Teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida practice the Artemis mission emergency escape, or egress, procedures on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Simulated flight crew members practice getting out of the emergency egress basket and into the emergency transport vehicle to drive them to safety in the event of an unlikely emergency during launch countdown.
Read MoreA witch appears to be screaming out into space in this image from NASA’s Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. The infrared portrait shows the Witch Head nebula, named after its resemblance to the profile of a wicked witch.
Read MoreBig,
beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 6744
is nearly 175,000 light-years across, larger than
our own Milky Way
Saint Alphonsus Rodriguez lost his mother, wife, and daughter within a period of three years. He retired to his sister’s home, and after the death of his son, he entered the Jesuit Order, where he served as college porter. Saint Peter Claver was a seminarian during Saint Alphonsus’ time at the college.
Read MorePhobos is the innermost, larger moon of the two satellites of Mars. Phobos orbits Mars every 7 hours, 39 minutes and 12 seconds. With a mass of ten trillion tons and a mean diameter of 22 kilometers — the length of Manhattan Island, the escape speed from Phobos is only 11.4 meters per second. This is equivalent to 41 kilometers per hour, a fifth of the speed achievable by the Tesla Cybertruck. In other words, a fast car could lift off from a runway on the surface of Phobos. This makes Phobos an excellent port for shipping cargos between Earth…
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Read MoreBy starlight, this eerie visage shines in the dark
with a crooked profile evoking its popular name, the
Witch Head Nebula
Scientists are investigating what kind of greenhouse effect would be necessary on Mars to raise its frigid climate enough to support tree growth, reports Space.com. A new study outlines how much carbon dioxide (CO2) would need to accumulate on the Red Planet to create an environment where trees and other plants could thrive. The research, led by Professor Robert Olszewski of the Warsaw University of Technology in Poland, examines the balance of surface energy on Mars. This includes processes such as CO2 condensation and evaporation, heat exchange with the planet’s interior, and atmospheric circulation. “Interestingly, the first areas to reach…
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Read MoreWhat created this huge space bubble?
Blown by the wind from a star, this
tantalizing, head-like
apparition is cataloged as NGC 7635, but known simply
as the Bubble Nebula
Space science is fun! NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit fills this sphere of water with food coloring creating a Jupiter-like effect in the microgravity environment of the International Space Station.
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Target: Earth Mission: Terra Instrument: ASTER Image Credit: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team |
Target: Earth Mission: Terra Instrument: ASTER Image Credit: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team |
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station snapped this photo while in orbit over southeast Brazil. The image focuses on the Três Marias Reservoir, a human-made waterbody fed by the São Francisco River. The types of land cover vary across the image, with bold colors dominating the scene.
Read MoreWhat is the most spook-tacular nebula in the galaxy?
One contender is LDN 43, which bears an astonishing resemblance to a vast cosmic
bat
flying amongst the stars on a dark
Halloween night
A new study proposes the intriguing idea: alien life may not need a planet to survive. Published in the journal Astrobiology, the research challenges conventional thinking, suggesting that certain organisms might thrive in the depths of space, fundamentally reshaping how we approach the search for extraterrestrial life. Traditionally, scientists focus on planets in the search for life, with Earth as the only example we know of. Earth’s gravity, thick atmosphere, and abundant chemical elements—like carbon and oxygen—create ideal conditions for life. Sunlight provides a continuous energy source, making planets, in theory, the natural candidates for sustaining life. However, the authors…
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Read MoreA drone camera captures NASA’s mobile launcher 1 atop the agency’s crawler-transporter 2 moving from Launch Complex 39B to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. The mobile launcher has been at the launch pad since August 2023 undergoing upgrades and tests in preparation for NASA’s Artemis II mission.
Read MoreIn a new Joe Rogan podcast, the British physicist Brian Cox argued that we hold a great responsibility for prolonging our civilization because it might be the only source of meaning in the cosmos. However, in the big scheme of the cosmos, the future existence of humans might not matter, for the same reason that the extinction of dinosaurs did not attract cosmic attention. Humans arrived at the cosmic scene only over the last percent of a percent of cosmic history and nobody at cosmological distances might care about it. Other cosmic players may have no interest in making their…
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Read MoreThe spiral galaxy in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is IC 3225. It looks remarkably as if it was launched from a cannon, speeding through space like a comet with a tail of gas streaming from its disk behind it.
Read MoreSome 13,000 light-years away toward the southern constellation Pavo,
the globular star cluster NGC 6752 roams the halo of our Milky Way
galaxy
In 1900, L. Frank Baum introduced the world to the Land of Oz. He continued writing many Oz books, taking the story far beyond Dorothy and the Wicked Witch. Many of those stories were printed in the pages of historic newspapers. Have you read them?
Read MoreA super blue moon rises above NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Aug. 18, 2024. Although not actually appearing blue, as the third full moon in a season with four full moons, this is called a “blue” moon.
Read MoreIn 1935, Albert Einstein and His postdoc Nathan Rosen found a hypothical mathematical spacetime structure that bridges between two separate regions of space, potentially allowing a shortcut between these regions. Travel through the throat could be much faster than travel in the familiar external spacetime that connects them. This is an example of a general class of spacetime structures with two mouths connected by a throat, known as `wormholes.’ In 1962, Robert Fuller and John Wheeler demonstrated that the Einstein-Rosen wormhole is unstable and would pinch off before any particle traverses it. Subsequently, Stephen Hawking, Kip Thorne and collaborators showed…
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Read MoreA mere seven hundred light years from Earth toward the constellation
Aquarius,
a star is dying
Vice President Harris and former President Trump are offering a stark contrast for voters when it comes to policies on fighting climate change, developing energy and protecting the environment. Trump during his first term pulled the U.S. out of the Paris climate accords, has downplayed the dangers and even existence of climate change and is…
Read MoreThe city lights of Melbourne, Australia are pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 271 miles above.
Read MoreSlow and steady wins the race for this gopher tortoise, ambling along the Launch Pad 39B beach road on NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Gopher tortoises are dry-land turtles that live in scrub, dry hammock, pine flatwood, coastal grassland and dune habitats.
Read MoreA supermoon rises over Huntsville, Alabama, home to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Aug. 19. Visible through Wednesday, Aug. 21, the full Moon is both a supermoon and a Blue Moon. Supermoons are the biggest and brightest full Moons of the year because the Moon is within 90% of its closest point to Earth. While not blue in color, the third full Moon in a season with four full Moons is called a “Blue Moon.” Huntsville is known as the “Rocket City” because of its proximity to NASA Marshall, which manages vital propulsion systems and hardware, launch vehicles, engineering technologies, and cutting-edge science for the agency.
Read MoreScientists from Charisma University in the Turks and Caicos Islands have proposed a bold hypothesis that during dreams, human consciousness may transcend the boundaries of space and time, opening doors to alternative realities. In their recent paper, they suggest that dreams are not merely reflections of our daily lives, but may also act as guides to parallel worlds, connecting us with other versions of ourselves. While dreams are traditionally seen as mirrors of our desires, fears, and experiences, these researchers offer a deeper interpretation. “Dreams may be windows into distinct realities governed by their laws, in which the mind, unfettered…
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Read MoreThese six panels follow daily apparitions of comet
C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS
as it moved away from our
fair planet during the past week
Theories about the causes of the Salem witch trials range from hallucinogenic mushrooms to psychological disorders and economic pressures. However, a new scientific study may have identified the real cause behind the infamous events in Massachusetts that led to the trial of more than 200 people and the execution of 19 by hanging over 300 years ago. The study points to the invention of the printing press in the 15th century as a crucial factor. By greatly increasing the spread of information, the press helped disseminate books on “demonology,” which fueled fear of witchcraft. One such book, Malleus Maleficarum (or…
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Read MoreAn unidentified illustration of NASA’s space shuttle. The space shuttle fleet flew 135 missions and helped construct the International Space Station between the first launch on April 12, 1981 and the final landing on July 21, 2011. There were five orbiters: Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour.
Read MoreOn a cold winter night in 1941, Nazi soldiers entered the grand halls of the Catherine Palace near Leningrad, Russia, and laid their hands on a treasure that had once been described as the “Eighth Wonder of the World.” Within just a few days, they dismantled one of the most extraordinary creations of Baroque art: the Amber Room, a dazzling space lined with panels made entirely of amber, embellished with gold leaf, and inlaid with mirrors and semi-precious stones. As they packed the precious panels into crates and shipped them off to Königsberg, no one could have imagined that the…
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Read MoreWhen this picture was taken in July 1994, Dr. Irene Duhart Long was director of the Biomedical Operations and Research Office at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. She was responsible for the program management of the center’s aerospace and occupational medicine, life sciences research, environmental health programs, and the operations management of the life sciences support facilities. Dr. Long also was responsible for providing the coordinating medical, environmental monitoring and environmental health support to launch and landing activities and day-to-day institutional functions.
Read MoreFrom the moment we first looked up at the stars and wondered about our place in the cosmos, to the revolutionary advances of modern physics and biology, scientific inquiry has unraveled many mysteries that once seemed beyond our grasp. We’ve mapped the human genome, explored the quantum realm, and even captured the first image of a black hole. Yet, even in this golden age of discovery, there remain questions that linger, untouched by the reach of our most sophisticated theories and tools. These mysteries are not just abstract philosophical musings; they are at the heart of the most advanced fields…
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Read MoreKhalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun revealed that Sikh for Justice has been communicating with Canadian PM Trudeau’s office, sharing information against India. This comes amid escalating tensions between India and Canada after allegations of India’s involvement in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, which India denies. Both nations have expelled each other’s diplomats. It also accused Canada of giving space to extremist and anti-India elements in their country.
Read MoreA SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:06 p.m. EDT on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. After launch, the spacecraft plans to fly by Mars in February 2025, then back by Earth in December 2026, using the gravity of each planet to increase its momentum. With help of these “gravity assists,” Europa Clipper will achieve the velocity needed to reach Jupiter in April 2030.
Read MoreHow bright and strange will the tails of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS become?
The comet has brightened dramatically
over the few weeks as it passed its closest to
the Sun and,
just three days ago, passed its closest to the Earth