It’s 9pm on a Tuesday and a stranger from Shanghai is cooking in my kitchen. I don’t speak Chinese, and she doesn’t speak much English, so we both had to mimic when she asked me where I kept the knives and salt. I had only met this woman 24 hours earlier, but she is staying … Read more
The rapid formation of supermassive black holes in the early universe continues to baffle astronomers, and new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have only deepened the mystery; even challenge existing models of cosmic evolution. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), equipped with the advanced Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), allows scientists to delve deeper into … Read more
NASA’s watchful eyes in the sky have detected an asteroid, designated 2024 LB4, that is expected to make a close approach to Earth. This asteroid, which is comparable in size to a commercial airliner and has a diameter of about 30 meters, is on a trajectory that will bring it within 3,000,000 kilometers of our … Read more
Astronauts on a future mission to Mars may not make it all the way to the Red Planet and back without experiencing kidney failure, new research shows. Although not usually considered one of the biggest dangers of space travel, traveling as far as Mars could change the structure and function of astronauts’ kidneys, leading to … Read more
A stunningly fast star that is one of the oldest in the Milky Way has been spotted crossing our Milky Way by astronomers looking for something completely different. The scientists noticed that the fast star was moving at a speed of 2.1 million kilometers per hour, almost three times the speed of our own Sun, … Read more
Olympus Mons seen here in an image from the Trace Gas Orbiter with frost on top. PC ESA DLR FU Berlin University of Berlin. Reprinted with permission from World At Large, a news website covering nature, politics, science, health and travel. Even more evidence of liquid water on Mars has been discovered by a European … 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
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
Astronomers have detected a peculiar radio signal originating from deep space that eludes current scientific knowledge. The signal, designated ASKAP J1935+2148, repeats every 53.8 minutes, making it the longest period ever recorded for such a phenomenon. Published in the magazine Nature AstronomyThe discovery, made using the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio telescope, has … Read more