Space isn't hard only on account of the rocket science. The task of taking a NASA mission from development and funding through construction and launch — all before we even use the thin… Read More
NASA is considering reducing the budget for the Chandra X-Ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope as the space agency grapples with its spending for the upcoming year.During a presentatio… Read More
Despite the array of ground and space-based telescopes and observatories utilized by NASA, ESA, and other space agencies to track and monitor asteroids, one managed to evade detection. Named… Read More
Förra veckan fick människor i hela centrala och södra USA en vacker syn när en sällsynt ringformig förmörkelse skapade en “ring av eld” på… Read More
Telescopes at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory near La Serena, Chile. Guillaume Doyen/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA, CC BY
Luke Keller, Ithaca College
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft f… Read More
The Dumbbell Nebula is a planetary nebula located approximately 1,360 light-years away in the northern constellation Vulpecula (the Fox). With an apparent magnitude of 7.4, it is one of the… Read More
To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories.To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories.By Ramin SkibbaNASA’s Psyche spacecraft blasted off… Read More
After two decades of observations, a supermassive black hole at the center of a nearby galaxy was discovered spinning, bolstering Albert Einstein… Read More
A team of astronomers have detected over 500 planet-like objects in the inner Orion Nebula and the Trapezium Cluster that they believe could shake up the very definition of a planet.The 4-li… Read More
Behold a galactic onion: the shell galaxy NGC 3923, spotted by the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory’s Dark Energy Camera (DECam) at a distance of about 70 million light-years fr… Read More
The Chandra X-ray Observatory didn’t exist in 1838, when the Eta Carinae star system started to brighten as it ejected material in an event named the “Great Eruption.” But… Read More
The Webb Space Telescope has made its latest significant discovery: the observation of carbon dioxide coming from a part of Europa, the frozen moon orbiting Jupiter which harbors a salty wat… Read More
An unexpected view of the Andromeda galaxy took top place in a competition filled with gorgeous space views. The beauty and mysteries of the universe unfold through the Astronomy Photograph… Read More
Data from Webb Telescope Verifies ‘Hubble Tension’ Is Not Due to Hubble Telescope:
Astronomers have struggled with the speed of the universe’s expansion for many years. The… Read More
On June 22, 2022, NASA’s Swift Observatory spotted something curious in a galaxy over 500 million light-years away. It was a routine outburst of gas that a team studying the data now b… Read More