Most Outstanding Feature of the Solar System. It’s Not What You Think
Here's a hypothetical situation. Imagine we got visited by aliens who came from another star system. Not to conquer us…
30,000,000 km/h Star, Flex from the JWST Team, Mystery of Quasars Solved
In this week's breaking space news: CAPSTONE mission was lost and found again, James Webb gets another stunning image, Mars…
NASA Reveals What the First Pictures From Webb Will Be
The James Webb Space Telescope will provide unprecedented views and science about our Universe, and the first full-color images and…
Many Astronauts Never Recover all of their Bone Density after Returning to Earth
A new study shows that astronauts do not recover all of their bone strength when they return to Earth, meaning…
Supermassive Black Holes Formed Directly out of Enormous Streams of Cold gas
New research shows that distant quasars were born in the cold dark of turbulent gas.
A Test Image From Webb Just Happens to be the Deepest Image Ever Taken of the Universe
A ‘throwaway’ engineering image from the James Webb Space Telescope’s commissioning phase has turned out to be a stunningly deep…
Engineers Build a gun That can Fire Projectiles at 10 km/s, Simulating High-Speed Space Debris Impacts
A team of Canadian engineers have built a gun that will help space agencies test materials that could provide shielding…
Here's the Final Shortlist for Astrophotographer of the Year 2022
We look forward to this every year! The Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition showcases and recognizes some of the…
A new LEGO Spacecraft to Vote for: China's Long March 5 With the Tianwen-1 That Flew to Mars
Two Lego designers with a history of space-themed projects have teamed up for a new proposed set: China’s Long March…
One Star Flies Past the Milky Way’s Black Hole at 3% the Speed of Light
There's a population of stars in the heart of our galaxy whipping around Sagittarius A* (the Milky Way's central supermassive…