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Twin galaxy of the Milky Way discovered at the edge of the universe
Astrophysicist Luca Costantin went on vacation to the Spanish region of Cantabria last summer. On his first day off, August 1, after touring the beaches and green mountains of San Vicente de la Barquera, he turned on his laptop and got to work. “I have a bad habit of looking at my email for an…
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Why we need to bring stellar astrophysics into the real world
Science Photo Library/Alamy RECENTLY, I was giving a tour of the University of New Hampshire’s department of physics and astronomy to a guest who isn’t a scientist. Among the many questions he asked was: “How does this stuff show up in the real world?” The kind of stuff I do, I explained, is mostly just…
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Saturn’s rings will disappear from view in March 2025, NASA says
Saturn’s rings will seemingly disappear from view in 2025, a phenomenon caused by the planet’s rotation on an axis. Saturn won’t actually lose its rings in 2025, but they will go edge-on, meaning they will be essentially invisible to earthlings, NASA confirmed to CBS News. The rings will only be slightly visible in the months…
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NASA brings back groovy ‘worm’ logo from the 1970s
NASA’s “worm” logo first debuted in the 1970s. Credit: NASA. NASA’s sleek and timeless “worm” logo is back. The NASA logo was designed in the mid-70s, retired in 1992, and then brought back — for a while — in 2020. Now, it’s back for good. NASA officially returned its 1970s symbol Nov. 6 live from Washington,…
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NASA brings back retro ‘worm’ logo from the 1970s
NASA’s “worm” logo first debuted in the 1970s. Credit: NASA. NASA’s timeless “worm” logo is back. The NASA logo was introduced in the mid-70s, retired in 1992, and then brought back — only for a while — in 2020. Now, it’s back for good. NASA officially returned its 1970s symbol Nov. 6 live from Washington, D.C…
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See bright Venus and the crescent moon light up the early morning sky on Nov. 9
An eye-catching pairing of the two brightest objects in the night sky — dazzling Venus and a lovely waning crescent moon — will be the chief celestial attraction in the predawn morning sky on Thursday morning, Nov. 9. If you can, you should make it a point to set your alarm clock for around 5…
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Universe’s oldest X-ray-spitting quasar could reveal how the biggest black holes were born
Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Chandra X-ray Observatory have discovered the oldest and most distant X-ray-spitting quasar in the known universe, and it seems to be powered by the “seed” of an ancient supermassive black hole. Quasars are the bright hearts of active galaxies, which are fueled by active supermassive black…
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David J. Helfand on Piecing Together the Past With Atomic Science
Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. Andrew talks to David J. Helfand, author of The Universal Timekeepers, about the power of atomic science to unveil the mysteries of unreachably remote…
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First photos from the Euclid space telescope show thousands of distant, hidden, and irregular galaxies that could help solve 2 of astronomy’s grandest mysteries
Euclid’s view of irregular galaxy NGC 6822. European Space Agency/Euclid Consortium/NASA; image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, G. Anselmi The Euclid space telescope returned its first photos and they’re stunning. The five high-res photos show a hidden galaxy, a star cluster, a famous stellar nursery, and more. Scientists said they hope to use data from Euclid…
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Euclid Space Telescope Releases Stunning First Science Images
A view of the nearby spiral galaxy IC 342 from the European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope. Credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre (CEA Paris-Saclay), G. Anselmi (CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO) Advertisement <div class="article-block article-text" data-behavior="newsletter_promo dfp_article_rendering" data-dfp-adword="Advertisement" data-newsletterpromo_article-text=" Sign up for Scientific American’s free newsletters. ” data-newsletterpromo_article-image=”https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/4641809D-B8F1-41A3-9E5A87C21ADB2FD8_source.png” data-newsletterpromo_article-button-text=”Sign Up” data-newsletterpromo_article-button-link=”https://www.scientificamerican.com/page/newsletter-sign-up/?origincode=2018_sciam_ArticlePromo_NewsletterSignUp” name=”articleBody” itemprop=”articleBody”> The…
