NASA needs you to observe Uranus and Neptune this week

[ad_1] Back to Article List The distant ice giants are currently being watched with Hubble and New Horizons. Scientists want to add your images to the mix. Uranus (left) and Neptune are our solar system’s most distant planets. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech; NASA The...
Galaxies Breathe Gas, and When They Stop, No More Stars Form

Galaxies Breathe Gas, and When They Stop, No More Stars Form

[ad_1] For most of the history of astronomy, all we could see were stars. We could see them individually, in clusters, in nebulae, and in fuzzy blobs that we thought were clumps of stars but were actually galaxies. The thing is, most of what’s out there is much harder...
Juice: why’s it taking sooo long

Juice: why’s it taking sooo long

[ad_1] Enabling & Support 19/09/2023 1352 views 30 likes In brief At their closest point in orbit, Earth and Jupiter are separated by almost 600 million kilometres. At the time of writing, five months after launch, Juice has already travelled 370 million...
Webb captures an infant star’s outflow 

Webb captures an infant star’s outflow 

[ad_1] Back to Article List Herbig-Haro 211 provides an unprecedented look at a baby sun. ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, T. Ray (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies) A striking image made with the James Webb Space Telescope reveals intricate details of Herbig-Hario 211 (HH...