Despite being essential to life on Earth, the magnetic field isn’t something we can actually see in itself, or ever hear. But, remarkably, scientists at…
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On October 25, ESA’s Proba-2 spacecraft captured two partial solar eclipses. This image depicts one of them. See the video below for both eclipses in…
The two galaxies swirl into a single chaotic object in the center. Long, blue spiral arms stretch vertically, faint at the edges. Hot gas spreads…
This simulation of ESA’s Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) space truck reentering Earth’s atmosphere starts by representing the surrounding of the spacecraft as a three-dimensional cloud…
Hubble Space Telescope portrait showcases NGC 1999, a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion. NGC 1999 is around 1350 light-years from Earth and lies near…
Two wispy, gaseous clouds occupy the corners of this image, HH 1 in the upper right, and HH 2 in the lower left. Both are…
Hubble Space Telescope image of Terzan 1, a globular cluster that lies about 22,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA,…
In this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image, captured on August 6, 2022, the lake’s emerald green color is likely due to the presence of phytoplankton. Streaks in…
A vision of a future Moon settlement assembled from semi-buried inflatable habitats. Sited beside the lunar poles in regions of near-perpetual solar illumination, mirrors positioned…
Following unusual seismic disturbances last week in the Baltic Sea, several leaks were discovered in the underwater Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines, near…
The Mediterranean Sea was hit by a major marine heatwave. Many parts of Europe saw record-breaking temperatures over the summer. However, it wasn’t just the…
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) will impact its target asteroid Dimorphos on September 26 at 7:14 p.m. EDT (4:14 p.m. PDT). Credit: NASA Today,…
Hubble Space Telescope image of the spiral galaxy NGC 5495. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Greene This spectacular image, by the NASAEstablished in 1958, the…
Hubble Space Telescope of globular cluster Terzan 4. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Cohen A glittering multitude of stars in the globular cluster Terzan 4…
Hubble Space Telescope image of two overlapping spiral galaxies, SDSS J115331 and LEDA 2073461. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, W. Keel Two overlapping spiral galaxies are…
This image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the heart of M74, otherwise known as the Phantom Galaxy. Webb’s sharp vision has revealed delicate…
Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 1156. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. B. Tully, R. Jansen, R. Windhorst The galaxy featured in this Hubble Picture…
Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite images show the stark difference between August 2021 and August 2022 on the Rhine River near Cologne. Water levels on the Rhine…
Although floating in space could be enjoyable, a TBone study reveals that it is taxing on earthly bodies. According to a new study, six months…
Copernicus Sentinel-1 is used to monitor many aspects of our environment, from detecting and tracking oil spills and mapping sea ice to monitoring movement in…