Astronomy
SETI’s ‘Noah’s Ark’ – a space historian explores how the advent of radio astronomy led to the USSR’s search for extraterrestrial life
SETI’s ‘Noah’s Ark’ – a space historian explores how the advent of radio astronomy led to the USSR’s search for extraterrestrial life The advent of radio astronomy led to the USSR’s search for extraterrestrial life, which became known as the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) during the Cold War era. In the early 1960s, Soviet […]
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Jupiter may have reshaped our solar system in dramatic ways
Jupiter may have reshaped our solar system in dramatic ways Jupiter’s rapid early growth may have reshaped our solar system in dramatic ways, carving out rings and gaps that explain why many primitive meteorites formed millions of years after the first solid bodies. The study suggests that Jupiter’s immense gravity created “cosmic traffic jams” in […]
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What are solar storms and the solar wind? 3 astrophysicists explain how particles coming from the Sun interact with Earth
What are solar storms and the solar wind? 3 astrophysicists explain how particles coming from the Sun interact with Earth The Sun occasionally ejects large amounts of energy and particles that can interact with Earth, causing solar storms and space weather. Solar winds are streams of plasma that surround and engulf the Earth and other […]
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What’s Up: October 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA
What’s Up: October 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA A supermoon will be visible on October 6th, appearing up to 14% larger and 30% brighter than a typical full moon. The Draconid meteor shower will occur from October 6-10, producing up to 10 meteors per hour, with the peak around October 8th. The Orionid meteor shower […]
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October’s Night Sky Notes: Let’s Go, LIGO!
October’s Night Sky Notes: Let’s Go, LIGO! September 2025 marks the 10th anniversary of the first direct detection of gravitational waves by LIGO, a milestone that confirms Albert Einstein’s 1916 theory of General Relativity. Gravitational waves are ripples in space-time created by massive objects accelerating in space, such as black holes merging or stars going […]
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Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io
Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io Juno spacecraft captured detailed imagery of Io’s volcanic surface during its close flyby on December 30, 2023. The image was taken from about 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) above Io and shows Io’s night side illuminated by “Jupitershine,” sunlight reflected from Jupiter’s surface. This is the NASA Science Image of the Month […]
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Discovery Alert: ‘Baby’ Planet Photographed in a Ring around a Star for the First Time!
Discovery Alert: ‘Baby’ Planet Photographed in a Ring around a Star for the First Time! Researchers have discovered a young protoplanet called WISPIT 2b embedded in a ring-shaped gap in a disk encircling a young star, marking the first time a planet has been directly observed in one of these gaps. The protoplanet WISPIT 2b […]
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NASA Helps Connect Astronomers and Community Colleges Across the Nation
NASA Helps Connect Astronomers and Community Colleges Across the Nation NASA has partnered with the American Astronomical Society (AAS) to bring top astronomy researchers into community colleges across the United States through the Harlow Shapley Visiting Lectureship Program. The program, which began in 2024, matches community colleges with SMEs from top universities like Stanford and […]
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Join NASA on Oct. 4 in Looking Up, Celebrating Moon
Join NASA on Oct. 4 in Looking Up, Celebrating Moon NASA invites observers from around the world to join them on October 4 for the International Observe the Moon Night, a celebration of the inspiring bond between Earth and the Moon. The event offers an opportunity to share in NASA’s preparations for Artemis II, a […]
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Hubble Captures Puzzling Galaxy
Hubble Captures Puzzling Galaxy Hubble Space Telescope captures an image of NGC 2775, a galaxy that’s hard to categorize as either spiral or elliptical due to its unique features. The galaxy has a smooth, featureless center and a dusty ring with patchy star clusters, which could indicate it merged with other galaxies in the past. […]
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