Webb just revealed how a controversial planet exists (Image Credit: Mashable) About 20 years ago, scientists used the powerful Hubble telescope to look at the oldest-known exoplanet in space. How this gas giant, about 2.5 times the mass of Jupiter, could have come to be less than 1 billion years after the […]
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What many people believe they understand about the Big Bang is incorrect.
What most people think they know about the Big Bang is wrong (Image Credit: Mashable) Many textbooks and science educators have attempted to describe the Big Bang as the birth of the universe — an explosive start that happened at a specific point creating matter and flinging it into the void like […]
NASA spacecraft spots hot lava on distant world Io (Image Credit: Mashable) NASA’s Juno spacecraft has made several close swoops by Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io, and it’s beamed back stunning views of this distant volcanic land. The recent flybys in late 2023 and early 2024 have provided planetary scientists deeper insight into […]
A NASA rover has successfully navigated a challenging ascent on Mars.
A NASA rover just conquered a treacherous climb on Mars (Image Credit: Mashable) The Perseverance rover has reached the top of the Jezero Crater rim on Mars, a hike that rose 1,640 feet — higher than the Empire State Building is tall. NASA mission leaders said the rover, which had embarked on […]
Starlink vs AST SpaceMobile: Tortoise or Hare? (Image Credit: Sat News) SpaceX’s Starlink has managed to launch 349 of its Direct-To-Cellular (D2C) satellites in less than a year. While this is an admirable achievement the fleet is currently only able to manage simple Text/SMS messages to users in remote areas. The 349 […]
Researchers discover the frequency at which sun-like stars release ‘superflares.’ They were taken aback.
Scientists find how often sun-like stars emit ‘superflares.’ It shocked them. (Image Credit: Mashable) Our sun regularly shoots out solar flares — explosions of light and radiation from its surface — into space. But how about superflares? These stellar events are thousands of times more powerful than typical solar flares, which can […]
Dramatic changes on Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and Jupiter revealed in 10 years of Hubble Telescope images (video)
The Hubble Space Telescope has spent more than thirty years providing some of the most incredible images of the known universe, but it’s only for the last ten that scientists have pointed its gaze at our solar system’s outer planets to observe them like never before. For the past decade, NASA’s Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy […]
‘Grand’ spiral galaxy dazzles in new Hubble Telescope photo
A grand spiral galaxy takes center stage in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope. The galaxy, known as NGC 5643, is located roughly 40 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Lupus. NGC 5643 is referred to as a grand design spiral, which describes galaxies with prominent and well-defined spiral arms. The Hubble […]
NASA footage displays its upcoming Martian helicopter flying above Mars.
NASA video shows its next Martian helicopter soaring over Mars (Image Credit: Mashable) NASA’s Mars helicopter proved so successful, the space agency plans to build a larger, more advanced chopper. After over 70 flights, the Ingenuity helicopter — the first craft to ever make a powered, controlled flight on another planet— crashed […]
Spacecraft boldly approaches a metal object in Earth’s orbit.
Spacecraft makes daring approach of metal object in Earth’s orbit (Image Credit: Mashable) A Japanese spacecraft has made a daring approach to a discarded rocket in Earth’s orbit. The mission — undertaken by the satellite technology company Astroscale — intends to eventually remove the 36-foot-long spent rocket stage, but has first tested […]