NASA’s Webb captures celestial fireworks around forming star

L1527 and Protostar (MIRI Image). Credit: Space Telescope Science Institute The cosmos seems to come alive…

German scientists investigate supernova remnant SNR G309.8+00.0 at high energies

Combined SUMSS at 843 MHz (red) and 1-2 keV eRASS:4 (cyan) image at and around the…

Infrared glow high in Jupiter’s atmosphere may be dark matter particles colliding

Schematic of H3+ production in Jupiter. Auroral H3+ emission near the magnetic poles is sourced by…

Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket finally ready for liftoff

A dress rehearsal for the Ariane 6 rocket, which will launch for the first time on…

Ahead of Ariane 6 launch, what are the other big rockets?

Ariane 6’s first launch is scheduled from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana on July 9. Europe’s…

With X-ray analysis, an asteroid provides a view into our solar system’s past

Artwork showing the Hayabusa2 spacecraft retrieving a sample from the surface of the asteroid Ryugu. Credit:…

Determining the safest Mars caves for future astronauts

Image of a lava tube skylight entrance on the Martian volcano Pavonis Mons obtained by NASA’s…

A hero, a crown, and possibly a nova

Look up after sunset during summer months to find Hercules! Scan between Vega and Arcturus, near…

Research intern helps discover a new pulsar buried in a mountain of data

VLITE 340 MHz image of GLIMPSE-C01 from February 27, 2021. The clean beam is shown as…

Astronomers discover a peculiar radio galaxy

LOFAR image of J0011+3217 at 144 MHz. Credit: Kumar et al., 2024. Using the LOw-Frequency ARray…