What If There’s a Star Inside a Black Hole?
Ask what lies inside a black hole and the honest answer has always been a bit of a shrug and something about a singularity, a point where density becomes infinite…
National lab visit boosts NASA’s confidence in space nuclear propulsion mission
NASA officials say they are confident in plans to launch a nuclear electric propulsion demonstration mission by the end of 2028 after visiting the national lab building the mission’s reactor.…
Scientists create largest 2D map of the universe with 5.6 trillion pixels and nearly 4 billion cosmic objects
Astronomers have released the largest two-dimensional map of the universe ever created, offering a sweeping new view of nearly 4 billion celestial objects across roughly three-quarters of the sky. The…
Scientists find 2 million active black holes, exploding stars and more, nearly doubling our view of the high-energy universe
Astronomers have nearly doubled the number of known cosmic X-ray sources, offering the most comprehensive public view yet of the universe’s hottest and most energetic objects. The second major public…
NASA Completes Astronaut-Deployed Science Instrument for Lunar Surface
The fully-integrated LEMS (Lunar Environment Monitoring Station) ready for environmental testing. A small suitcase-size instrument suite built at NASA Goddard, LEMS is designed to carry out continuous, long-term monitoring of…
‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’: Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn, & Carol Kane on season 4’s big leaps and ‘outside the box’ episodes
Season 4 of Paramount+’s “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” is off to a roaring start with episodes already airing centered around primeval dinosaurs, a haunted starship, and a hedonistic pleasure…
1-billion-year-old Mars meteorite found in Algeria is like nothing we’ve seen from the Red Planet
A newly found Mars meteorite is revealing the secrets of a previously hidden time period of Red Planet geological history. The 1.27-billion-year-old space rock, called Northwest Africa (NWA) 13441, was…
Golden Dome money starting to reach contractors, but long-term funding still unclear
Pentagon contractors are beginning to book Golden Dome related work, but much of it is flowing through established programs The post Golden Dome money starting to reach contractors, but long-term…
Lion Nebula Roars in Webb’s Sights
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope imaged the planetary nebula NGC 2392, the Lion Nebula, using the observatory’s NIRCam and MIRI instruments. The central star’s remains are responsible for the nebula’s…
NASA Telescopes Create Colorful ‘Craft’ From Nearby Nebula
4 Min Read NASA Telescopes Create Colorful ‘Craft’ From Nearby Nebula Like a collage made of layered sheets of colored cellophane, a vibrant new image layers observations of a famous…