Rare milky plumes paint stunning swirls in world’s largest ‘soda lake’ — Earth from space
QUICK FACTS Where is it? Lake Van, Turkey [38.91395038, 43.12483070] What’s in the photo? Rare plumes of mostly…
Milky Way galaxy’s central black hole is pointing directly at Earth
A new analysis argues that the Milky Way’s central black hole, Sagittarius A*, spins at maximum velocity with…
Gaia proves our skies are filled with chains of starry gatherings
Science & Exploration 26/08/2025 444 views 12 likes In the past decade, the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission has revealed the…
The NSF Inouye Solar Telescope delivers record-breaking images of solar flare, coronal loops
video: A high-cadence, high-resolution movie of the flare captured by the Inouye Solar Telescope, sped up by 100x…
Giant planet discovered just 124 light-years from Earth
A nearby star has a new heavyweight companion, and it swings around on a path that is anything…
Don’t miss Mars close to the slender crescent moon at sunset on Aug. 26
Look to the western horizon to catch a fleeting glimpse of the thin crescent moon alongside the red…
China sends 10th group of Guowang broadband satellites into orbit with Long March 8A launch
PRESTON, United Kingdom — China launched a new batch of Guowang broadband satellites late Monday, continuing a flurry…
From NASA Citizen Scientist to Astronaut Training: An Interview with Benedetta Facini
Titans Space Industries, a commercial space company, selected a new cohort of astronaut candidates this spring – and…
Why Shares of Rocket Lab Are Soaring Today
Key Points Rocket Lab is a leader in launch services. The company is expanding its semiconductor manufacturing capabilities,…
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Observes Interstellar Comet
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS Aug. 6, with its Near-Infrared Spectrograph instrument. The research…
The Object at the Center of Jupiter Is So Strange That It Defies Comprehension
The core of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, has long been a source of mystery…
Three NASA research rockets could paint the sky with colorful vapor trails tonight
The mesopause is the coldest layer of the planet’s atmosphere, with temperatures that can dip to nearly minus…