[ad_1] The Orion Nebula is one of the brightest star-forming regions in the sky, easily visible in a small telescope. But you’ve never seen anything like these new images from JWST. Researchers have created enormous mosaics of the region in both short and...

[ad_1] Science & Exploration 03/10/2023 982 views 32 likes ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen will venture outside the International Space Station to install a new camera and prepare an experiment for a future upgrade on his first spacewalk on 12 October, starting at...

[ad_1] Love him or hate him, it can't be denied Elon Musk is one of the most influential figures of our time.The founder and CEO of SpaceX not only leads the most revolutionary and active spaceflight company on the planet, but also heads the electric car company Tesla...

[ad_1] Light trails from the Bluewalker 3 craft streak across the sky over Kitt Peak National Observatory in this composite photo. Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/IAU/SKAO/NSF/AURA/R. Sparks The night sky is changing with the stunning growth in commercial satellites — and one of...

[ad_1] The ongoing saga of the New Horizons mission—will it get truncated and its science team disbanded?—may have some resolution. Dr. Nicky Fox, associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters announced last Friday that mission...

[ad_1] Science & Exploration 02/10/2023 22220 views 105 likes New images of the Orion Nebula from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have been included in ESA’s ESASky application, which has a user-friendly interface to visualise and download astronomical...

[ad_1] Europe’s next launch will send a trio of CubeSats to Earth's orbit that mimic birds flying in formation.The endeavor, dubbed Advanced Nanosatellite Systems for Earth-observation Research, or ANSER, consists of three shoebox-sized satellites that will monitor...

[ad_1] During an annular solar eclipse, the Moon appears too small to completely cover the Sun. This shot of the Oct. 3, 2005, eclipse shows prominences at the Sun’s edge. Credit: Stefan Seip - www.photomeeting.de An annular eclipse of the Sun on Oct. 14 is the big...

[ad_1] Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are some of the most violent events in the universe. Some have a power output equivalent to all of the other stars in the observable universe, at least in the spectrum of gamma rays. But we know very little about them. A new paper from...

[ad_1] Enabling & Support 27/09/2023 2786 views 75 likes Spain’s trio of ANSER CubeSats, due to fly on Europe’s next Vega launcher, will fly like a flock of birds in orbit – in more ways than one. Keeping in formation by following their leader, the three...