Roughly 13.8 billion years ago, our Universe was born in a massive explosion that gave rise to the first subatomic particles and the laws of physics as we know them. About 370,000 years later, hydrogen had formed, the building block of stars, which fuse hydrogen and helium in their interiors to create all the heavier elements. While hydrogen remains the most pervasive element in the Universe, it can be difficult to detect individual clouds of hydrogen gas in the interstellar medium (ISM).
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Satellite images show epic snowstorm that shut down part of Interstate 95
The nor'easter sent more than 14 inches of snow into the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S.
James Webb Space Telescope nails secondary mirror deployment
The James Webb Space Telescope successfully extended its secondary mirror as it continues to sail seamlessly through its never-before-conducted deployment sequence on the way to its destination.
Mars helicopter Ingenuity gearing up for 19th Red Planet flight on Friday
The 4-pound (1.8 kilograms) Ingenuity's next Mars sortie will take place as early as Friday (Jan. 7). The little chopper will cruise over a ridge and onto a plateau.
'Orion's Fireplace': Flame Nebula is ablaze with color in stunning new image
Orion's Flame Nebula rings in the New Year in a blazing new photo from the European Southern Observatory (ESO).
JWST Deploys its Secondary Mirror. It’s a Real Telescope Now
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a telescope.
Comet-seeking on Cold, Crunchy Nights
Did the recent apparition of Comet Leonard whet your appetite for more of these beautiful unpredictables? Here are five more you can see with your telescope this season.
Let the space games begin! Ideas for off-Earth sports move to center court
An alliance of experts in space, sports and the entertainment industry are designing and developing original games exclusively for low or microgravity playing fields.
Einstein's theory of general relativity
Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is based on the idea that massive objects cause a distortion in space-time, which is felt as gravity.
China’s Tianwen-1 Spacecraft Took a Selfie Using a Tiny, Secondary Spacecraft
Remember how China’s Tianwen-1 spacecraft released a remote camera to take a picture of itself during its flight to Mars, back in late 2020? Now in Mars orbit, Tianwen-1 has done it again, releasing another mini remote camera. Except this time, the planet Mars is part of the view.
'Alexa, take me to the moon': Amazon, Cisco Webex to fly on Artemis 1
Amazon's Alexa has a new feature: it can fly you to the moon. The virtual assistant is set to launch on NASA's Artemis 1 with Cisco's Webex as part of Callisto on Lockheed Martin's Orion spacecraft.
This 'UFO' rover could hover on the moon and asteroids one day
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) want to engineer a new kind of hovering spacecraft that can operate without air.
Where do black holes lead to?
If you could journey through the cosmos' most monstrous objects, what tales — if any — would you be able to tell?
China livestreams New Year's view from new space station
China welcomed the New Year with a live stream from cameras outside the new Tianhe space station module showing the beauty of the Earth below.
Comet Leonard puts on a final, spectacular display with ion tail in solar wind
Comet Leonard is slipping out of view, but not without putting on one last show.
Scientists create never-before-seen isotope of magnesium
Scientists have just created the world's lightest form of magnesium — a never-before-seen isotope with just six neutrons in its atomic nuclei.
Webb sunshield fully deployed
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope team has fully deployed the spacecraft’s sunshield in space, a key milestone in preparing it for science operations.
Webb sunshield fully deployed
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope team has fully deployed the spacecraft’s sunshield in space, a key milestone in preparing it for science operations.
Exploding meteor 'booms' over Pennsylvania on New Year's Day
A meteor hurtling through Earth's atmosphere exploded over Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on New Year's Day (Jan. 1).
Astronomers Find 70 Planets Without Stars Floating Free in the Milky Way
The field of extrasolar planet studies continues to reveal some truly amazing things about our Universe. After decades of having just a handful of exoplanets available for study, astronomers are now working with a total of 4,884 confirmed exoplanets and another 8,288 awaiting confirmation. This number is expected to increase exponentially in the coming years as next-generation missions like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Euclid, PLATO, and the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (RST) reveal tens of thousands more.
With James Webb Space Telescope’s huge sunshield in place, focus shifts to big mirrors
The Webb team can now turn to the next big-ticket item on its list: getting the telescope's secondary and primary mirrors into the proper configuration. But it'll take a while to check those boxes.
