Gaze into the Cleopatra’s Eye nebula, captured by Hubble
A Hubble image recently released by NASA shows a striking blue planetary nebula located in the constellation of Eridanus......»»
Spacecraft sends back unusual view of Earth and the moon
Japan's uncrewed Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon mission, or SLIM, captured a rare snapshot of Earth and its moon. The race to land on the moon will bleed into 2024 as more national space programs and private companies pursue the daunti.....»»
NYT Connections today: See hints and answers for December 22
Connections is a New York Times word game that's all about finding the "common threads between words." How to solve the puzzle. Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about fin.....»»
New 1.5-billion-pixel image shows Running Chicken Nebula in unprecedented detail
While many holiday traditions involve feasts of turkey, soba noodles, latkes or Pan de Pascua, this year, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is bringing you a holiday chicken. The so-called Running Chicken Nebula, home to young stars in the maki.....»»
Researchers extol skills of ancient Egyptian medics
Cleopatra would have been in safe hands if she really had been bitten by a snake, or affected by any number of illnesses, say University of Manchester Egyptologists......»»
Image: Ice flows on Mars
On Aug. 18, 2023, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured ridged lines carved onto Mars' landscape by the gradual movement of ice. While surface ice deposits are mostly limited to Mars' polar caps, these patterns appear in many non-polar Marti.....»»
Dark matter might be keeping an even darker secret
Researchers compare a theorized behavior of dark matter to actual galaxies. Enlarge / A compact dwarf galaxy, which may have features that are difficult to explain with standard models of dark matter. (credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA).....»»
Webb rings in holidays with ringed planet Uranus
The James Webb Space Telescope recently trained its sights on unusual and enigmatic Uranus, an ice giant that spins on its side. Webb captured this dynamic world with rings, moons, storms, and other atmospheric features—including a seasonal polar c.....»»
Hubble captures a formation of galaxies neatly lined up
A new Hubble image shows both an interacting galaxy system, and a string of galaxies which happen to line up in a neat procession......»»
Apple TV+ secures deal for "Murderbot" sci-fi series starring Alexander Skarsgard and helmed by Weitz brothers
Apple TV+ has signed an order for "Murderbot," a new series based on the bestselling and Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novels by Martha Wells.Apple TV+The 10-episode series is set to star Emmy Award winner Alexander Skarsgard ("Succession," "Big Litt.....»»
Research investigates evolution of symbiotic binary HM Sagittae
Using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), astronomers have performed a multiwavelength study of a symbiotic binary known as HM Sagittae. Results of the study, presented December 4 on the.....»»
Watch this footage of a shooting star captured from the space station
As the Geminid meteor shower nears its peak, an astronaut has shared footage of a shooting star he recently witnessed from the ISS......»»
Daily Telescope: One of the few astronomical objects named after a woman
This image was captured from mountainous terrain in Poland. Enlarge / The Jones 1 Nebula. (credit: Michal Mlynarczyk) Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough li.....»»
Extremely rare half female, half male bird captured on film
A striking and extremely rare half female, half male bird has been spotted by a University of Otago zoologist......»»
Researchers transform captured greenhouse gases into cyclic carbonates with biomass derivatives
Carbon dioxide is the main contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, which are responsible for global warming and climate change. Direct capture of CO2 in the air is one of the solutions proposed to reduce its concentration in the atmosphere, but comb.....»»
Daily Telescope: Hubble images a dazzling star cluster 158,000 light-years away
It is thousands of times more dense than our corner of the Milky Way Galaxy. Enlarge / This striking image shows the densely packed globular cluster known as NGC 2210, which is situated in the Large Magellanic Cloud. (credit: ES.....»»
Hubble Space Telescope is back up and running following gyro problem
The Hubble Space Telescope is back to full operations following several weeks in safe mode due to a problem with one of its components......»»
Hubble back in service after gyro scare—NASA still studying reboost options
NASA is still evaluating Hubble servicing studies from SpaceX and other companies. Enlarge / The Hubble Space Telescope viewed from Space Shuttle Atlantis during a servicing mission in 2009. (credit: NASA) The Hubble Spa.....»»
NASA will try bringing the Hubble telescope back online on Friday
The Hubble Space Telescope recently suffered a glitch that made it go into safe mode. On Friday, NASA will attempt to get the telescope up and running again......»»
Large exomoons unlikely around Kepler-1625 b and Kepler-1708 b, astronomers say
Only two of the more than 5,300 known exoplanets have so far provided evidence of moons in orbit around them. In observations of the planets Kepler-1625b and Kepler-1708b from the Kepler and Hubble space telescopes, researchers discovered traces of s.....»»
Daily Telescope: A colorful heart with a blue core
This nebula is found about 7,500 light-years from Earth. Enlarge / The Heart Nebula. (credit: Paul Macklin) Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light, a li.....»»