FAA Moves to Fine SpaceX Over August Starlink Launch
A Falcon 9 blasting off. Screenshot by CNET The Federal Aviation Administration is looking to fine Elon Musk’s rocket company, SpaceX, for not submitting safety data before a Starlink mission…
Hubble Snaps Rare View of 3 Galaxies on a Collision Course
The three galaxies that look like they’re cuddling off to the right will eventually merge with one another. An unrelated galaxy is seen off to the left, with lots of…
This Neutron Star Explosion Was Perfect. Too Perfect
An illustration of what the oddly spherical explosion might’ve looked like. Albert Sneppen No matter what, you do not want to find yourself near a neutron star. These stellar beasts,…
NASA’s Webb Telescope captures never-before-seen details in Pandora’s Cluster
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured never-before-seen details in a region of space known as Pandora’s Cluster. A new deep field image from the observatory displays three clusters of…
Solar Blast to Send Aurora Light Shows Toward Populated Areas: How to See It
NASA astronaut Bob Hines captured gorgeous aurora views in August 2022. Bob Hines/NASA A tumultuous week on the surface of the sun will provide a nice opportunity to see the…
NASA Captures 10 Mars Rover Sample Tubes in a Single Glorious Image
It took hundreds of images to put together a broad Martian panorama showing all 10 of the Perseverance rover’s sample depot tubes on the ground. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS This story is part…
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Reveals Brand New Details of Pandora’s Cluster
A cropped view of Webb’s image of Pandora’s Cluster shows a complex landscape of galaxies. NASA, ESA, CSA, I. Labbe (Swinburne University of Technology), R. Bezanson (University of Pittsburgh), A.…
Dinosaur Footprint Sets Record: ‘Couldn’t Believe What I Was Looking At’
The giant dinosaur footprint found in Yorkshire measures nearly a meter in length. Marie Woods A single footprint can tell a story. A long time ago in the Jurassic era,…
Astronomers Discover Peculiar ‘Tadpole’ Cloud With a Mystery Behind It
The Tadpole cloud may get its shape from a black hole, shown here in an artist’s illustration. Keio University Around 27,000 light-years away in the Sagittarius constellation, there’s a cloud…
Hubble Telescope spots pair of galaxies near Big Dipper
A recent Hubble Space Telescope image highlights galaxies near the Big Dipper. The scene features the galaxy LEDA 48062, located in the constellation Canes Venatici and shown on the right…