Stunning twilight photo captures comet bidding farewell to Earth for 80,000 years
Miguel Claro took one last look at Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas as it bid farewell to Earth for the next 80,000 years.
How SpaceX upended traditional launch markets – and what’s next
Part 1 of this free report explores how SpaceX upended traditional launch markets by scaling reusability, slashing costs and normalizing frequent access to orbit. With more launches in 2024 than…
How To Detect Magnetic Fields Around Exoplanets
Magnetic fields play an important, if sometimes underappreciated, part in planetary systems. Without a strong magnetic field, planets can end up as a barren wasteland like Mars, or they could…
Are the JWST’s Little Red Dots Actually Supermassive Black Hole Seeds?
What are the JWST’s Little Red Dots? While they appear to be galaxies, there’s no observational certainty. New research examines the idea that they’re actually stars, suggesting that they’re actually…
New Horizons Could Find Its Way to Proxima Centauri if it Wanted
The New Horizons spacecraft is humanity’s fastest-moving spacecraft and headed to interstellar space. Since its exploration of Pluto 10 years ago and subsequent flyby of Arrokoth in 2019, it’s been…
Betelgeuse Isn’t Alone. It Has A Very Dim Companion
Astronomers have discovered a companion star in an incredibly tight orbit around Betelgeuse using the NASA and U.S. National Science Foundation-funded ‘Alopeke’ instrument on Gemini North, one half of the…
NASA Goddard director to step down
The head of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center is resigning while hundreds of current and former agency employees voice their concerns about the direction of NASA under the new administration.…
SpaceX aborts satellite launch 11 seconds before liftoff
SpaceX aborted the planned launch of two of SES’ O3b mPOWER communications satellites just before liftoff on Monday evening (July 21). The company will try again tomorrow (July 22).
‘Chaos’ reigns beneath the ice of Jupiter moon Europa, James Webb Space Telescope reveals
New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are painting a new picture of Jupiter’s moon Europa and revealing the hidden chemistry of the icy moon’s interior.