A Space Station astronaut has captured jaw-dropping aurora over Earth. Expedition 74 flight engineer and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir shot the vibrant phenomenon from 250 miles up — along with a vivid Milky Way and Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites. She said Tuesday, April 28, “Did you know that the Milky Way is even milkier when … Read more
Earthlings, brace yourselves: the galaxy may be emptier than your last Tinder date. According to a new study, any alien civilizations out there? Probably short-lived — and doomed to fail spectacularly. For decades, humans have been scanning the cosmos for signals of intelligent life. And yet — crickets. This cosmic ghost town phenomenon, famously dubbed … Read more
A quarter of coupled-up Americans say their partner is their “polar opposite.” That’s according to a new survey of 2,000 Americans in a relationship or married, which found that 26% believe their partner is the complete opposite of them. The survey explored how many truly believe that opposites attract, finding that the majority do (73%), … Read more
In two years from tonight, all eyes will be on the sky. The “eclipse of the century” is set to take place on Aug. 2, 2027, according to NASA, with the moon moving between the sun and the Earth for up to 6 minutes and 23 seconds. It will be the longest eclipse totality until … Read more
Forget killer asteroids and nuclear annihilation — Earth’s ultimate fate may hinge on a cosmic coin toss. Astronomers have revealed that our Milky Way galaxy has a 50/50 chance of colliding with its massive neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy, sometime in the next 10 billion years — an intergalactic smash-up that could fling our solar system … Read more
The truth is out there. Astronomers say they’re stunned by an unidentified object flashing strange signals from deep space. The object, named ASKAP J1832-0911, was detected by the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) and NASA’S Chandra X-ray observatory — the world’s most powerful X-ray telescope. “It is unlike anything we have seen before,” Andy Wang,… … Read more
On Saturday, March 29, 2025, darkness cometh — and change is at hand, my babies. Source link #March #partial #solar #eclipse #stellar #shadow #show #Aries
We’ve reached a Sat-urning point. Catch Saturn’s rings while you can: The majestic gas planet’s heavenly hula hoops will vanish within six months — but thankfully it’s just an orbital illusion. Come March 2025, these celestial circles — which extend from 43,500 to 87,000 miles, or the equivalent of 30 Earths — will be rendered invisible … Read more
They can’t all be stars. Researchers using the James Webb Telescope have discovered six distant “rogue” worlds that may have peculiar origins. What’s uncommon is that none of the planet-sized bodies, all between five and 15 times Jupiter’s mass, orbit a star, as the Earth does to the sun. New images from the James Webb … Read more
This discovery is anything but Tutan-khamun. Archeologists in Egypt have discovered “the first and largest astronomical observatory,” nearly half a mile long, dating to the 6th century BC. A sundial and other items were found inside a building that was designed with slanted architecture to measure shade and solar movement, according to the Egyptian Ministry … Read more
A group of ancient stars have been spotted near our sun, hinting to astronomers that our galaxy is billions of years older than we first thought. Most of the more than 100 bilion stars in the Milky Way rest on an invisible “halo” that rotates around the supermassive black hole at the center of the … Read more
A star is dead? Keep your eyes on the skies, stargazers: NASA has predicted that the much-anticipated “once-in-a-life-time” star explosion — or nova — will be visible to the naked eye sometime this summer, per a recent press release. “It’s incredibly exciting to have this front-row seat,” said Dr. Rebekah Hounsell, an assistant research scientist … Read more
We may no longer have to fear unseen Empire State Building-sized space rocks passing within our orbit. Asteroid hunters have identified 27,500 overlooked near-Earth asteroids using cutting-edge tech that could potentially stave off armageddon in the future. Instead of stargazing with a traditional telescope, researchers devised a novel algorithm called Tracklet-less Heliocentric Orbit Recovery, or … Read more
It’s an interstellar double header. Monday’s solar eclipse isn’t the only once-in-a-lifetime celestial event on the horizon. An explosive comet called the “Mother of Dragons” will be appearing after dusk for the next few weeks in the Northern Hemisphere, giving stargazers plenty of time to catch a glimpse. “The comet will brighten a bit as … Read more
Earth’s changing spin is threatening to toy with our sense of time, clocks and computerized society in an unprecedented way — but only for a second. For the first time in history, world timekeepers may have to consider subtracting a second from our clocks in a few years because the planet is rotating a tad … Read more
The spring equinox is equinox-ing on March 19, 2024 at 11:06 P.M. EDT and after many months of turtlenecks and gray skies, spring hath sprung in the Northern Hemisphere. The spring, or vernal if you’re nasty, equinox refers to the moment in which the sun crosses the earth’s equator. The vernal equinox coincides with the … Read more
Early NYC risers are in for a treat on Thursday morning. The sun and Earth have aligned for a very rare “reverse” Manhattanhenge where city streets turn into a perfect viaduct of sunlight as the solar object fits perfectly between skyscrapers. If you’re down for the early wake-up call to enjoy this natural spectacle, here’s … Read more
This party is sure to be far out. The Kennedy Space Center of Cape Canaveral, Florida is gearing up for a major launch in February — of an after-hours techno rave and costume party among real astronauts. “The colors of the cosmos come to life” on the evening of February 2 as the center will … Read more
Thar she blows. A horned “Devil Comet” that’s been hurtling toward Earth is set to “blow” on Friday or Saturday, which would mark its second eruption in just over two weeks. “The last few outbursts have been on a 15-day cadence and we might be coming up to another one,” Nick James of the British … Read more
Since becoming operational last year, the James Webb Space Telescope has made groundbreaking observations involving some of the universe’s earliest galaxies. One might call them galactic infants. But Webb has obtained even better data on galaxies a bit further along in development. Astronomers call these the galactic “teenagers.” And, as new research shows, they resemble human teenagers in … Read more