Tomorrow's weather may be cloudy with a chance of electrons, thanks to a newly detected phenomenon in Earth's magnetic shield. Described as unexpected, ultra-fast "electron precipitation," the pheno… [+3371 chars]
The researchers nicknamed the new star Earendel Old English for morning star. If it is a single star, the astronomers estimate that it is a big one some 50 times the mass of our sun. It could also be… [+1641 chars]
The James Webb Space Telescope once the bête noire of space science continues to dazzle now it is happily ensconced in space. On Friday, April 1, NASA revealed that the telescope has completed s… [+3449 chars]
A colorized image of Cassiopeia A based on data from the Hubble, Spitzer and Chandra space telescopes. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) A powerful shock wave traveling through a cloud of gas left be… [+6263 chars]
The first audio recordings on Mars reveal a quiet planet with occasional gusts of wind where two different speeds of sound would have a strange delayed effect on hearing, scientists said Friday. Aft… [+4109 chars]
New images of the Spiderweb protocluster of galaxies reveal an unusually high number of active supermassive black holes. Data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory collected over 8 days show that, in t… [+4167 chars]
A colorized image of Cassiopeia A based on data from the Hubble, Spitzer and Chandra space telescopes. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) A powerful shock wave traveling through a cloud of gas left be… [+6263 chars]
A new method of identifying gravitational wave signals using quantum computing could provide a valuable new tool for future astrophysicists. A team from the University of Glasgow's School of Physics… [+5164 chars]
Black hole illustration. Credit: Aurore Simonnet and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center <ul><li>To look for black holes around the “Spiderweb” galaxy, astronomers observed for over 8 days with NASA’… [+4772 chars]
Axiom Space and its crew are ready to make history. A crew of three paying passengers and one former NASA astronaut will launch to the International Space Station on Wednesday (April 1) at 12:05 p… [+4692 chars]
This colorized image captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory space telescope shows a powerful solar flare blasting from the sun on March 31, 2022. (Image credit: NASA) NASA's orbiting Solar Dy… [+4444 chars]
Over the two decades paleontologist Kevin Padian taught a freshman seminar called The Age of Dinosaurs, one question asked frequently by undergraduates stuck with him: Why are the arms of Tyrannosaur… [+8719 chars]
