Since fireworks were not allowed on the space station, NASA astronauts improvised with camera flashes to celebrate Independence Day. International Space Station (ISS) astronaut Matthew Dominick experimented with “light painting” — a long exposure in a dark room that illuminates a subject with a light source — during Expedition 71’s Fourth of July free time. … Read more
This new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows a young protostar in the process of forming inside a fiery, hourglass-shaped molecular cloud. Captured with the MIRI instrument, the scene reveals dynamic outflows and bright regions caused by interactions with surrounding gases and dust. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI Webb’s latest mid-infrared image shows … Read more
L1527 and Protostar (MIRI image). Credit: Space Telescope Science Institute The cosmos seems to come to life with a crackling explosion of pyrotechnics in this new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Taken with Webb’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument), this fiery hourglass marks the scene of a very young object in the process of becoming … Read more
Astronomers have spotted bursts and echoes coming from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). These ‘cosmic fireworks’ and X-ray echoes could help scientists better understand the dark and silent cosmic titan that our Milky Way orbits. The team of researchers from Michigan State University made the … Read more
This artist’s concept shows the nova system HM Sagittae (HM Sge), where a white dwarf star is pulling material from its red giant companion. This forms a red-hot disk around the dwarf, which could unpredictably undergo a spontaneous thermonuclear explosion as the red giant’s hydrogen trap becomes denser and reaches a tipping point. These fireworks … Read more
Devastated family and friends have paid tribute to a Hartlepool-born boy who died suddenly aged 33 after collapsing in the gym. Dan Cook left Hartlepool in 2010 for London to pursue a career in music. However, he came into contact with the rich and famous after joining an aviation company and working his way up … Read more