STScI Scientists Part of Collaboration Receiving 2027 Berkeley Prize
Newswise — Scientists from the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) are members of the collaboration that has been…
Lunar eclipse set to transform night sky in August
As we wrap up these final days of July and head into August, one of the things that…
Astronomers Find an Atmosphere on a Nearby Earthlike Planet
There are a few key features that make a planet amenable to life, at least life as earthlings…
F.C.C. Approves Test of Space Mirror to Light Night Sky Despite Outcry
The federal government has approved plans by a start-up company to test a satellite that would use a…
A Chinese Spacecraft Captures First Image of Quasi-Moon
This week, astronomers are seeing double. Just a day after Japan’s spacecraft flew by a strange, two-lobed asteroid…
Texas Tech Researchers Probe Interstellar Explosions, Unlock Knowledge
Above: artistic impression of a nova explosion showing multiple ejections traveling in different directions. Photo credit: NASA’s Goddard…
Is Space Tourism Finally Ready for Takeoff?
In 2001, Dennis Tito, an American entrepreneur, paid a reported $20 million for a voyage to the International…
Hubble Details Early Galaxy Transforming Neighborhood
Newswise — Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have found something they never expected — ultraviolet light from…
Astronomers Catch Black Holes “Burping” in Radio with the NSF VLA
Newswise — Astronomers using the U.S. National Science Foundation Very Large Array (NSF VLA) have found that when…
Scientists listen to the ‘heart’ of our Sun – and find mysterious behaviour
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…
Researcher Finds Surprising Phenomenon in NASA Data From Mars
Newswise — Data beamed back from Mars by the NASA spacecraft MAVEN provides the first evidence that a…
A Physicist Who Thinks in Poetry from the Cosmic Edge
Much of the praise for Chanda Prescod-Weinstein’s debut book in 2021, “The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey Into Dark…