Given its similarities to its neighbor, Saturn, it seems natural to ask why Jupiter doesn't also have a magnificent, extensive system of visible rings. Alas, it's not the reality. While Jupiter does… [+4168 chars]
Its harder to do, but it turns up some gems The Víctor M. Blanco 4-m Telescope and other telescopes on a mountain peak in Chile at sunset Image: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/B. Tafresh For decades, the s… [+5792 chars]
The James Webb Space Telescope is a machine of many talents. It can peer through dense space dust, glimpse the stellar drama of distant galaxies, and even observe the universes first stars. But som… [+9138 chars]
An amateur on Reddit has created the first image of the TRAPPIST-1 system using data from JWST. Exoplanet fans will be excited to hear that JWST a telescope so powerful it makes Hubble look like some… [+2568 chars]
Deep space ghost particles likely originate from galactic nuclei fed by supermassive black holes, according to a new study that could unravel the mystery of these subatomic particles that formed befo… [+3658 chars]
Deep space ghost particles likely originate from galactic nuclei fed by supermassive black holes, according to a new study that could unravel the mystery of these subatomic particles that formed befo… [+3658 chars]
This fireball was a "random occurrence" and not associated with any meteor shower. A spectacular fireball on Friday was spotted zooming over several US states, including Indiana and Wisconsin. The A… [+1659 chars]
As part of the Museums temporary exhibition T. rex: The Ultimate Predator, which was on view from 2019-2021, visitors encountered a massive life-sized model of T. rex with patches of feathersthe most… [+5326 chars]
Estimated read time: 3-4 minutes LOGAN Standing within the confines of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Glen Hansen noticed a poster on the wall that intrigued him. The poster said, "Looking b… [+2865 chars]
In coming weeks, one of the most reliable meteor showers on record could send hundreds of meteors streaking across the Colorado sky. The Persieds Meteor shower, named for the Perseus constellation,… [+889 chars]
The development of high-speed strobe-flash photography in the 1960s by the late MIT professor Harold "Doc" Edgerton allowed us to visualize events too fast for the eyea bullet piercing an apple, or a… [+4550 chars]
A new study shows that nickel oxide superconductors, which conduct electricity with no loss at higher temperatures than conventional superconductors do, contain a type of quantum matter called charge… [+5539 chars]
