Out-of-This-World Farewells: Moon Burials Spark Controversy, Pushing Limits of Celestial Memorialization with Hefty Price Tags
When NASA attempted to return to the Moon for the first time in 50 years on January 8, more was at risk than just US$108 million worth…
NASA Astronaut’s Spine-Chilling Photo: ‘Skull’ Emerges from Volcanic Depths in the Desolate Sahara
NASA has released a new image of an eerie, cranium-shaped caldera in the Sahara Desert, which looks like it is staring right at the orbiting camera. NASA…
Cosmic Revelation: Scientists Unravel Origins of Universe’s Largest, Oldest Black Holes, Illuminating a Mystery That Defied Understanding
The presence of supermassive black holes in the earliest epochs of the universe has scientists stumped — but repeated explosions from tiny black holes may offer an…
Time-Traveling Marvel: NASA Unveils Decade-Old Footage of Space Probe’s Historic Landing on Saturn’s Moon Titan, a Cosmic Spectacle Revealed
The footage is being released 17 years after the landing. In 2005, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) successfully landed the Huygens probe on Titan, Saturn’s…
Cosmic Masterpiece Unveiled: James Webb Telescope Showcases Dazzling ‘Star Factory’ in Breathtaking New Image of Celestial Creation
The powerful James Webb Space Telescope captured a starburst complex in the Large Magellanic Cloud, with stunning results. James Webb Space Telescope image of the stellar nursery…
Marsquakes Unveil Mysteries: Revelations from Red Planet’s Depths Unearthed Through Riveting Marsquake Exploration, Illuminating Martian Enigmas
Analysis of seismic waves from earthquakes – and of Earth’s magnetic field – have revealed most of what we know about Earth’s core. But what about the…
Ingenuity’s Farewell: NASA’s Historic Mars Helicopter Concludes 3-Year Mission Amidst Rotor Damage After 72 Remarkable Flights
NASA’s Ingeunity helicopter has finally ended its three-year mission on Mars after sustaining irreparable rotor damage on its 72nd flight over the Red Planet. It was only…
Moon Sniper Mishap: Japan’s Precision Craft Hits the Mark but Lands ‘Upside Down,’ Moon Gets a Chuckle from Orbit
On Jan. 19, Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ spacecraft made a successful soft landing on the moon. The landing was the most precise in lunar history; it was also…
Exploring the cosmic safety zone: What distance from a supernova ensures Earth’s safety from the cataclysmic celestial event?
What’s a safe distance from a supernova? A supernova is a spectacular explosion of a massive star. If our sun exploded as a supernova, the resulting shock…
Hungry Giants: JWST Discovers the Oldest Black Hole Ever Seen, 400 million years after the Big Bang, Unveiling Cosmic Mysteries of the Universe’s Early Days
Astronomers have spotted the oldest black hole ever seen, about 400 million years after the Big Bang, wolfing down material much faster than expected. An illustration of…