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
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! The black holes revolve around each other. Both black holes have jets associated with them: the larger one with a reddish color and the smaller one with a yellowish jet. Normally only the reddish jet is seen, but during the … Read more
Researchers delve into a synthetic universe to help us better understand the real universe. Using supercomputers at the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois, scientists have created nearly 4 million simulated images of the cosmos from NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, jointly funded by NSF (the … Read more
Humanity has lost an interstellar pioneer. Ed Stone, who was a project scientist for NASA’s groundbreaking Voyager mission from 1972 to 2022, died on Sunday (June 9) at the age of 88. “Ed Stone was a pioneer who dared mighty things in space. He was a dear friend to all who knew him, and a … Read more
Peering deep into the cosmos, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is giving scientists their first detailed glimpse of supernovae from a time when our universe was only a fraction of its current age. A team using Webb data has identified ten times more supernovae in the early universe than previously known. Some of the newly … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. The Hubble Space Telescope will transition to a new way of operating that aims to prevent the space observatory from experiencing shortfalls in its ability to observe the universe, NASA officials said. The legendary telescope, … Read more
Westerlund 1 is the largest and closest ‘super’ star cluster to Earth. New data from NASA’s Chandra These are the first data released publicly from a project called the Extended Westerlund 1 and 2 Open Clusters Survey, or EWOCS, led by astronomers at Italy’s National Institute of Astrophysics in Palermo. As part of EWOCS, Chandra … Read more
Within a billion years, NASA’s Voyager 1 probe will have reached the opposite side of the Milky Way disk to the Sun. By the time it arrives, the sun will have evaporated all of Earth’s oceans, making it habitable. As a result, NASA may not be on hand to celebrate this remarkable milestone in the … Read more
WASHINGTON — Congressional language aimed at accelerating work on a future NASA space telescope has the side effect of forcing the agency to disband a team it created to guide the mission’s early development. NASA created two committees last year to support early development of the Habitable Worlds Observatory, a large space telescope recommended by … Read more
Illustration of Sierra Space’s first Dream Chaser, named DC#1 (Tenacity). Credit: Sierra Space Dream Chaser Tenacity by Sierra Space, part of NASA‘s initiative to launch commercial supply missions to the International Space Station, arrived at Kennedy Space Center for its first mission. After rigorous pre-launch testing, the ship is expected to deliver 7,800 pounds of … Read more