astrophysics

Image captured by Juno during its 66th perijove, then further processed with color enhancement by Gerald Eichstädt and Thomas Thomopoulos. NASA / JPL / SwRI / MSSS / Gerald Eichstädt / Thomas Thomopoulos CC BY 3.0

Stunning new images of Jupiter by NASA’s JunoCam

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Stunning new images of Jupiter have recently been released by NASA's JunoCam showing the giant planet in all its glory

cosmic microwave background

Podcast Episode 104 I The Picture of the Cosmic Microwave Background

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Podcast Episode 104 is about The Picture of the Cosmic Microwave Background captured first by the WMAP and then Planck telescope.

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover viewed these yellow crystals of elemental sulfur using its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, on June 7, 2024, the 4,208th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The discovery marks the first time this mineral has ever been found in a pure form on Mars.

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers a Surprising Yellow Green Rock on Mars

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Among several recent findings, the rover has found rocks made of pure sulfur — a first on the Red Planet.

A cave on the Lunar Survace

Scientists found lava caves on the Moon

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Scientists found lava caves on the Moon, a milestone in lunar research and with important implication for future lunar exploration by humans

This visualization shows C-shaped and reverse-C-shaped plasma bubbles appearing close together in the ionosphere on Oct. 12, 2020, and Dec. 26, 2021, as observed by NASA’s GOLD mission (Image credit: NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio)

NASA Finds X-shaped structures in our atmosphere

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NASA Finds X-shaped structures in our atmosphere, in an electrified layer of gas high above our heads called the ionosphere.

Artist’s impression: the galaxy SDSS1335+0728 lighting up

Astronomers see a massive black hole awaken in real time & feed

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Astronomers see a massive black hole awaken in real time & feed on its surrounding gases. This is the first time this had been observed

The black hole pulls material from a companion star towards it, forming a disc that rotates around the black hole before falling into it. Credit: NASA/CXC/M. Weiss

Proof of black hole ‘plunging regions’

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Proof of black hole ‘plunging regions' has been found by scientists using X-ray data proving Albert Einstein right once again.

How Shiva and Shakti formed the Milky Way Galaxy

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The Gaia space telescope shows How Shiva and Shakti formed the Milky Way Galaxy 12 billion years ago. These two streams of stars wove together to form it.

Moon phase on Feb 14 2022 as seen in the Northern Hemisphereby NASA LRO

Does the Earth have more than one Moon?

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We wonder if the Earth has more than one Moon in this new 360 on History blog post discussing the number of satellites that have orbited our planet & considered "moons".

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