The Venerable Hubble Space Telescope Keeps Delivering

The world was much different in 1990 when NASA astronauts removed the Hubble Space Telescope from…

Hubble Sees a Brand New Triple Star System

In a world that seems to be switching focus from the Hubble Space Telescope to the…

The BepiColombo Mission To Mercury is Losing Power

BepiColombo is a joint ESA/JAXA mission to Mercury. It was launched in 2018 on a complex…

Astronauts Could Deploy Extra Arms to Stay Stable on the Moon

Walking along on the surface of the Moon, as aptly demonstrated by the Apollo astronauts, is…

Not All Black Holes are Ravenous Gluttons

Some Supermassive Black Holes (SMBHs) consume vast quantities of gas and dust, triggering brilliant light shows…

Webb Sees Black Holes Merging Near the Beginning of Time

A long time ago, in two galaxies far, far away, two massive black holes merged. This…

The Sun Hurls its Most Powerful Flare in a Decades

The Sun has been vying for attention these last couple of weeks. First with the appearance…

Juno Reveals Secrets About Europa’s Icy Surface

Europa has always held a fascination to me. I think it’s the concept of a world…

Scientists Test for Quantum Gravity

The tension between quantum mechanics and relativity has long been a central split in modern-day physics.…

New Photos Show Jupiter’s Tiny Moon Amalthea

NASA’s Juno spacecraft spies a tiny inner moon of Jupiter, Amalthea. It’s tiny, but it’s there.…