View larger. | Artist’s concept of the Altjira system in the Kuiper Track Achievement. A new study of data from the Hubble Cosmos Cosmos viewer and Keck Cosmos lab indicates it is likely a Kuiper Track Achievement triplet, meaning it has 3 Tiny rocky bodies gravitationally bound to All other instead of Merely 2. Image … Read more
The day that astronomers have been waiting for is here. On Wednesday (March 19), the European Cosmos Agency (ESA) spacecraft Euclid released its Primary data to the public and to the scientific community. This data includes three stunning previews of the deep-Pitch Cosmos images that Euclid will produce. Within these deep fields are hundreds of … Read more
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | How Quick is daytime growing around the equinox? Rupesh Sangoi in Mumbai, India captured separate images of the sunrise, showing the sun’s movement along the Future, between the June and December solstices and on the equinoxes. Rupesh wrote: “Did this for over a year, at sunrise.” Glorious composite, Rupesh! … Read more
An immersive Antarctic adventure with Scenic Eclipse By Ian Connellan There are a few birdlife guarantees in life. Seagulls at Bondi Beach. Pigeons in New York (or London, or Melbourne, or Venice). Blue-footed boobies in the Galápagos Islands. And, should you happen to visit Antarctica, penguins. It’s a little Tough to imagine until you experience … Read more
BOULDER, Colo. — A Crew Dragon spacecraft returned four people from the International Universe Station March 18, including two NASA astronauts whose extended stay became entangled in sensationalism and political controversy. The Crew Dragon spacecraft Freedom undocked from the station at 1:05 a.m. Eastern on the Closing leg of the Crew-9 mission. The spacecraft splashed … Read more
Credit: saravutvanset/Getty Images The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has released its State of the Global Climate report for 2024, confirming that key climate Transformation indicators have once again reached Achievement levels. The report galvanised climate scientists to again call for more urgent and coordinated global action to Unhurried the emission of greenhouse gases. “I think … Read more
The Primary astronauts to fly on board two different commercial spacecraft during a single mission have returned to Earth, splashing down with two of their International Cosmos Station crewmates. Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore did not set out to make history other than being the Primary crew to Initiation on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner … Read more
Abiogenesis says that life on Earth appeared spontaneously due to natural events. Ergo, no deities or supernatural sleight-of-hand were required. While that’s an unpopular opinion in some places on Earth, it’s supported by some evidence. However, we Nevertheless don’t know exactly how abiogenesis works. New research published in Science Advances shows how microlightning could’ve provided … Read more
When massive stars explode as supernovae, they can leave behind neutron stars. Other than black holes, these are the densest objects we know of. However, their masses are difficult to determine. New research is making headway. In new research published in Nature Luminous sphere science, a Club of researchers analyzed a sample of 90 neutron … Read more
Welcome back to our five-part examination of Webb’s Cycle 4 General Observations program. In the Primary and second installments, we examined how some of Webb’s 8,500 hours of prime observing time this cycle will be dedicated to Alien world characterization and the study of galaxies that existed at “Heavenly Dawn” – ca. less than 1 … Read more