The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has provided something truly wonderful for its latest Picture of the Month. While observing the famous MACS J0454.1-030 galaxy cluster, Webb captured brilliant golden galaxies in
The ESA’s Euclid Space Telescope has discovered its first comet, a result that’s not part of its primary mission. The telescope was launched at the beginning of July, 2023, and its mission is
Supermassive black holes are powerful engines. They can rip stars apart and feed upon them. They blast jets of ionized gas at near-light speeds. On the other hand, these gravitational beasts are rather
The plume of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 upper stage is caught by the rising sun during the Bandwagon-5 mission on Oct. 20, 2026. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now Update Oct. 20, 8:45 a.m. EDT (1245
Since its inception in 1990, the Human Genome Project has led to breakthroughs in our understanding of genetics. In April 2003, the project was declared complete after scientists determined the sequence of the
Mercury remains one of our solar system’s most elusive and difficult planets to study. It’s easier to send probes to the icy moons of Saturn or Jupiter, or even Pluto, than to land
In the near future, powerful new telescopes will power a big leap in exoplanet science. Telescopes like the Extremely Large Telescope, the Giant Magellan Telescope, and the Habitable Worlds Observatory will take us
A core-collapse supernova occurs when a massive star reaches the end of its life. After running out of hydrogen and other light elements to burn, the star makes a last ditch effort to
We’ve gotta give credit to space scientists. They come up with great names for things, probably because so many of them like science fiction. One of these delicious names is given to the
Seven billion light-years from Earth, there is an unexpected cluster of galaxies. It has two regions in the process of colliding with each other with a combined mass of more than two quadrillion
