The James Webb Space Telescope Just Released ITS First Image
We’ve now gotten our first look at the imaging capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope, and it’s a “selfie,” sort of. The fuzzy self-portrait…
Astronomy
Scientists Intrigued by Possible Signs of Life on Saturn’s Moon
Astronomers have long been interested by the icy shell that surrounds Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The Cassini-Huygens probe of NASA and the European Space Agency found…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship Event Leaves a lot of Questions around the Company’s Big Rocket
From the Starship development facility in Boca Chica, Texas, Elon Musk gave an update on the company’s progress and intentions for Starship, its next-generation launch…
Saturn’s Spectacular Aurorae Can Be Generated By Altitude Winds
A new mechanism for Saturn to get aurorae, the light shows caused by charged particles slamming into a planet’s atmosphere, has been discovered by astronomers.…
At 137 Kilometers Wide, This Megacomet Is Officially the Largest Ever Seen
Last year, a comet traveling for the inner Solar System was identified as the largest yet seen, with a size closer to that of a…
How Giant Stars End Up in “Impossible” Locations
Astronomers have found why giant stars appear in locations where they shouldn’t be, such as far outside the galactic plane. The explanation shows that star…
Space Water Cloud Reveals the Universe’s Temperature 13 Billion Years Ago
Astronomers have measured the temperature of the universe 880 million years after the Big Bang. This was made possible by a space water cloud that…
Second Ever Trojan Asteroid Discovered Sharing Earth’s Orbit
A second known Earth Trojan asteroid has been discovered, according to astronomers. The space rock, dubbed 2020 XL5, is around 60 degrees ahead of our…
SpaceX Launch Scrubbed As Cruise Ship Enters Hazard Area with 30 Seconds to Liftoff
SpaceX has been attempting to launch an Italian surveillance satellite for several days, but has hampered by bad weather. Now, it has postponed once more…
First Exoplanet with Earth-Like Layered Atmosphere Discovered – But You Wouldn’t Want To Live There
WASP-189 b, one of the extreme known exoplanets, has a layered atmosphere similar to Earth, according to astronomers. However, that is where the parallels end.…
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