Two NASA Space Legends Ascend to the Astronaut Hall of Fame
Roy D. Bridges Jr. and Senator Mark E. Kelly were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida,…
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Successfully Deployed: Juice Spacecraft’s RIME Antenna Finally Breaks Free
Juice spacecraft’s RIME antenna, designed to study Jupiter’s icy moons, has been successfully deployed after overcoming a stuck pin issue with the help of a…
Cosmonauts Successfully Deploy Radiator During 5-Hour Spacewalk on ISS
Roscosmos cosmonauts Prokopyev and Petelin completed a 5-hour spacewalk to deploy a radiator on the ISS’s Nauka module, marking the sixth spacewalk in 2023 and…
Panoramic Peek: Black Hole and Powerful Jet Unveiled in Stunning Detail
A panoramic image of the M87 black hole and its jet has been captured at a new 3.5 mm wavelength, revealing more details about the…
Astronomers Discover a Mysterious Lonely Galaxy 9.2 Billion Light-Years Away
Chandra X-ray Observatory Helps Astronomers Discover a Surprisingly Lonely Galaxy There is a surprisingly lonely galaxy about 9.2 billion light-years from Earth. Its surroundings have…
Cosmic Kaboom: Astronomers Reveal the Largest Explosion Ever Witnessed
Astronomers have discovered the largest cosmic explosion ever observed, AT2021lwx, which is believed to have been caused by a supermassive black hole violently disrupting a…
International Space Station: Cosmonauts GO for Spacewalk, Astronauts Work on Science Gear
Two cosmonauts, Commander Sergey Prokopyev and Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin, are scheduled to conduct a spacewalk on Friday to deploy and activate a radiator on…
The Brightest Explosion Ever Seen: 1,000x More Energy Than Our Sun Has Emitted Throughout Its 4.5 Billion Year Life
Gamma-ray bursts are the most energetic explosions in the Universe, marking the end of a star’s life. A particularly bright burst, GRB 221009, was recently…
Hubble Zooms In on Cosmic Light Show: Beautiful Luminous Seyfert Galaxy Revealed
The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged lenticular galaxy NGC 5283, a Seyfert galaxy with a visible structure and an active galactic nucleus. The observation is…
ISS Crew Tackles Spacesuit Maintenance, Eye Exams, and Human Research
Cosmonauts Prokopyev and Petelin prepared for a spacewalk, while the rest of Expedition 69 crew focused on eye exams, lab maintenance, and human research aboard…
A Shiny, Steamy Surprise: NASA’s Webb Takes Closest Look Yet at Mysterious Planet
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has observed a steamy, highly reflective mini-Neptune exoplanet, GJ 1214 b, using its Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) to reveal details about…
A “Novel” Discovery: NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds a Book-Like Rock on Mars
On its 3,800th sol, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover photographed a book-like rock, “Terra Firme,” a result of water depositing harder minerals and wind erosion shaping…
Taffy Galaxies’ Collision Sculptures a Turbulent Bridge Devoid of Star Formation
Gemini North captures sprawling aftermath of head-on collision between a pair of galaxies. The Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, operated…
We Asked a NASA Scientist: Why is Venus Called Earth’s Evil Twin?
Why is Venus called Earth’s evil twin? Venus and Earth are sometimes called twins because they’re pretty much about the same size. Venus is almost…
Galactic Mistake? Astronomers May Have Solved the Mystery of the Runaway Supermassive Black Hole
A study carried out by a team of researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has shown that an unusually thin structure of…
Astronauts on Space Station Gear Up for Science While Cosmonauts Relax Before Spacewalk
Expedition 69 astronauts maintained life support gear and serviced science hardware on the International Space Station, while cosmonauts prepared for Friday’s spacewalk to deploy a…
Galaxy Clusters Unveil New Evidence for Prevailing Theory of Universe
Physicists from SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have found fresh evidence supporting the Lambda-CDM model of the universe, using data derived from the…
Webb Explores Fomalhaut’s Asteroid Belt and Discovers Evidence of Hidden Planets
Nearby Planetary System Seen in Breathtaking Detail A new Webb Space Telescope image of the bright, nearby star Fomalhaut reveals its planetary system with details…
