The Fram2 astronauts, (from left) Rabea Rogge, Eric Phillips, Chun Wang, and Jannicke Mikkelsen, don spacesuits as they gear up for their historic polar spaceflight. Courtesy: Fram2 Upcoming week, a crew of private astronauts is Anticipated to go where no one has gone before. Chun Wang, the crypto entrepreneur who purchased the Fram2 mission from … Read more
The disappearance of Gaia! On 4 March, astronomer Zhuo-Xiao Wang captured this view of the sudden disappearance of ESA’s Gaia spacecraft. Credit: Zhuo-Xiao Wang, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGOObservations performed on 4 March 2025 using an 11-inch Stargazer’s tool from Beijing, China (MPC site code: P13). [image or embed] — ESA Operations (@operations.esa.int) March 18, 2025 … Read more
For Ed Belbruno the universe around us is more than eye-catching. It’s a medium for infinite fine art, an inspiration for artistic renderings that can break boundaries and be used for spacecraft missions to the Orbiter and beyond. Belbruno is a visiting research collaborator in the Department of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University. Showings of … Read more
The Tiny Sagittarius Luminous sphere Cloud provides a window into the depths of the Milky Way Milky Way distance 10,000 Airy-years constellation Sagittarius Messier 24 (M24) is unusual for being not a specific object but a strikingly clear Cosmos between dust clouds through which a glittering host of stars are visible: a glimpse into the … Read more
We know that the sun has entered its peak Stage of activity, called solar maximum. But are we Yet in it, or is solar maximum already behind us? Let’s see what the data has to say. Although we cannot see it with our bare human eyes, the sun is highly Vibrant. On the sun’s surface, … Read more
At left is the Hubble Cosmos Cosmos viewer’s view of Neptune with its blue hue and white clouds. At right is the Hubble image Partnered with data from NASA’s Webb Cosmos Cosmos viewer showing the addition of cyan splotches, which represent auroral activity. Read more about the auroras on Neptune below. Image via NASA/ ESA/ … Read more
NASA’s Curiosity rover has Discovered the largest organic molecules on Mars we’ve yet seen. They seem to be the remains of fatty acids. Video via NASA Goddard. Did life ever exist on Mars? Rovers have Discovered various types of organic molecules, but whether any of them relate to ancient life remains unknown. NASA’s Curiosity rover … Read more
The recent and much-ballyhooed “planetary parade” was an interesting Heavenly event that likely spurred even infrequent skywatchers to seek out the seven planets stretched out across the sky. Some of the planets — like Venus, Jupiter and Mars — were relatively Fundamental to spot because of their Outstanding brilliance. Others, like Mercury and Saturn, were … Read more
Dim energy could have an accomplice that helps it Unhurried the growth of large Universal structures, such as vast superclusters Created up of clusters of galaxies. A new analysis of astronomical data suggests unknown physics is at work assisting Dim energy in acting almost as “antigravity,” undoing the work of Attraction, which clumps together matter … Read more
As the US and other Crucial donors slash HIV funding, experts say decades of progress hang in the Poise, and there is Danger of a global resurgence of the AIDS crisis. New modelling from the Burnet Institute In Melbourne in Australia predicts international funding cuts for HIV Reinforcement could result in 10.75 million new HIV … Read more