[ad_1] Although your backyard telescope can never reveal a view of Stephan’s Quintet quite like this mid-infrared shot taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, the interacting set of galaxies is well worth tracking down. (Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI) As a long-time...

[ad_1] The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was designed to probe the mysteries of the Universe, not the least of which is what the first galaxies looked like. These galaxies formed during the Epoch of Reionization (aka. “Cosmic Dawn”), which lasted from about 100 to...

[ad_1] Applications 20/05/2023 599 views 38 likes An advanced broadband satellite that will demonstrate next-generation 5G connectivity by providing high-speed internet services has launched into space. The beam-hopping satellite – nicknamed JoeySat after a baby...

[ad_1] SpaceX's next private spaceflight will launch four astronauts to the International Space Station on Sunday (May 21) and you can watch the mission live online in a series of free webcasts. The Ax-2 mission is the second all-private flight to the station by...

[ad_1] This true-color image shows off the stunning Lagoon Nebula (M8), taken with a Celestron 8-inch scope. Credit: Dylan O’Donnell Friday, May 19The Moon reaches its New phase at 11:53 A.M. EDT, leaving a perfectly dark sky overhead for us to seek out fainter...

[ad_1] Earth experiences seasonal changes because of how its axis is tilted (23.43° relative to the Sun’s equator), causing one hemisphere to always be tilted towards the Sun (and the other away) for different parts of the year. However, because of gravitational...

[ad_1] SpaceX is already testing tech that could strengthen the ground beneath its giant Starship rocket's orbital launch pad, a new video shows.That pad, at SpaceX's Starbase facility in South Texas, took a beating during the first-ever test flight of a fully stacked...

[ad_1] Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander. Credit: Blue Origin “Once in a Blue Moon” may not apply to lunar exploration, it seems: NASA announced May 19 that Blue Origin’s Blue Moon will be the second lunar lander design for the Artemis program. Intended for the crewed...

[ad_1] At first the sum total of large, orderly structure in the Universe appeared to arrive in two categories. There were the clusters of galaxies – an unoriginal but descriptive name – each a dense ball with anywhere from a few dozen to a few hundred galaxies, all...