Cosmic-ray detector installed in Bolivia strengthens global space weather network
A $600 cosmic-ray detector carried from Atlanta to the Andes makes Bolivia the newest node in a worldwide…
NASA’s Hubble Discovers First of Star Cluster’s Missing Black Holes
The massive globular star cluster Omega Centauri has puzzled astronomers for decades. It should be filled with black…
Astronomers Detect the Hidden Process That May Trigger Star Birth
The illustration shows ambipolar diffusion in a collapsing prestellar core. Neutral molecules decouple from the magnetic field and…
Decades-Old Dark Matter Explanation Fails Its Most Direct Test Yet
A decades-old dark matter claim is facing a decisive new challenge. The result clears the way for future…
The Universe Was Barely Born When These Giant Black Holes Appeared
A quasar emits exceptional amounts of energy generated by matter falling into a supermassive black hole. Credit: NASA…
Legacy Survey of Space and Time Launches with Record Camera
The cosmos is about to get a close-up of appropriately epic proportions. Resting on a Chilean mountaintop, the…
NASA Space Telescope Maps Magnetic Fields of ‘Lighthouse’ Pulsar
For the first time, scientists have used NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) to directly measure the magnetic…
Producing water on the Moon and beyond through ISRU
The same chemistry of planet-formation can, in reverse, generate water from lunar regolith with a dash of hydrogen…
NASA Webb Uncovers Unusual Galaxy Shaped by Cosmic Collision
The mid-infrared view of Centaurus A from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals dusty structures and hidden activity…
WHAT’S UP IN THE SKY: Microwaves from outer space | Astronomy
Today: Let’s learn about Capella. It is the fourth brightest star we can see in Ellensburg. It is…
James Webb Uncovers the Atmosphere of a Hellish Lava World 41 Light-Years Away
Artist’s illustration of lava exoplanet CoRoT-7 b. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada JWST data suggest 55 Cancri e may be…
NASA’s Hubble Spots Star-Spangled Cosmic Scene
More than 500,000 stars blaze red, white, and blue in this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, released…