Edward C. Stone, who opened a window to the farthest reaches of the solar system while serving as chief scientist of NASA’s Voyager mission, which oversaw a pair of spindly, plutonium-powered spacecraft that continue to operate billions of miles from Earth, died in June 9 at his home in Pasadena, California. He was 88. His … Read more
A team of scientists used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to gain new insights into the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant located 6,500 light-years away in the constellation Taurus. This research, using the telescope’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) and Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), has provided data that helps illuminate the complex history of the Crab Nebula. … Read more
Artist’s impression of the first stars, 400 million years after the Big Bang NASA WMAP Science team via Wikipedia Astronomers have discovered the furthest known carbon in the universe, dating from just 350 million years after the Big Bang. The finding – made by NASA’s Webb Space Telescope – used infrared observations from the current … Read more
In a remarkable feat of astronomical research, Kevin Hainline, an astronomer at the University of Arizona, has observed a galaxy that offers a glimpse into the universe’s distant past. Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Hainline and his team have identified a galaxy, named JADES-GS-z14-0, that appears as it existed 290 million years after … Read more
NASA’s Perseverance rover has made significant progress in its mission to uncover the geological history of Mars by exploring the ancient Neretva Vallis river channel. Originally thought to be just a clear route, with no rover-slowing boulders, Neretva Vallis has proven to be a geological treasure trove. After navigating a challenging dune field to avoid … Read more
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
This map, superimposed on an image from NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter, shows Perseverance’s path between January 21 and June 11. White dots indicate where the rover stopped after completing a trip along the Neretva Vallis river channel. The light blue line shows the rover’s route within the canal. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona Originally considered little … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked trusted source proofread OK! This map, superimposed on an image from NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter, shows Perseverance’s path between January 21 and June 11. White dots indicate where the rover stopped after completing a trip along the Neretva Vallis river channel. The light blue line shows … Read more
It’s a bird… it’s a plane… it’s a super star cluster! NASA’s Chandra X-ray telescope has imaged a star cluster that is “super” in every way. Westerlund 1 is super big, super massive, super young, super close – and it’s creating stars at a super fast pace. Westerlund 1 is about 13,000 light-years away from … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked trusted source proofread OK! 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 … Read more