When NASA attempted to return to the Moon for the first time in 50 years on January 8, more was at risk than just US$108 million worth of development and equipment. The agency earned the ire of the Native American Navajo people, who made a bid to stop the launch because of an unusual inclusion ...
Some of us remember August 24, 2006, like it was yesterday. It was the day Pluto got booted from the exclusive “planets club”. I (Sara) was 11 years old, and my entire class began lunch break by passionately chanting, “Pluto is a planet,” in protest of the information we’d just received. It was a touching ...
The Milky Way is a breathtaking example of the wonders of cosmic creation within the vast and mysterious realm of the cosmos. The Milky Way’s music has been discovered by scientists and artists alike as they have investigated additional sensory qualities of the galaxy beyond the visual spectacle. This article will take readers on a ...
What is the universe made of? What role does “dark energy” play? This question has driven astronomers for hundreds of years. For the past quarter of a century, scientists have believed “normal” stuff like atoms and molecules that make up you, me, Earth, and nearly everything we can see only accounts for 5 percent of ...
What exciting events will we see in the southern sky in 2024? Meteor showers, Saturn covered by the Moon, close approaches of bright planets to each other, supermoons — and, if we’re lucky, a comet visible to the naked eye. Even if you live in a city surrounded by light pollution, these are all worth ...
A colorful, festive image from NASA shows different types of light containing the remains of not one, but at least two exploded stars. This supernova remnant is known as 30 Doradus B (30 Dor B for short) and is part of a larger region of space where stars have been continuously forming for the past ...
While the unaided eye or binoculars can reveal much of the night sky, a telescope reveals so much more. Seeing Saturn’s rings or the Moon’s craters with your own eyes can be an “oh wow” moment. However, choosing the right telescope can be tricky. Some have lenses and some have mirrors. Some are moved by ...
There are few things more peaceful and relaxing than a night under the stars. Through the holidays, many people head away from the bright city lights to go camping and stargazing. They revel in the dark skies, spangled with myriad stars. As a child, I loved such trips, and they helped cement my passion for ...
Supermassive black holes reside in some of the biggest galaxies in the universe, and many emit radio waves. They tend to be billions of times more massive that our Sun, and not even light itself can escape a black hole once it gets too close. But it’s not all darkness. Supermassive black holes power some ...
Like a shiny, round ornament ready to be placed in the perfect spot on a holiday tree, supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A) gleams in a new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. As part of the 2023 Holidays at the White House, First Lady of the United States Dr. Jill Biden debuted the first-ever ...
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