The JWST was never intended to find asteroids. It was built to probe some of our deepest, most demanding questions about the cosmos: how the first stars formed, how galaxies have evolved, how planets like ours take shape, and even how life originated. However, it’s first and foremost a powerful infrared telescope and its unrivalled … Read more
Captain America: Brave New World, Key information • Date: In Cinemas Friday, February 14, 2025• Globally: It will most likely be available to stream on Disney Plus once it has completed its theatrical run, joining the rest of Marvel’s portfolio. Marvel fans will be on the edge of their seats with less than a week … Read more
The appearance of the Interstellar Objects (ISOs) Oumuamua and Comet Borisov in 2017 and 2019, respectively, created a surge of interest. What were they? Where did they come from? Unfortunately, they didn’t stick around and wouldn’t cooperate with our efforts to study them in detail. Regardless, they showed us something: Milky Way objects are moving … Read more
Back to Article List This free, AI-powered smartphone tool, developed by an astronomy educator, is designed to make astrophotography easy and accessible. Astrophotography is both an art and science, and has long been a source of fascination and fun for amateur astronomers. Yet the steep learning curve of mastering equipment, planning shoots, and processing images … Read more
The great solar storm of May 2024, which sparked beautiful auroral displays over much of the world, also created two new radiation belts that were observed with a satellite that came back from the dead. “This is really stunning,” Xinlin Li, a professor at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of … Read more
Astronomers are expressing disappointment and alarm as the federally-funded Rubin Observatory altered the biography of renowned astronomer Vera Rubin, for whom the facility is named, on its website. The amended version curtails her legacy of championing women in science and removes all mentions of the observatory’s efforts to reduce barriers for women and other historically … Read more
U.S. military officials are scrambling to upgrade decades-old systems that track objects in space — a critical capability they say is falling dangerously behind modern threats — as thousands of new satellites crowd Earth’s orbit and rival powers demonstrate increasingly sophisticated space capabilities. Military leaders and industry experts warn that this Cold War-era tracking infrastructure … Read more
Embarking on a Northern Lights cruise is one of those bucket-list voyages we always dream of. If 2025 is the year you finally decide to tick that off your list and explore the stunning Norwegian coast, Hurtigruten offers some unbelievable cruises for travel addicts, astronomy buffs and culture lovers. And for a limited time, enjoy … Read more
Friends of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge posted the wonderful images of Wisdom and her new chick on Facebook on February 7 and 9, 2025. Wisdom is the world’s oldest known wild bird, at approximately age 74. You can tell it’s Wisdom from her well-known leg band, number Z333. Biologists first identified and banded Wisdom … Read more
What would happen if Earth were struck by another catastrophic asteroid? While such an event would be devastating, researchers at the IBS Center for Climate Physics (ICCP) at Pusan National University in South Korea wondered specifically how Earth’s climate and ecosystems might change in the aftermath of such an impact. They calculated that there is … Read more