ByMichigan State UniversityMay 1, 2022 All stars, including our sun, are born from a cloud of dust and gas. This cloud can also seed planets that will orbit the star. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The I… [+10545 chars]
Skywatchers in parts of southern South America, Antarctica, and the Pacific and Southern Oceans had prime seats to view the partial solar eclipse on Saturday, which coincided with a Black Moon. Apri… [+2318 chars]
Skywatchers in parts of southern South America, Antarctica, and the Pacific and Southern Oceans had prime seats to view the partial solar eclipse on Saturday, which coincided with a Black Moon. Apri… [+2318 chars]
In this week’s image from the Hubble Space Telescope, you can see an unusual type of galaxy called an ultra-diffuse galaxy. The galaxy GAMA 526784 is shown as a smear of light across the center of th… [+2088 chars]
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Dwelling on the past has earned University of Arizona researcher Jessica Tierney a prestigious, $1 million award from the National Science Foundation.The Alan T. Waterman Award is … [+3358 chars]
By Abigail Rosenthal in 40 Acres, May | June 2022 on May 1, 2022 at 7:00 am | No Comments Theres never been a way to clearly see the past here on Earth. Archeologists can uncover fossils and… [+3898 chars]
There is no shortage of opportunities to do a little astronomy in May 2022. A lunar eclipse and a swarm of shooting stars await the most motivated observers in particular. April ended with a beautif… [+3558 chars]
A Mount Everest-sized asteroid that swept by Earth in 1989 will be coming back around for a much closer visit at the end of May. The asteroid 1989 JA was discovered on May 1, 1989, by Eleanor Heli… [+4551 chars]
A rare solar eclipse Saturday (April 30) stunned viewers across Antarctica, the southern tip of South America, and the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. While much of the event took place in remote areas… [+3837 chars]
SpaceXs Crew-3 astronauts are fast approaching the end of their half-year stay aboard the International Space Station NASAs Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Kayla Barron, along with Matthias Maurer of… [+2549 chars]
The Perseverance rover has begun exploring one of the most exciting areas of Mars: The delta in the Jezero crater. The rover’s Delta Front Campaign began on April 18, searching the site of an ancient… [+2179 chars]
A new study has confirmed that on some asteroids, the seeds of life are present, which means life could have been brought to Earth and not developed on the planet. The quest to find the origin of li… [+2109 chars]