Your Guide to the Anomalous Universe
The universe is a deeply vexing place. Every breakthrough we make in our understanding of it begets more mysteries about how all this (gestures wildly) actually happened. In the new…
The expansion rate of the universe still has scientists baffled
The question of how fast the universe is expanding continues to confound scientists. Although it might seem like a fairly straightforward issue, the reality is that it has been perplexing…
SpaceX Photobombs the Moon and More of the Week’s Best Space Images
Photo: NASA Crew-7, consisting of (from left to right) Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, and JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, are shown…
See what James Webb and Hubble are observing right now with this tool
If you’re looking for a relaxing way to peruse the fascinating sights of space on your lunch break, then a newly updated tool from NASA has you covered. The Space…
Hubble spots a massive star forming amid clouds of dust and gas
A stunning new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the birth of a new, massive star at around 30 times the mass of our sun. Nestled with a nearby…
Double Plumes Spotted on Jupiter’s Cantankerous Volcanic Moon
NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured new images of Jupiter’s moon Io during its latest flyby, coming within an eerily close distance of the most volcanically active world in the solar system…
Small exoplanet could be hot and steamy according to Hubble
One of the big topics in exoplanet research right now is not just finding exoplanets but also looking at their atmospheres. Tools like the James Webb Space Telescope are designed…
Hubble captures an exceptionally luminous supernova site
This week’s image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the aftermath of an epic explosion in space caused by the death of a massive star. Some of the most dramatic…
Hubble images a pair of galaxies caught in the process of merging
After last week’s image of the week from the Hubble Space Telescope showed a cluster of galaxies that appeared to be very close to each other but actually weren’t, this…
Hubble captures a busy frame of four overlapping spiral galaxies
This week’s image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a host of galaxies overlapping in a complex swirl. Four main galaxies are shown in the image, three of which look…