A huge family of newborn stars seem to now be going their separate ways: Over 1,000 stars are hurriedly fleeing their nest in record time, leading to something of a
A huge family of newborn stars seem to now be going their separate ways: Over 1,000 stars are hurriedly fleeing their nest in record time, leading to something of a
A Volvo Crawler Excavator severs the airframe, separating the tail section from the fuselage, of the modified C-141 Kuiper Airborne Observatory at Moffett Field, California. NASA The planned deconstruction, disposal,
This spectrograph map, generated from data collected by NASA’s New Horizons probe, depicts the relatively uniform brightness of the ultraviolet “Lyman-alpha” background surrounding our Sun and its area of influence.
NASA is asking private industry and academia for ideas for new rescue services for its astronauts on Earth in the event of emergencies during rocket launches, spacecraft free flight or
Astronomers have captured the sharpest, most detailed images yet of young solar systems where planets are just beginning to take shape. Exquisite snapshots released on Monday (April 28) provide a
A.I.-generated view of a solar eclipse above a spruce forest — Grok via Astrobiology.com Editor’s note: In the “Avatar” film series the interconnectedness of trees and other life forms is
(left) Map of the power-law index α250, centered at 250 GHz, of the continuum brightness temperature in Orion (see Eq. 8), after a convolution to reach a resolution of 40
Star Wars Day, May 4th (‘May the 4th be with you’) is just around the corner. The major online retailers have big discounts on the best Lego Star Wars sets
ESPRESSO RVs of K2-157 c (left) and K2-157 d (right) folded to their respective orbital periods inferred in Sect. 4.4. The blue solid lines indicate the median posterior models, and
A giant flare from a highly magnetized star called a magnetar can produce heavy elements such as gold and platinum, new research shows. The magnetar’s strong, twisted magnetic field lines






