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A radio glow surrounds Plckg 287.0+32.9, seen here in a composite image with data from the X -ray telescope (Viola) of NASA and the Array Radio Meerkat (orange). Credit: X -rays: NASA/CXC/SAO/K. Rajpurohit et al.; Optical: Panstarrs; Radio: Sarao/Meerkat; Image processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/n. Wolk When the galaxies come across each other, they often seem to merge […]

White diamond symbols mark the locations of 20 of the 83 newfound young, low-mass galaxies undergoing intense star formation when the universe was just 800 million years old. Despite their small sizes, these galaxies are powerful sources of ultraviolet radiation, making them strong candidates for helping reionize the early universe. (Image credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/Bezanson et al.

With the Collier’s The “Man Will will conquer the space soon!”, The art of Chesley Bonestell has reached a vast audience and has started to make the dreams of the next era seem feasible. Credit: courtesy of Ron Miller Born in 1888, the artist and illustrator Chesley Bonestell became famous for his realistic space paintings.

The passengers on Blue Origin’s upcoming NS-33 suborbital mission. (Image credit: Blue Origin) The next Blue Origin tourism mission is upon us, as the space company maintains a steady monthly pace of private suborbital launches. NS-33 will be Blue Origin’s 13th crewed launch to date, and the fifth New Shepard launch of 2025. The mission

The nocturnal sky of June rotates above the head in this image of Stella Trail. Credit: Jeremy Stanley (Flickr, CC By-NC-SA 2.0) Forty ways to get to know a star: use the stars to understand astronomy Princeton Architectural PressNew York, New York In forty ways to get to know a star: use the stars to

Solar Orbiter imaging spectrographer, Spice, took this unprecedented image of the South Pole of the Sun. It is a brightness map that shows excited carbon or ions atoms, within a thin transition region of the sun in which the temperature increases quickly and dramatically. Credit: Esa & Nasa/Solar Orbiter/Spice Team, M. Janvier (ESA) and J.

An Artemis 2 crew member practices the emergency procedures for an abort mission scenario. (Image credit: NASA/Isaac Watson) With the upcoming Artemis 2 mission slated for launch in April 2026, the crew members practice all scenarios, including the worst cases. What is it? Crew members assigned to the Artemis 2 mission practice with mannequins inside

The sun will reach its most northern point on June 20, marking the start of the summer season in the Northern Hemisphere. (Image credit: Starry Night) Summer will officially arrive on Friday in what is known as the Summer Solstice. At 10:42 p.m. EDT on June 20 (0242 GMT on June 21), the sun will

The Pismis-Moreno 1 open cluster is involved with the Nebula Sharlex 1-140 emission, visible in this image made with the 4M Mayall telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. Credit: KPNO Here is a strange open star cluster that I bet you have never seen: it is cataloged like Pismis-Moren 1. Singing on to a high

An image of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way dubbed Sagittarius A* (Image credit: Event Horizon Telescope collaboration) A powerful new technique is poised to revolutionize how astronomers observe black holes, by producing sharp, multicolored images that could reveal their dynamic evolution in real time. By compensating for Earth’s turbulent