Category Space and Ufo

The “beast” appeared over the northeastern edge of the sun on Saturday (July 12). It raged for more than three hours before finally disappearing. (Photo: Michael Jaeger) A giant plasma plume nicknamed “the Beast” was recently spotted dancing above the…

An artist’s impression of two black holes merging. (Image credit: AiVreaSaStii/pixabay) Researchers have discovered the largest black hole merger in history – a colossal collision of two massive rips in space-time that spiral around each other. It could point to…

(Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona) A new study suggests that thick, mineral-rich clay layers found on Mars suggest that potentially habitable environments existed on the Red Planet for significant periods of time in ancient times. The clays require liquid water to form.…

The Milky Way surrounded by satellite galaxies, as simulated by Acquarius-A-L1. (Image credit: Aquarius simulations, Virgo Consortium/Dr Mark Lovell.) Researchers say the Milky Way may be surrounded by many as-yet-undiscovered satellite galaxies. Using high-resolution simulations of our galaxy’s dark matter—the…

The Perseids are the most famous and one of the most active meteor showers of the year. (Image credit: Tito Garcia/500px via Getty Images) The annual Perseid meteor event is one of the most famous and frequently observed meteor showers…

These two images of the Pillars of Creation, a star-forming region 6,500 light-years from Earth, were taken by the Hubble Space Telescope (left) and the James Webb Space Telescope (right). (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Hubble Heritage Project (STScI,…

This composite image from NASA’s Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes shows the open clusters NGC 460 and NGC 456 in the Small Magellanic Cloud. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, and K. Lindberg (Johns Hopkins University); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/The Catholic…

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will shine in our solar system for the rest of the year before disappearing forever. (Image credit: ESA/Las Cumbres Observatory) The astronomical community is excited by the recent discovery of an “interstellar object,” which is only the…

A family portrait of galaxies from the CRISTAL survey. Red indicates cool gas from ALMA [CII]. Blue and green represent starlight from the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes (Image credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) / HST / JWST / R. Herrera-Camus)…

Three images from Parker Solar Probe’s groundbreaking corona survey illustrate the formation of coronal mass ejections (yellow) — giant balls of plasma ejected by the sun into the solar system. (Image credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Naval Research Lab) NASA has released…