Though once big enough to swallow three Earths with room to spare, Jupiter’s Great Red…
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.
Using Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) mounted on the Subaru Telescope, astronomers have identified nearly 200 “protoclusters,”…
Astronomers have put NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope on an Indiana Jones-type quest to uncover an…
Scientists report the existence of 15 new planets — including one ‘super-Earth’ that could harbor…
Cassini captured this striking view of Saturn’s moon Dione on July 23, 2012. Dione is…
This stunning image from Hubble shows the majestic galaxy NGC 1015, found nestled within the…
Water is crucial for life, but how do you make water? Cooking up some H2O…
The more solar observatories, the merrier: Scientists have developed new models to see how shocks…
A merger between galaxies can trigger intense radiation from bursts of star formation and from…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPHQHGwcpJg The first dataset from the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Plan (HSC-SSP) can be seen…
Galaxies are not static islands of stars — they are dynamic and ever-changing, constantly on…
A new kind of star comes up from a study by SISSA’s postdoctoral researcher Raúl…
Capturing images of our home planet from the perspective of faraway spacecraft has become a…
Data collected by NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter indicate that the atmospheric winds of the…
Ordinarily, a supernova marks the death of a mammoth star, which then briefly outshines an…
New data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and other telescopes have been used…
NASA is looking at how the Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway can create value for both robotic…
Want to get the hottest ticket this summer without standing in line? NASA is inviting…