NASA’s stuck astronauts hit 6 months in space
By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Known across the globe as the stuck astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams hit the six-month mark in space …
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How ESA’s Proba-3 Mission Will Create Solar Eclipses in Orbit
After a slight hiccup and one-day delay, the European Space Agency’s incredible Proba-3 mission successfully launched into space. The Proba-3 mission will do something never seen before: it will precisely …
We’ve Never Been Closer to Finding Life Outside Our Solar System
In 2025, we might detect the first signs of life outside our solar system. Crucial to this potential breakthrough is the 6.5-meter-diameter James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Launched aboard an …
The Final Images from NASA’s Burned-Up NEOWISE Space Telescope
Launched in December 2009, the Near-Earth Object Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) ended its mission on July 31, 2024, and, as expected, reentered Earth’s atmosphere on November 1, burning up. …
Satellite Captures Volcanic Lava Flow Threatening Iceland’s Blue Lagoon
The two-mile long fissure as seen from space on November 24. The Blue Lagoon attraction can be seen (center left) next to dots of lava while the town of Grindavík …
The End Is Near for NASA’s Voyager Probes
Saturn as captured by the Voyager program. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images Once the Voyagers’ planetary journeys were over, it was possible to begin a new mission phase. After their last planetary …
The Mystery of How Supermassive Black Holes Merge
However, modeling has shown that it is difficult to scatter enough stars toward the black holes to solve the final-parsec problem. Alternatively, each black hole might have a small disk …
Webb Scores a Hat Trick With Superb New Photo of the Sombrero Galaxy
‘NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently imaged the Sombrero galaxy with its MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument), resolving the clumpy nature of the dust along the galaxy’s outer ring. This image includes …
Hubble’s Edgy New Photo Captures a Spiral Galaxy From an Unusual Perspective
UGC 10043 Space telescopes like Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope typically capture head-on images of galaxies, showing them in all their frame-filling glory. However, Hubble imaged its latest …
Why Is It So Tricky to Show the Sun, Earth, and Moon in a Diagram?
Earth, sun, moon: three objects in space whose interactions have a pretty big impact on our lives. Earth orbits the sun once a year, and it rotates on its axis …