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......»»
Extracellular vesicles captured by sustainable wood cellulose-based nanofiber may identify and improve cancer treatment
A research team in Japan, led by Nagoya University's Akira Yokoi, has developed an innovative technique using cellulose nanofiber (CNF) sheets derived from wood cellulose to capture extracellular vesicles (EVs) from fluid samples and even organs duri.....»»
Glimpses of the "galactic zoo": The five new Euclid images
The first images from Europe's Euclid space telescope released Tuesday range from a well-known nebula to never-before-seen galaxies 10 billion light years away, illustrating its wide-lens view of the universe......»»
Daily Telescope: Pumping up the volume with the Headphones nebula
"I liked the object so much I decided to give it a try." Enlarge / A view of the "Headphones" nebula. (credit: Bill McLaughlin) Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not.....»»
Image: Hubble captures spiral galaxy NGC 1566
This vibrant Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 1566, sometimes informally referred to as the "Spanish Dancer Galaxy." Like the subject of another recent image, NGC 1566 is a weakly-barred or intermediate spiral galaxy. This.....»»
Daily Telescope: The sword of Orion contains a brilliant reflection nebula
This image was captured in California, near Oakland. Enlarge / Orion and the Running Man Nebula. (credit: David Beverly) Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough.....»»
Most monstrous marsquake ever reveals where it came from
A seismic event that looked like an impact, but no craters to be seen. Enlarge / InSight captured seismic waves released when an impact formed this crater in 2021. But a similar event can't be tied to any craters. Earth.....»»
James Webb snaps an image of the famous and beautiful Crab Nebula
Located 6,500 light-years away, the Crab Nebula is famous among astronomers for its elaborate and beautiful structure......»»
Hubble provides unique ultraviolet view of Jupiter
This newly released image from the NASA Hubble Space Telescope shows the planet Jupiter in a color composite of ultraviolet wavelengths. Released in honor of Jupiter reaching opposition, which occurs when the planet and the sun are in opposite sides.....»»
Image: Nighttime on the East Coast
While aboard the International Space Station on Oct. 26, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli captured the city lights of the northeastern United States and major urban areas including Long Island, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Washington, D.C......»»
How Apple"s iPhone 15 Pro Max captured the "Scary Fast" Apple Event
Apple shares a behind-the-scenes look at how it used the iPhone 15 Max to shoot the footage used in its October 30 Apple Event.Image Credit: AppleApple utilized its recently released iPhone 15 Pro Max with a new USB-C connector as the primary camera.....»»
Daily Telescope: The brilliant remains of a star that died 10,000 years ago
Our ancestors must have watched this in awe. Enlarge / Behold: The Veil Nebula. (credit: Zach1) Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light; a little too muc.....»»
Hubble captures galaxy pair Arp-Madore 2339-661
This striking image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures the interacting galaxy pair known as Arp-Madore 2339-661. The Arp-Madore catalog is a collection of peculiar galaxies, and this group's particular peculiarity might be odder than f.....»»
Daily Telescope: Meet the Flying Bat and Squid nebulae
The Squid Nebula is a recent discovery, first spotted in 2011. Enlarge / The Flying Bat and Squid nebulae. (credit: Ryan Génier) Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and.....»»
Astronomers capture formation of a powerful cosmic jet
Using a network of radio telescopes on Earth and in space, astronomers have captured the most detailed view ever of a jet of plasma from a supermassive black hole. The jet travels at nearly the speed of light and shows complex, twisted patterns near.....»»
India celebrates “first major milestone” on path to launching astronauts
This was a test of the launch abort system for India's Gaganyaan spacecraft. Enlarge / A forward-facing camera on the top of an Indian booster captured this view of a Gaganyaan test spacecraft firing its abort motor to propel its.....»»
Multifactorial stress in citrus: Divergent responses of Carrizo and Cleopatra to triple threat environmental challenges
Climate change, alongside human-induced adverse factors, threatens agricultural production and food security by causing stressful situations for plants, such as increased temperatures, extreme weather events, pest outbreaks, diseases, and pollution......»»
Hubble captures spiral galaxy IC 5332 face-on
This glittering image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the spiral galaxy IC 5332. The galaxy lies about 30 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor and has an almost face-on orientation to Earth. To understand the term "fa.....»»
Eureka: With GPT-4 overseeing training, robots can learn much faster
GPU-based physics simulator speeds up reality by "1,000x" while GPT-4 calls the shots. Enlarge / In this still captured from a video provided by Nvidia, a simulated robot hand learns pen tricks, trained by Eureka, using simultane.....»»
Juno completes its closest flyby of Io yet
Jupiter's ocean moons capture most of our attention because of their potential habitability. But Io, Jupiter's bad-boy volcanic moon, is in a class of its own. There's nothing else like it in the solar system, and NASA's Juno spacecraft captured new.....»»
This dark nebula hides an enormous star
The birth of a star is a spectacular event that plays out behind a veil of gas and dust. It's a detailed process that takes millions of years to play out. Once a star leaves its protostar stage behind and begins its life of fusion, the star's powerfu.....»»