Keeping Our Eyes on the Ball of 3I/ATLAS | by Avi Loeb | Jul, 2025
Zoom image will be displayedImage of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope on 21…
Simulations reveal surprising electron temperatures near M87 black hole’s event horizon
Supercomputer simulations are helping scientists sharpen their understanding about the environment beyond a black hole’s ‘shadow,’ material just…
The truth behind viral claims
What’s really happening? According to NASA, on August 2, 2027, the Moon’s shadow will sweep across parts of…
Welsh location is the best place in the UK to watch the Perseid meteor shower
“Perseids 2020, Hanover, Germany” by Gero Brandenburg is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. A Welsh location has been…
ERIS spots spiral disc around young star photo of the day for July 31, 2025
Stars are born in clouds of dust and gas, and around them, planets slowly begin to take shape.…
Aging NASA Spacecraft Could Intercept Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS On The Other Side Of The Sun, Astronomers Suggest
A new pre-print paper involving sometimes-controversial Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb has suggested a way we could intercept interstellar…
SpaceX, NASA scrub Crew-11 astronaut launch due to weather (video)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX scrubbed today’s (July 31) launch attempt of the Crew-11 astronaut mission for NASA.…
The Last “Heartbreaking” Message Sent From NASA’s Opportunity Mars Rover—Lost in a Deadly Planetary Storm
When NASA launched Opportunity and its twin Spirit in 2003, the mission team was aiming for a three-month…
Internal pair production could enable direct detection of dark matter
Figure representing dark matter internal pair production. Credits: Nityasa Mishra. Dark matter (DM) is a type of matter…
China’s Shenzhou-19 astronauts reveal record spacewalk featured surprise repair
In an interview with state broadcaster CCTV aired on Sunday, Shenzhou-19 mission commander Cai Xuzhe said a payload…