A rare snowfall in the driest place on Earth has halted operations of one of the world’s premier telescope arrays, and climate change may mean the observatory will face more
A rare snowfall in the driest place on Earth has halted operations of one of the world’s premier telescope arrays, and climate change may mean the observatory will face more
Saturday night presents a perfect opportunity to spot a “Golden Handle” shining brightly on the moon’s surface. It is a fleeting sight that appears when sunlight catches the peaks of
On July 4, 2006, NASA’s space shuttle Discovery launched on a “return to flight” mission that paved the way for it and its sister ships to fly for another five
There is no better excuse to travel than to see a total solar eclipse, and the next one happens on Aug. 12, 2026. Although a total solar eclipse is an
Cutout images from the first and fourth discovery observations of 3I/ATLAS from the ATLAS Chile, spanning approximately one hour. 3I/ATLAS is moving at 0.49 deg/day against the stellar background. The
(From Lorenzo et al. (2022)) RGB composite image of Sextans A made with Hα (red) and V bands (green) from Massey et al. (2007), and GALEX FUV (blue). The LITTLE
Hydrothermal Systems May Have Supplied Essential Phosphorus For Early Life — Tohoku University Understanding where and in what quantities essential elements for life have existed on Earth’s surface helps explain
Eccentricity and position snapshots over time of a simulation using the mixed scenario where all 4 terrestrial planets fit constraints and the Earth analogue had a final CC embryo impact.
Full data in Supplementary Tables S1, S2, S3 and S4. All data used in this figure are normalized for fragmentation (see text). A Trees show clustering of flora in each
Early risers are in for a celestial treat on July 5, when Venus appears as a bright ‘morning star’ alongside the magnificent Pleiades open star cluster in the eastern sky