Meteors – commonly known as shooting stars – can be seen on any night of the year. But some nights are better than others.As Earth moves around the Sun, we encounter streams of dust and debris from comets and asteroids. That debris gives birth to "meteor showers" – times when the number ...

This high-res processed image of the April 8 eclipse shows the Sun’s corona, its outermost ... atmosphere, in artificial colors that indicate the polarization or orientation of the light. Citizen scientists in Dallas collected these data through the SwRI-led Citizen Continental-America ...

Space IT support: After months of doubts, uncertainties, and somber predictions, NASA was finally able to establish communication with Voyager 1's flight system and assess its status. The probe is still operational as expected, and the space agency is now preparing to retrieve new flight data ...

NASA has shared a video  that maps all of the flights taken on Mars by its trailblazing Ingenuity helicopter.Ingenuity became the first aircraft to achieve powered, controlled flight on another planet when its rotors fired up for the first time to carry it above the martian surface in April ...

POTSDAM, N.Y. — At first, it seemed like every other college orientation session happening in universities across the country.A handful of prospective students, my teenage daughter Zadie included, listened intently on the eighth floor of the administration building here while an ...

Back in October of 2022, astronomers around the world were baffled and awed by the largest gamma-radiation burst we’ve ever recorded. The burst was so powerful, in fact, that it has been nicknamed the BOAT (Brightest of All Time). Now, almost two years later, the BOAT continues to reveal ...

Hostile Cosmos: Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are powerful energetic explosions observed by astronomers in distant galaxies. NASA describes GRBs as the most powerful class of explosions known in the universe, and they are primarily observed in connection with dying stars and resulting supernova ...

The Eta Aquariids, slated to be one of the best meteor showers during 2024, have begun. The Eta Aquariid meteor shower runs from April 15 through May 27, peaking on the night of May 4-5. The absolute maximum number of “shooting stars” per hour is 50, according to the American Meteor Society, ...

We're about to find out what's happening with NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return mission. In just a few hours – at 1PM EDT – NASA is going to host a media teleconference that sets out its recommendations for moving forward.The mission has been ongoing for several years, with the ...

A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a galaxy partly hidden by a huge cloud of dust known as a dark nebula. The galaxy IC 4633 still shines brightly and beautifully in the main part of the image, but to the bottom right, you can see dark smudges of dust that are blocking the light from ...

Dozens of broken pieces of pottery dating between 2,000 and 3,000 years old have been unearthed on a windswept island on the Great Barrier Reef – the oldest pottery ever discovered in Australia.The remnants, found less than a meter below the surface by Traditional Owners and ...

There are many words that could be used to describe WASP-76b — hellish, scorching, turbulent, chaotic, and even violent. This is a planet outside the solar system that sits so close to its star it gets hot enough to vaporize lead. So, as you can imagine, until now, "glorious" wasn't one of ...

The second diamond ring during the total eclipse of the Sun, November 14, 2012, from a site near ... Lakeland Downs, Queensland, Australia. Shot through the Astro-Physics 105mm Traveler f/5.8 refractor scope, tracked on the AP 400 mount, and with the Canon 60Da. 1/400th sec at ISO 100. ...

There are dozens of fabulous eclipse maps and eclipse map apps available for April’s total solar eclipse—some of them have even become ultra-successful memes.But they all have something unexpected in common—they’re wrong.For those heading far into the path of totality—which about 115 ...

Last November, when NASA's Lucy spacecraft flew past its first official asteroid target named Dinkinesh, it found the space rock was not one, not two but three rocks huddled together. While scientists were surprised to spot Selam, Dinkinesh's natural satellite, they were shocked to discover ...

Scientists have discovered a rare stardust particle that came from the explosive supernova death of a distant star. This speck, it seems, is locked within an ancient meteorite.The grain of dust, though small, can help tell a story of stellar life, death and rebirth that spans almost the ...

Spending time in space can provide both good and bad experiences for the astronauts who live aboard the International Space Station — and it apparently provides some laughs, too.As Space.com reports, the international crew that hitched a ride back to Earth on a SpaceX Crew Dragon said ...

There are plenty of craters on Mars, especially when compared to Earth. That is primarily thanks to the lack of weathering forces and strong plate tectonics that disrupt the formations of such impacts on our home planet.However, not all impact craters on Mars are directly caused by ...

This morning, a massive solar flare spewing into space at light speed reminds us that the sun is at—or is very close to—the peak of its 11-year magnetic activity cycle.After a month of relatively low activity, at 0130 UTC on March 23, the sun produced an “X1.1 class” solar flare—followed ...

NASA is calling on citizen astronomers in the U.S. to help it learn more about our sun.It’s using April’s solar eclipse as an opportunity to conduct a special experiment in which millions of people can participate.A video (top) released by NASA on Tuesday shows exactly how you can help ...

"The gravity fields of the planets in the solar system interfere with each other..." Martian Whirlpools Despite being a planet away, Mars may be triggering "giant whirlpools" in the Earth's oceans.As detailed in a new paper published in the journal Nature Communications, researchers ...

NASA's Artemis program is scheduled to return astronauts to the Moon and establish a permanent orbiting laboratory by the end of the decade.Meanwhile, private companies are making significant steps in taking paying customers further into space. As humanity's footprint expands beyond the ...

Best laptops 2024: Jump MenuWhether you're running cutting-edge astronomy software or the best photo editing apps like Adobe Photoshop, we're here to help. The best laptop shouldn't just look good but must run the most graphically intensive workloads without a hitch. They should also ...

The moon's shadow only hits the Earth when the line of nodes is pointed toward the Sun.  NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio On Sunday, March 10, at 09:00 UTC (5:00 a.m. EDT), our natural satellite will pass between the Earth and the sun. This new moon will be invisible, lost in ...

What if the giant sail-backed Spinosaurus wasn’t actually a swimming dinosaur at all? Despite some scientists’ impressions of the dinosaur, as well as the way it is portrayed in Jurassic Park 3, the Spinosaurus might not have been very good at diving.This new theory is shared in-depth in a ...

Hot enough to cook an egg. Watery Depths About 70 light years away from our solar system is a planet that may potentially be covered entirely with water. But before you start imagining oceans just like the ones here on Earth, astronomers at the University of Cambridge say the planet-wide sea ...

We know that there are thousands of exoplanets out there, with many millions more waiting to be discovered. But the vast majority of exoplanets are simply uninhabitable.For the few that may be habitable, we can only determine if they are by examining their atmospheres. LIFE, the Large ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient stone tools found in western Ukraine may be the oldest known evidence of early human presence in Europe, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature.The chipped stones, deliberately fashioned from volcanic rock, were excavated from a quarry in ...

The asteroid Apophis, infamous because it's headed to brush past Earth in 2029, most likely isn't something to worry about, a new study finds. This space rock, scientists calculated, will not collide with other space rocks that could worryingly alter its orbit and redirect it toward Earth ...

What just happened? After becoming the first American craft to land on the lunar surface since Apollo 17 in 1972, and the first ever commercial craft to achieve such a feat, the Odysseus lander has powered down and may never wake again, bringing an end to its historic mission. At 6:23 p.m. ET ...

Mount Everest climbers must now rent and wear a tracking device on their journeys to cut down time on search and rescue missions, CNN reported.Rakesh Gurung, Nepal’s tourism department director, is quoted as telling the news outlet that a climber will pay $10 to $15 for a chip, which will be ...

Using data from the Gemini North telescope in Hawai’i, a team of astronomers has measured the heaviest pair of supermassive black holes ever found. Despite being already predicted, the merging of two black holes has never been observed. This discovery offers insights into the unlikelyness of ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The first U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon since the Apollo astronauts fell silent Thursday, a week after breaking a leg at touchdown and tipping over near the lunar south pole. Read More: TIME's Original 1969 Coverage of Apollo 11 Intuitive Machines’ lander, Odysseus, ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A moon lander that ended up on its side managed to beam back more pictures, with only hours remaining before it dies.Intuitive Machines posted new photos of the moon’s unexplored south polar region Tuesday.The company’s lander, Odysseus, captured the shots ...

Researchers have come across a wonderfully intriguing find in the north of Spain: a bronze hand dating back some 2,000 years, all the way back to the Iron Age, with four lines of strange symbols inscribed across its top.A new study suggests that this ancient epigraph is related to ancient ...

The Kuiper Belt is a donut-shaped region that surrounds most of our solar system. This region is known as the home of Pluto, a dwarf planet that was originally considered one of the nine planets in our solar system. Not much is known about the Kuiper Belt other than that it’s full of “dead” ...

Some of the oddest cosmic phenomena are short but tremendously powerful bursts of radio waves, which, in a fraction of a second, can give off as much energy as the sun does in a year. Known as fast radio bursts, these incredibly bright flashes of energy are thought to be related to dying stars ...

The Andromeda Galaxy 🌌 (Ultraviolet) 📸NASA, HubbleSource

 This iconic photograph is still considered one of the most-terrifying space photographs to date. Astronaut Bruce McCandless II became the first human being to do a spacewalk without a safety tether linked to a spacecraft. In 1984, he floated completely untethered in space with ...

 Crescent Moon over Stonehenge Source

Researchers have recently discovered a hidden global ocean of liquid water beneath- Saturn’s tiny moon- Mimas’ icy shell. This ocean os believed to be formed just 5 to 15 million years ago.This exclusive discovery adds Mimas to the list of moons with internal oceans, including Enceladus ...

 If Andromeda was brighter, this is what you would see in the sky. Source

For hundreds of years during the Middle Ages, Kaltenborn monastery was thriving in central Germany. Archaeologists are now exploring the ruins of that monastery to help understand its downfall in the 16th century.Kaltenborn monastery near Allstedt was founded in 1118 by Ludwig the ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured yet another beautiful sight. While observing a series of interacting galaxies known as Galaxy AM 1045-325, Hubble spotted what looked like a celestial “string of pearls.” The unique appearance of the galaxy was caused by magnetic interactions between ...

 Clearest image ever taken of Pluto. Source

The secret lives of minor planets may be even more complex and fascinating than we thought.Scientists have discovered that a pair of gossamer rings circling an asteroid-like chunk of rock in the cold reaches of space out past Jupiter are likely being shepherded by a tiny, unseen moonlet. ...

 There is so much more beyond our world Source

 Massive swords of Hungarian origin dating back to the 14th century, now on display at the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul. The one in the middle (the biggest) is 270 cm long.#Swords #Hungarian #TopkapiPalace #Museum #Ancient #History #Historyfacts #historic #historical ...

QUEEN NAOMI SHOCKED AS OONI TRY SAVE FACE WITH AKURE ELDERS, IFA WIVES FULL GROUNDsource

 The giant crack that emerged in Ethiopia as a result of tectonic plates moving away from each other. Thus, it is predicted that a new ocean will form in Africa. This is thought to take at least 5 to 10 million years.#Earth #Ethiopia #TectonicPlates #ocean #Africa #Ancient ...