from looking at planets around other stars, the European Space Agency’s CHaracterising…
Unlocking the Mystery of the Stellar Initial Mass Function: A New Breakthrough Discovery
The fate of galaxies is determined by the initial mass distribution at the birth of a new population of stars in the diverse and vast…
