X1.0 solar flare erupts from geoeffective Region 4455

A third significant solar flare today erupted from geoeffective Active Region 4455 at 11:28 UTC on…

Magnetic exoplanets? Strange winds are strongest hint yet

This illustration shows magnetic activity in an exoplanet. The planet is a gas giant like Jupiter,…

M9.3 and M7.7 solar flares erupt from AR 4455, launching Earth-directed CMEs

The flare originated from Region 4455, near the center disk in the Sun’s northern hemisphere, with a beta magnetic…

Look Up! – NASA

ESA/Sophie Adenot Astronauts Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) and Jack Hathaway of NASA, both…

Look Up! – NASA

Astronauts Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) and Jack Hathaway of NASA, both Expedition 74…

The black hole or galaxy: Which came 1st?

This is a gravitationally lensed image of QSO1, an ancient Little Red Dot galaxy. It contains…

A new buzz at ESA’s astronaut centre

Around 160 000 new little colleagues arrived at ESA’s European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany, today.…

Installing MatISS-4, designed to trap atmospheric contaminants

This timelapse was published by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot on social media with the following caption:…

Webb sniffs methane from interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has collected its first chemical fingerprint of an interstellar object…

Webb sniffs methane from interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has collected its first chemical fingerprint of an interstellar object…