Astronomers find 10 new millisecond pulsars in globular cluster Terzan 5

Integrated pulse profiles of all the newly discovered pulsars in Terzan 5. These plots are obtained…

What to know about next week’s total solar eclipse in the US, Mexico and Canada

A total solar eclipse April 8 will enter over Mexico’s Pacific coast, dash up through Texas…

NASA’s VIPER robotic moon rover team raises its mighty mast

A team of engineers lifts the mast into place atop of NASA’s VIPER robotic Moon rover…

New ‘Eclipse Watch’ tool shows eclipses from space any time

An eclipse-like image captured by the LASCO instrument on the SOHO spacecraft includes a picture of…

Here’s what to know and where to see it

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Don’t be alarmed when the sky goes dark on April 8. A…

NASA’s open data approach to solar eclipse research

A boy watches the total solar eclipse through protective glasses in Madras, Oregon on Monday, Aug.…

Tips to safely watch the total solar eclipse

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain On April 8, North America will experience a total solar eclipse, stretching…

Exploding stars are rare but emit torrents of radiation—one close enough to Earth could threaten life on the planet

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Stars like the sun are remarkably constant. They vary in brightness by…

Supercomputer simulations decode the mass puzzle of the first stars

Massive Pop III stars reach the end of their lifecycles through supernova explosions, releasing a torrent…

JWST observations explore molecular outflows of a nearby merging galaxy

JWST/NIRCam false-color image of NGC 3256 using F150W, F200W, and F444W filters. (top and bottom) NIRSpec…