The James Webb Space Telescope's ancient "little red dot" galaxies have been seen as a sign of "broken cosmology." Feeding supermassive black holes may have come to the rescue.
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Uncanny 'Alien: Romulus' Ian Holm CGI fixed for home release as director 'wasn't 100 percent happy'
Director Fede Alvarez spoke to Empire about fixing the controversial CGI of Rook in Alien: Romulus.
Goodnight, Gaia! ESA spacecraft shuts down after 12 years of Milky Way mapping
Goodnight Gaia. The European Space Agency star-tracking satellite ceased operations on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, after 12 years of mapping the Milky Way.
Astronomers See Flares Coming from the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
There’s plenty of action at the center of the galaxy, where a supermassive black hole (SMBH) known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) literally holds the galaxy together. Part of that action is the creation of gigantic flares from Sgr A*, which can give off energy equivalent to 10 times the Sun’s annual energy output. However, scientists have been missing a key feature of these flares for decades – what they look like in the mid-infrared range. But now, a team led by researchers at Harvard’s Center for Astrophysics and the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy has published a paper that details what a flare looks like in those frequencies for the first time.
Saturn disappears behind the moon in stunning telescope photo
A composition photo of images taken during the lunar occultation on Jan. 4 captures the progression of the moon moving in front of Saturn, briefly hiding it from viewers on Earth.
Telescope vs monocular: Which should I buy?
From magnification to light-gathering, here’s how to make the decision between buying a telescope or a monocular for stargazing and astronomy.
'Star Wars: Skeleton Crew' finale leaves us asking 'what's next'?
In its final episode, Skeleton Crew sticks the landing with lots of action and some genuinely tense moments, but its answers are limited.
Technological ‘to-do list’ to reach Zero Debris created
There is an increasing willingness in the space sector to tackle the problem of space debris. Yet much of the required technology to mitigate or prevent its risks is still missing.
An ancient 3-star system gave this 'blue lurker' star a turbo boost, scientists find
A massive white dwarf and a sun-like "blue lurker" star tell a remarkable story of what was once a triple-star system in the M67 cluster.
The sun's magnetic field will flip soon. Here's what to expect.
As we approach solar maximum, something strange is happening to the sun's magnetic field. We explore this flip in polarity in more detail and look at the effects it could have on Earth.
Strange multi-planet system proves not all hot Jupiter exoplanets are lonely giants
Hot Jupiters may not be the lonely giants scientists once thought they were.
What's next for the 2 private landers SpaceX just launched toward the moon?
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket just launched lunar landers built by Firefly Aerospace and Tokyo-based company ispace. What's next for the two craft?
SpaceX launching Starship Flight 7 on Jan. 16: Watch it live
SpaceX is set to launch the seventh test flight of its Starship megarocket on Thursday (Jan. 16) at 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT), and you can watch the action live.
InCubed launches highlight ESA’s support for innovation
Three InCubed satellites have launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, highlighting ESA’s role as partner to industry and its support for business and technology innovation.
The best Milky Way animation, by Gaia
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This is a new artist’s animation of our galaxy, the Milky Way, based on data from ESA’s Gaia space telescope.
SpaceX launches 2 private lunar landers to the moon (video, photos)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched lunar landers for Firefly Aerospace and the Japanese company ispace early this morning (Jan. 15).
American, Japanese robotic landers share rocket launch to the Moon
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander pictured atop a bespoke payload canister, which encased ispace’s Resilience lunar lander prior to encapsulation inside SpaceX’s Falcon 9 payload fairings. Image: SpaceX
For the first time in lunar exploration, two robotic landers, from two different nations launched to the Moon on one rocket.
Little house on the (moon) prairie: Artist's 'Moonhouse' set to lift off on lunar lander
The moon is about to gain its first tiny house. Launching on a Japanese lunar lander is the "Moonhouse," a project by Mikael Genberg 25 years in the making.
Here's what NASA is sending to the moon on Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander
NASA is sending a suite of science and technology demonstrations on Firefly Aerospace's Ghost Riders in the Sky mission to the surface of the moon.
Rubin Observatory aces 1st image tests, gets ready to use world's largest digital camera
The Rubin Observatory will eventually hold the world's largest digital camera. It's therefore a good sign it has aced its first image test.
What's flying to the moon on ispace's Resilience lunar lander?
Tokyo-based company ispace's Resilience lunar lander will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket early Wednesday (Jan. 15). Here's what the spacecraft is carrying.
