Webb’s mid-infrared instrument, which was managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory until launch, also revealed jets of gas streaming into space from the twin stars. Scientists recently got a big surprise from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope when they pointed the observatory at a group of young stars called WL 20. The region has been … Read more
Travel to space should be an eye-opening experienceone that gives you a new perspective humanity and its place in the cosmos. But while you might think an experience like this would make someone infinitely wiser, here’s a new report discovered that space travel could do that make you a little dumber. 2024 BMW X5 50e … Read more
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered an unprecedented collection of ancient supernovae. Astronomers announced that they have found ten times more of these stellar explosions than previously known in the early days of the universe. Some of these approximately 80 newly discovered supernovae exploded when the universe was only about 2 billion years old … Read more
Strange holes in the surface of our neighboring planet could one day provide areas where astronauts can take shelter. A mysterious pit on Mars captured by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has reignited interest in the potential of these features to support future human missions to the Red Planet. The pit, which is only a … Read more
Visiting The Colbert Report in 2013, the eponymous host asked NASA scientist Ed Stone if he was ever annoyed by the fact that the agency’s astronauts received all the parades and fanfare while researchers worked behind the scenes. “No,” Stone replied, “we’re having too much fun.” Stone even served as chief scientist for the space … 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
American news By means of Patrick Reilly Published June 12, 2024, 10:59 PM ET Scientists around the world are eagerly awaiting a cosmic nova event that NASA says will add a “new star” to the night sky sometime between now and September. The spectacle will be so bright that it will be visible to the … Read more
This image shows a three-dimensional map of stars near the Sun. These stars are so close that they could be prime targets for direct searches for planets using future telescopes. The blue halos represent stars observed with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton. The yellow star in the center of this diagram represents the … Read more
Astronomers expect a “new star” to appear in the night sky between now and September in a celestial event that has been in the works for years, according to NASA. “It is a once-in-a-lifetime event that will create many new astronomers, giving young people a cosmic event that they can observe for themselves, ask their … Read more
A rare burst of light from a dead star will likely be visible to humans Soil this summer in a fleeting but potentially grim celestial display that scientists are calling “a once-in-a-lifetime event.” The technical term for the impending cosmic explosion is nova, which happens when a white dwarf suddenly and often strikingly lights up … Read more