Astronomy
Rare Type of Black Hole Snacks on Star
Rare Type of Black Hole Snacks on Star NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory have identified a new possible example of an intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH) called NGC 6099 HLX-1. The IMBH, which weighs between 100-100,000 times the mass of our Sun, is thought to reside in a compact star cluster within a […]
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NASA Invites Media to View Heliophysics, NOAA Space Weather Missions
NASA Invites Media to View Heliophysics, NOAA Space Weather Missions NASA invites media to view three upcoming space missions: IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe), Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, and NOAA’s Space Weather Follow On–Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) observatory. The missions will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space […]
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Hubble Captures a Tarantula
Hubble Captures a Tarantula Hubble has captured an incredible image of the Tarantula Nebula, a star-forming factory located 160,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Tarantula Nebula is home to massive stars, some 200 times as massive as our Sun, and features rare types of stars like Wolf-Rayet stars that have lost their […]
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Team identifies the universe’s earliest confirmed black hole
Team identifies the universe’s earliest confirmed black hole A team of astronomers has identified the most distant black hole ever confirmed, located 500 million years after the Big Bang, at a distance of 13.3 billion years into the past. The discovery was made using data from the James Webb Space Telescope’s CAPERS program and provides […]
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NASA’s Webb Finds New Evidence for Planet Around Closest Solar Twin
NASA’s Webb Finds New Evidence for Planet Around Closest Solar Twin NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has found strong evidence for a gas giant planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A, the closest solar twin to Earth at 4 light-years away. The planet, estimated to be about the mass of Saturn, orbits Alpha Centauri A in an […]
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Meet ‘lite intermediate black holes,’ the supermassive black hole’s smaller, much more mysterious cousin
Meet ‘lite intermediate black holes,’ the supermassive black hole’s smaller, much more mysterious cousin Scientists have been searching for “lite intermediate black holes” (IMBHs), which are black holes with masses between stellar and supermassive black holes, as they can provide insights into how the universe grows and evolves. The detection of IMBHs is challenging due […]
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As NASA Missions Study Interstellar Comet, Hubble Makes Size Estimate
As NASA Missions Study Interstellar Comet, Hubble Makes Size Estimate Hubble Space Telescope has captured the sharpest-ever picture of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, providing more information about its size and physical properties. The comet’s solid, icy nucleus is estimated to be between 1,000 feet (320 meters) and 3.5 miles (5.6 kilometers) in diameter, with the upper […]
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2 spacecraft flew exactly in line to imitate a solar eclipse, capture a stunning image and test new tech
2 spacecraft flew exactly in line to imitate a solar eclipse, capture a stunning image and test new tech The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched Proba-3, a spacecraft designed to create artificial solar eclipses to study the Sun’s corona and test new technology. Proba-3 works by having two separate spacecraft fly in precise formation, […]
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What’s Up: August 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA
What’s Up: August 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA Jupiter and Venus will have a close meetup on August 11th-12th, appearing just a degree apart in the eastern sky before sunrise. The Perseids meteor shower peaks on August 12th-13th, but this year’s full Moon will make viewing conditions less ideal, with only bright meteors visible in […]
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NASA Installs Key ‘Sunblock’ Shield on Roman Space Telescope
NASA Installs Key ‘Sunblock’ Shield on Roman Space Telescope NASA has successfully installed two sunshields onto the inner segment of its Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, designed to keep instruments cool and stable during the mission’s exploration of the infrared universe. The sunshields, called Lower Instrument Sun Shade, are lightweight yet stiff panels that will […]
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