This artist’s impression shows Proxima d, a planet candidate recently found orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Solar System.…
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Testing a ‘Roubion’-Like Rock: Engineers working with NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover set up this test area at JPL to practice drilling into crumbly rocks using…
In simulations, collisions cause smaller star groupings to lose material. In a new Nature Astronomy study, an international team led by astrophysicists from the University…
The Nauka multipurpose laboratory module and the Prichal docking module are pictured as the space station orbited above Australia. Credit: NASA A Russian cargo craft…
The Cosmic Microwave Background (left) was released 380,000 years after the Big Bang, and it acts as a background to all galaxies in the Universe.…
Using the 4.1-meter SOAR (Southern Astrophysical Research) Telescope on Cerro Pachón in Chile, astronomers have confirmed that an asteroid discovered in 2020 by the Pan-STARRS1…
This is an artist’s concept of a glow surrounding a drone at Mars during flight. The glow, exaggerated for visibility, might happen if the drone’s…
Hubble Space Telescope image of IC 2431, which appears to be a triple galaxy merger in progress, as well as a tumultuous mixture of star…
A study by the University of Bonn: Observations fit poorly with the Standard Model of Cosmology. The Standard Model of Cosmology describes how the universe…
Dr. Serge Krasnokutski studies the formation of biomolecules at low temperature in a vacuum. Credit: Jens Meyer/University of Jena Research team from Friedrich Schiller University…
Illustration of two orbiting black holes warping spacetime and generating gravitational waves. Published in Nature Astronomy the work which shows the unprecedented accuracyHow close the…
This animation shows the path light will follow as it hits the primary James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) mirror, and is reflected to the secondary,…
Scientists including MITMIT is an acronym for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is a prestigious private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts that was founded…
It can stretch your mind to ponder what’s really out there. Right above you is the sky – or as scientists would call it, the…
A mid-level solar flare that peaked at 8:13 p.m. EDT on October 1, 2015, captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. Credit: NASA/SDO NASAEstablished in 1958,…
Three abrasions and four sample cores later, the rover has finally departed the Séítah area and is embarking on the return leg of the crater…
Jupiter’s southern hemisphere is shown in this image from NASA’s Juno mission. New observations by NASA’s NuSTAR reveal that auroras near both the planet’s poles…
An artist’s impression of the white dwarf star WD1054–226 orbited by clouds of planetary debris and a major planet in the habitable zone. Credit: Mark…
Illustration of the faint fuel reservoirs that surround galaxies, allowing them to form new stars and planetary systems. Credit: Shireen Dooling/ASU Most galaxies, including our…
This illustration shows the cold side of the Webb telescope, where the mirrors and instruments are positioned. Credit: Northrop Grumman While we have started the…