Hubble Captures a Peculiar Spiral Galaxy
A beautiful, yet distorted, spiral galaxy shines in this image from NASA/ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope. The galaxy, named Arp 184 or NGC 1961, is located about 190 million light-years from Earth in the…
Representations of the Milky Way in Ancient Egyptian imagery
An interest in understanding the role that the Milky Way played in Egyptian culture and religion has led University of Portsmouth Associate Professor of Astrophysics, Dr Or Graur to uncover what he thinks may be…
New telescope images uncover ‘Green Monster’ in Cassiopeia A
Like with the Cygnus Loop, Chandra has provided a 3-dimensional (3D) printable model that can be used to explore the end stage of a star’s life. These 3D models are based on state-of-the-art…
Mars – Tharsis
Tharsis Montes is the largest volcanic region on Mars. It is approximately 2,400 miles across, 6 miles high, and contains 12 large shield volcanoes. The summits of Tharsis Montes are about the same…
Mystery of dissonance in the “ringing” of black holes explained
A scientist from Tokyo Metropolitan University has solved the longstanding problem of a “dissonance” in gravitational waves emitted by a black hole. Using high precision computing and a new theoretical physics framework, it…
Star Nest in Circinus West
A celestial shadow known as the Circinus West molecular cloud creeps across this image captured from Chile with the 570-megapixel Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera — one of the most powerful digital…
The most distant twin of the Milky Way ever observed.
An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has discovered the most distant known candidate for a spiral galaxy to date. This ultramassive system existed just one billion years after the…
More Earth-like planets may exist.
A groundbreaking study by Rice University researchers Sho Shibata and Andre Izidoro introduces a compelling new model for the formation of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes—planets ranging from one to four times Earth’s size and…
Fully 3D-printed electrospray engine.
Adam Zewe | MIT News An electrospray engine applies an electric field to a conductive liquid, generating a high-speed jet of tiny droplets that can propel a spacecraft. These miniature engines are ideal for small…
Object seen by James Webb may be a solar system in formation
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured a breathtaking image of HH 30, a young star ejecting powerful jets of energy into space, illuminating the protoplanetary disk that may one day give…