Space

Findings from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that early galaxies were forming complex bar-like structures much earlier, indicating accelerated evolution. Credit: SciTechDaily Advanced observations from JWST show that early galaxies matured faster and were less chaotic, challenging previous theories of galaxy evolution. New research has revealed that the Universe’s early galaxies were less turbulent … Read more

The universe wants us to understand its origin. Every second of every day, it sends us a multitude of signals, each one a clue to a different aspect of the cosmos. But the Universe is the original Trickster, and its multitude of signals is an almost unrecognizable cacophony of light, warped, shifted and stretched on … Read more

The stars of Star Trek will get a taste of real-life space exploration when they attend the 2024 International Space Development Conference in Los Angeles this weekend, and you have a chance to join them in fixing up your space. On Friday (May 24), actor William Shatner, who originated the role of Captain James T. … Read more

Pluto’s surface, suitable for a world whose surface vibrates at a temperature of -364 F (-220 C), is frozen. But beneath that nitrogen ice may lie an underground ocean of liquid water. A recent study suggested what that ocean might look like: It could be deeper than Earth’s crust and denser than seawater. It may … Read more

The European Space Agency selected two companies on Wednesday to advance designs for a cargo spacecraft that could create the continents’ first sovereign entry into space. The two winners, aerospace major Thales Alenia Space and French startup The Exploration Company, will receive 25 million ($27 million) each to advance concepts for vehicles that can transport … Read more

File: The May 2023 Flower Moon produced a stunning display from New York to Kenya. The last full moon of spring, which is called the Flower Moon, occurs on Thursday night. In fact, if we’re splitting hairs, NASA set the official full moon, its brightest point, at 9:53 a.m. Thursday. However, the author of NASA’s … Read more

WASHINGTON NASA Administrator Bill Nelson defended the cost and schedule performance of the agency’s Artemis lunar exploration effort, even as officials hinted at the possibility of changes in a future mission. In a May 23 hearing, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (DN.H.), chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Commerce, Judiciary and Science subcommittee, pressed Nelson on the … Read more

NASA mission to the metal rich asteroid 16 Psyche has fired up its ion engines and is now sailing through it solar system under the power of solar-electric propulsion. of Start of the spaceship, which is also called Physiqueon October 13, 2023 gave it an initial boost sufficient to propel it more than 190 million … Read more

Newly published research could help predict when “powerful solar storms” will hit. According to Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering, an international team of researchers discovered that the sun’s magnetic field begins about 20,000 miles below its surface. Previously, the magnetic field was thought to originate 130,000 miles below its surface. According to NASA, the sun’s … Read more

Six of the Solar System’s planets are about to line up for a rare sight in Earth’s sky. In the wee hours of June 3 and 4, 2024, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus will appear in a straight line in an alignment known as a planet parade. Only Venus will be absent, and … Read more