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......»»
The James Webb Space Telescope Stores Its Data on a 68GB SSD
With so much more power than Hubble, designers had to give the telescope a good-sized chunk of storage. However, it turns out Webb has just 68GB of solid state storage, which is barely enough for a day's work. The.....»»
Zip through space to the stunning Southern Ring Nebula
The James Webb Space Telescope team has posted a cool video that zips through space all the way to the stunning Southern Ring Nebula......»»
Human food waste "threat" to polar bears: report
The invasion of a remote Russian village by dozens of ravenous polar bears three years ago captured headlines around the world, with images of groups of animals gorging on rubbish in an open garbage dump......»»
Apple Store robbery at London’s flagship Covent Garden store; customers robbed too
An Apple Store robbery at London’s flagship Covent Garden store yesterday saw ‘at least’ 10 masked raiders steal thousands of pounds worth of products in a daylight raid. One report claimed that the robbers were armed. Video footage captured f.....»»
Hubble captures a glittering, glorious globular cluster
The Hubble image this week shows a globular cluster called Terzan 2, with a blanket of sparkling stars visible by the thousand over the blackness of the sky......»»
A dying star’s last hurrah
At the end of their lives, sunlike stars metamorphose into glowing shells of gas. Enlarge / The Butterfly Nebula, located just under 4,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius, is a striking example of a planetary nebul.....»»
James Webb Can Also Be Used To Study Our Solar System
The James Webb Space Telescope can see clearer and farther than Hubble, but its up-close imagery is special too. The James Webb Space Telescope can see clearer and f.....»»
Webb reveals steamy atmosphere of distant planet in detail
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the distinct signature of water, along with evidence for clouds and haze, in the atmosphere surrounding a hot, puffy gas giant planet orbiting a distant Sun-like star......»»
Webb reveals cosmic cliffs, glittering landscape of star birth
This landscape of "mountains" and "valleys" speckled with glittering stars is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by NASA's new James Webb Space Telescope, this im.....»»
Watch: SpaceX’s Super Heavy rocket suffers explosion during test
SpaceX’s next-generation Super Heavy rocket suffered an explosion during pre-launch testing on Monday afternoon. The incident was captured during a livestream......»»
Researchers capture first images of antibody attacking neuron receptor
Using UT Southwestern's Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility, researchers for the first time have captured images of an autoantibody bound to a nerve cell surface receptor, revealing the physical mechanism behind a neurological autoimmune disease. The f.....»»
When did the sun blow away the solar nebula?
The story of our solar system's origin is pretty well known. It goes like this: the sun began as a protostar in its "solar nebula" over 4.5 billion years ago. Over the course of several million years, the planets emerged from this nebula and it dissi.....»»
Image: Hubble spots a merging galactic gem
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observation has captured the galaxy CGCG 396-2, an unusual multi-armed galaxy merger which lies around 520 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Orion......»»
Epic galaxy merger imaged by Hubble Space Telescope
Hubble has captured two galaxies merging, located 520 million light-years from Earth in the Orion constellation......»»
NASA names first five targets for Webb images
Next week's image release balances aesthetics and the telescope's strengths. Enlarge (credit: Hubble Heritage Team) On Friday, NASA continued to build the hype for next week's image release from the Webb Space Telescope by ann.....»»
More than 1,000 invasive giant African snails captured in Florida
Agriculture officials say they've captured more than 1,000 giant African land snails from Pasco County since the invasive pest—"one of the most damaging snails in the world"—was first detected around New Port Richey in late June......»»
City heat extremes captured by instrument on the ISS
With air temperatures in excess of 10°C above the average for the time of year in parts of Europe, the United States and Asia, June 2022 has gone down as a record breaker. The fear is that these extreme early-season heatwaves are a taste of what cou.....»»
Hubble delves into cosmic treasure trove
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures the sparkling globular cluster NGC 6569 in the constellation Sagittarius. Hubble explored the heart of this cluster with both its Wide Field Camera 3 and Advanced Camera for Surveys, reveal.....»»
NASA"s new Hubble E-book takes readers on a journey to curious worlds
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope team has released a new edition in the Hubble Focus e-book series, called "Hubble Focus: Strange New Worlds." This e-book highlights the mission's recent discoveries about worlds outside our solar system, known as exopla.....»»
Hubble captures a glittering cluster of thousands of stars
This week's image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a stunning field of stars called a globular cluster......»»