Our Milky Way’s center is normally hidden from standard, optical telescopes due to clouds of dust and gas. But the Spitzer Space Telescope’s infrared cameras penetrated much of the dust, revealing stars…
Last year, scientists used Hubble to watch a black hole rip apart a star. Now, they’ve shared the receipts. NASA, ESA, Leah Hustak (STScI) A black hole’s invisibility could be…
The unidentified object tracked by a Navy pilot in 2015 in the “Gimbal” video. Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET What is that strange object in the sky? A new US…
An image of Stephan’s Quintet made up of Spitzer, JWST and Chandra X-Ray observations. The blue part in the middle signifies the massive shock wave. NASA/CXC/SAO/JPL-Caltech/ESA/CSA/STScI Last year, when I…
This Perseverance rover image from Jan. 8, 2023 shows wheel tracks, rocks, dunes and the Ingenuity helicopter. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Processing by Amanda Kooser/CNET This story is part of Welcome to Mars, our…
This bloom preserved in amber more than 33 million years old is a giant among flowers trapped in amber. Carola Radke, MfN (Museum für Naturkunde Berlin) Amber — sticky tree…
New findings from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope are shedding light on star formation in a dynamic cluster that lies within a nebula 200,000 light years away. NGC 346, located…
The roundish gray rock in this Curiosity rover image from Jan. 9, 2023 may have come from elsewhere. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/red circle by Amanda Kooser/CNET This story is part of Welcome to…
An illustration of the exoplanet LHS 475 b. NASA, ESA, CSA, L. Hustak (STScI) The James Webb Telescope has been operating for less than a year, but Wednesday brought news of the…
Excavation and study is still in the early phases for this shrine, which might have been a temple of Poseidon. Birgitta Eder/Athens Branch of the Austrian Archaeological Institute Thousands of…
