Solar Sail could take Science to New Heights
Diffractive solar sails, depicted in this conceptual illustration, could enable missions to hard-to-reach places, like orbits over the Sun’s poles.
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A peculiar Doorway on Mars
This spooky image was captured on May 7 by NASA’s Curiosity rover while it ascended Mount Sharp on Mars.
A Place Deeper than the Mariana Trench?
Scientists have discovered a place deeper than the Mariana Trench. What’s hiding there?
Scientists Grow Plants in Lunar Soil for the first time
The University of Florida has taken the next giant leap for mankind, making history as the first to grow plants in lunar soil.
First image of the Βlack Ηole at the heart of our Galaxy
Astronomers have unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy.
An Earth view Panorama
NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins floats in the International Space Station’s cupola, a direct nadir viewing window from which Earth and celestial objects are visible.
Black Holes are very Hard to Find
Black holes are hard to find. They have such strong gravity that light can’t escape them, so scientists must rely on clues from their surroundings to find
First stunning view of Webb Telescope
A stunning comparison of the same target, as seen by the Spitzer Space Telescope and then in the Webb Telescope’s calibration images.
Black Hole Echoes
Simulations of the light echoes off of the accretion disk around a maximally spinning (“Kerr”) black hole.
Early Season Heat Waves Strike India
An intense heat wave in mid- and late April 2022 brought temperatures 4.5 to 8.5°C (8 to 15°F) above normal in east, central, and northwest India.