(Image credit: essential hope/500px via Getty Images) On Monday (May 12), the full May moon, called the Flower Moon, will rise in the east at dusk, light up the night, and set in the west at dawn. The moon will…
ALMA observations of carbon dioxide emissions from 15 protoplanetary disks have revealed a surprising diversity of gas formations, including gaps, rings and spirals. (Image credit: Richard Teague and the exoALMA collaboration) Astronomers have managed to obtain the clearest and most…
The latest image from the Webb telescope reveals galaxies billions of light-years away. (Image credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, G. Gozaliasl, A. Koekemoer, M. Franco and the COSMOS-Web team) What it is: Thousands of galaxy groups from the early universe.…
An illustration of a black hole emitting energy. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Scientists have developed a ‘black hole bomb’ in the laboratory for the first time. In 1972, physicists William Press and Saul Teukolsky introduced a theoretical concept called a “black…
The famous Whirlpool Galaxy Messier 51 is shown along with the smaller galaxy NGC 5195 at the top of the image. (Image credit: Dr. Michelle Hernandez Bayliss) Vermont astrophotographer Michelle Hernandez Bayliss captured stunning images of Messier 94, also known…
International blackouts and promises of ‘dinosaur skin’ (Photo credit: fhm/cumhurkaplan/SimoneN/Getty Images) Jump to: An international power outage in Spain, Portugal and southern France left millions of people without power earlier this week, and experts are still trying to pinpoint the…
The presence of Planet Nine could explain the unusual orbits of a number of objects in the Kuiper Belt. (Image credit: Shutterstock) Astronomers searching for a ninth planet in our solar system say they have discovered an “encouraging” candidate far…
The material left behind by the lander will likely burn up on re-entry. (Image credit: ESA) New images of the spacecraft suggest that the aging 53-year-old Soviet lander now returning to Earth may be equipped with a parachute. The Kosmos…
For decades, researchers believed Vesta was a protoplanet, not an asteroid. NASA’s Dawn mission seemed to confirm that hypothesis, but new research casts doubt on it. (Image credit: NASA/JPL/MPS/DLR/IDA/Björn Jónsson) As the second-largest object in the main asteroid belt, Vesta…
During the Eta Aquarid meteor shower, up to 60 meteors per hour can be seen in the southern hemisphere. (Photo credit: Diana Robinson Photography via Getty Images) The annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower (also known as the Eta Aquarids or…
(Image credit: Josh Durie) Jump to: For many astronomers, having one of the best small telescopes that is easy to carry is an essential feature. If your backyard doesn’t offer great stargazing conditions, you may have to leave the city…
A meteorite struck northwest Scotland about 1 billion years ago, forming the Stac Fada Member geological feature. (Photo credit: Ignatiev via Getty Images) An ancient meteorite strike in what is now Scotland occurred much more recently than previously thought, researchers…