Tag: science
Heat waves are here to stay, it seems
The dog days of summer are upon us. Brutal heat waves are roasting regions around the globe, smashing records with unrelenting severity.
In the so [...]
Webb captures a close look at Saturn
On June 25, 2023, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope turned to famed ringed world Saturn for its first near-infrared observations of the planet. The i [...]
Webb celebrates 1st year with close-up on Rho Ophiuchi
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope caps a successful first year of science, and stunning imagery, with a detailed view of the closest star-forming reg [...]
Webb identifies earliest strands of cosmic web
A filament of 10 galaxies seen just 830 million years after the birth of the universe
Woven across our universe is a weblike structure of galaxies [...]
NASA’s Webb Finds Water, and a New Mystery
The James Webb Space Telescope’s latest discovery is a tale of two detections.
Solar system scientists took NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope on a [...]
Webb aims at star and finds much more
A new Webb Space Telescope image of the bright, nearby star Fomalhaut reveals its planetary system with details never seen before, including nested c [...]
Hubble Views a Beautiful Luminous Galaxy
The lenticular galaxy NGC 5283 is the subject of this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. NGC 5283 contains an active galactic nucleus, or A [...]
Superbit sees colliding Antennae Galaxies
This view of the Antennae Galaxies, two large galaxies colliding 60 million light-years away, is one of the first research images from the Super Pres [...]
Aiming at Jupiter’s moons
ESA’s Juice lifts off on quest to discover secrets of Jupiter’s icy moons
Jupiter, shining brightly in the night sky, has sparked fascination ever [...]
Webb reveals details in Cassiopeia A
The explosion of a star is a dramatic event, but the remains the star leaves behind can be even more dramatic. A new mid-infrared image from NASA’s J [...]