This week’s Hubble/ESA Picture of the Week features NGC 7678 — a galaxy located approximately…
Browsing: Space
Space refers to the vast, seemingly infinite expanse beyond Earth’s atmosphere where planets, stars, galaxies, and cosmic phenomena exist. It is a realm defined by extreme conditions—near vacuum, intense radiation, and temperatures ranging from blistering heat to freezing cold. Space exploration has revealed a universe rich with complexity, from black holes and exoplanets to the cosmic microwave background that offers clues to the Big Bang. For scientists, space is both a frontier and a laboratory, offering insights into fundamental physics, the origins of the universe, and the potential for life beyond Earth. It continues to inspire curiosity, innovation, and a deeper sense of our place in the cosmos.
New simulations suggest Eta Carinae’s nebula likely formed from a stellar merger in a triple…
Legendary NASA Flight Director Glynn Lunney, 84, died Friday, March 19, 2021. Lunney was a…
Study Finds That Cavities Sculpted by Stellar Outflows Did Not Expand Over Time Stars aren’t…
A new study tracks the life cycle of the spectacular ultraviolet storms in the big…
Scientists of the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence analyze data from the gravitational wave observatory NANOGrav.…
Layers of ice and rock obviate the need for “habitable zone” and shield life against…
Berkeley Lab Physicists Play Key Role in Studies That Solve a Cosmological Mystery Researchers have…
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s core stage fired all four of its RS-25 engines…
Using gravitational lensing and the VLA, astronomers discovered the faintest known radio galaxy, over 8…
NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins is a member of the Artemis Team, a select group of…
UNSW’s Professor Serkan Saydam posits that the success of colonizing Mars by 2050 depends on…
Hubble has revealed seasonal changes in Saturn’s atmosphere, including brighter equatorial regions and shifting wind…
The massive storm near the gas giant’s equator has been shrinking, but collisions with a…
The largest rocket element NASA has ever built, the core stage of NASA’s Space Launch…
Weighing in at roughly 21 solar masses, the black hole in the X-ray binary system…
Three New Bacterial Strains Discovered on International Space Station May Help Grow Plants on Mars…
A Future Galactic Collision on the Horizon Sometime in the far distant future, about 4…