Week in images: 05-09 May 2025 Discover our week through the lens Source link
Hubble observes new tidal disruption event (January 2025 image)
Lurking 600 million light-years away, within the inky black depths between stars, there is an invisible…
Earth from Space: Northwest Sardinia, Italy
Part of the Italian island of Sardinia is featured in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2…
Soviet-era spacecraft to crash back to Earth
A Soviet spacecraft launched back in 1972, known as Kosmos 482, is expected to fall back…
Earth from Space: Northwest Sardinia, Italy
Part of the Italian island of Sardinia is featured in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2…
Face to face with a spiral’s arms
The spiral galaxy NGC 3596 is on display in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week, which…
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Could Study Dying Planets
Orbital decay, where planets eventually fall into their stars and are consumed, is a major aspect…
How Many Rogue Planets are in the Milky Way? The Roman Space Telescope Will Give Us an Answer
Over the past decade or so, astronomers have speculated about the characteristics of rogue planets in…
How Do the Most Massive Stars Get So Big?
The most massive stars in the Milky Way contain one hundred times more mass than the…
Quasars Don’t Last Long. So How Do They Get So Massive?
Quasars represent some of the most luminous and energetic phenomena in the universe. These distant powerhouses…