Today, Mars is a wasteland. It’s a dusty desert, rough and pockmarked with craters. There’s no apparent life on its surface. But over the past decades, scientists have found evidence of a lost Mars, one that looked a lot more like Earth than like a hellhole. “You can see evidence of what Mars was like … Read more
A massive galaxy cluster shines in a new telescope image, distorting the view of more distant galaxies in the background. The galaxy cluster, named Abell 1351, is located some 4 billion light-years away in the northern constellation Ursa Major. The recent image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures a striking view of thousands of galaxies … Read more
SpaceX’s massive Super Heavy booster stage is now standing (very) tall on the company’s launch pad in south Texas, as it awaits a series of tests and final checks. The company is eager to launch the fully stacked Starship rocket for a flight test as early as July, but a number of regulatory hurdles still … Read more
The James Webb Space Telescope will release its first high-resolution color images on July 12. One of those images “is the deepest image of our universe that has ever been taken,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson during a news conference on Wednesday. “If you think about that, this is farther than humanity has ever moved … Read more
If you’ve been laying in bed at night, fretting that the planets of the Solar System are going to go ricocheting off throughout the galaxy, you can set your mind at ease. We have at least 100,000 years before that happens, according to new calculations. In a new study, mathematicians Angel Zhivkov and Ivaylo Tounchev … Read more
Researchers proved that sea corals are a source of eleutherobin, a chemical with anti-cancer properties. Researchers find that sea corals are a source of a sought-after “anti-cancer” compound The ocean floor is riddled with mysteries, but scientists have just discovered one of its best-kept secrets. For the last 25 years, researchers have been looking for … Read more
Join in for free Wednesday (June 29) as NASA celebrates the forthcoming end of commissioning for its $10 billion next-generation space observatory. In a series of talks, the agency plans to discuss the James Webb Space Telescope and its aims to uncover more about the early universe, solar system objects, exoplanets and a range of … Read more
You know you’re living in the space age when a rocket hits the moon, and the industry as a whole points to the sky and, like an angry teacher holding up a paper airplane, asks “Who launched this?!” Truly, that is what occurred this week as an unidentified rocket stage (!) impacted the lunar surface, … Read more
Astronomers have spotted a white dwarf that miraculously survived its own thermonuclear detonation, raising questions over how and why these stars create supernovas. HAS white dwarf is the evolutionary endpoint of a sun-like star. After such a star swells to become a red giantthen runs out of the fuel required for nuclear fusion reactions, the … Read more
CAPSTONE in orbit near the Moon: Once released from Rocket Lab’s Photon satellite bus, CAPSTONE will use its propulsion system to travel for approximately three months before entering into orbit around the Moon. Credit: Illustration by NASA/Daniel Rutter Today (June 28, 2022) Rocket Lab launched a CubeSat on a historic pathfinding mission to the moon … Read more
