ByESA/HubbleMay 11, 2022 This is an artists illustration of a supermassive black hole that is inside the dust-shrouded core of a vigorously star-forming starburst galaxy. It will eventually become a… [+12291 chars]
Are we about to see the unseeable for a second time? Decades of calculations and data show there is a supermassive black hole, about 4 million times more massive than our sun, lurking at the heart of… [+3636 chars]
Biologist Xinnian Dong says her "best Christmas gift ever" arrived in the form of a phone call. The call was from her longtime friend and collaborator at Duke University, Pei Zhou, who rang with long… [+4803 chars]
ByNASAMay 11, 2022 NASAs Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare as seen in the bright flash towards the middle of the Sun on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. The image shows a subset … [+2207 chars]
NASA’s InSight Mars lander has detected the largest ever monster quake on the Red Planet. The quake estimated to be of magnitude 5 occurred on May 4, the 1,222nd Martian day, or sol, of the mission,… [+2808 chars]
Modern computers use electrons to process information, but this design is starting to reach theoretical limits. However, it could be possible to use magnetism instead and thereby keep up the developm… [+4817 chars]
In the sun’s neighborhood of the Milky Way Galaxy is a fairly bright star. For the first time, astronomers have successfully recognized the broadest variety of elements in this star that lies beyond … [+5234 chars]
A total lunar eclipse is on the horizon. The night of May 15, starting at around 10:27 p.m., the full eclipse will take place just after midnight. Gary Boyle, The Backyard Astronomer, said the luna… [+824 chars]
It's not the Auroral Borealis, but it might be the closest you're going to see on Florida's Space Coast. Locals were treated to a dazzling display early on Friday, May 6, when SpaceX launched its la… [+2109 chars]
Image via NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS A photograph captured by NASAs Mars Curiosity Rover on May 7, 2022, showed a portal and a wall nearby that looks artificial. ContextWhile the image in question was a… [+3339 chars]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has shared the first images from its recently deployed GOES-18 weather satellite. The stunning captures (below) were obtained by the satell… [+2053 chars]
A tiny fragment of the asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago may have been found encased in amber -- a discovery NASA has described as "mind-blowing." It's one of several astounding finds at … [+7728 chars]
