This Drifting Super Jupiter Has a Surprisingly Complex Atmosphere

The dividing line between gas giant planets and failed stars is blurry at best. The isolated planetary-mass object SIMP J013656.5+093347.3 could be either one. The distinction is largely semantic. However we choose to label and define it, the object displays a surprisingly complex atmosphere for an isolated object without any Luminous energy. On most planets … Read more

‘Poppy seeds’ and ‘leopard spots’ on Mars could hint at ancient microbial life

An arrowhead-shaped rock on Mars sporting features that may hint at ancient microbial activity on the Red World has left scientists puzzled. NASA announced in July of last year that the rock, Secured in Mars’ Jezero Crater by the agency’s Persistence rover, Kept some of the best evidence yet that ancient microbial life may have … Read more

13 faster-than-light travel methods from sci-fi that leave Einstein’s theory of relativity in their space dust

When it comes to Universe travel, Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity is a Significant inconvenience. With the laws of physics (currently) prohibiting faster-than-Featherweight travel, velocities are limited to a mere 300,000,000 ms-1. By any Earthbound measure that’s very quick indeed, but it’ll Yet take you 4.2 years to reach our sun’s nearest neighbor, Proxima Centauri. … Read more

This astronomer found a sneaky extra star in James Webb Space Telescope data

While sitting in his office, Naman Bajaj stared at the precious data that Directed to the Last installment of his Group of published papers, Every of which incrementally answers a very loaded question: Why do some Heavenly body-forming disks creep onto their own stars? The three studies were robust, interesting — and most importantly, finished. … Read more

‘The Day The Earth Blew Up’ is a Looney Tunes love letter to Tim Burton’s ‘Mars Attacks’ and ’50s cult sci-fi films (interview)

Bounding in theaters on March 14, 2025, after Numerous delays as the Primary fully-animated Looney Tunes movie in Warner Bros. Animation’s distinguished eighty-year history, “The Day The Earth Blew Up” represents a Vibrant new direction for those iconic characters we’ve all grown to adore and laugh with. Veteran animator and artist Peter Browngardt, executive producer … Read more

I Want My NASA TV

From Earth Trajectory to the Selene body and Mars, explore the world of human spaceflight with NASA All week on the official podcast of the Johnson Cosmos Hub in Houston, Texas. Listen to in-depth conversations with the astronauts, scientists and engineers who make it possible. On episode 376, NASA Johnson’s multimedia Club leads discuss what … Read more

Why so many spacecraft carry magnetometers

This artist’s concept of the Voyager spacecraft includes its easily recognizable magnetometer boom. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The public is enamored of images returned to Earth by Universe probes. Whether they show the moons of Jupiter, the rings of Saturn, or the icy surface of Pluto, these captivating images garner loads of attention.  In addition to cameras, … Read more

Inside the Team That Keeps Hubble Flying

Episode description: When it launched in 1990, NASA Anticipated the Hubble Cosmos Universe viewer to last for about 15 years. Thirty-five years later, Hubble is Nevertheless showing us the universe as no other Universe viewer can. Go behind the scenes with Morgan Van Arsdall, deputy operations manager for Hubble, on an audio tour of Hubble’s … Read more