A star in the constellation Cassiopeia has just gone nova, according to news in The Astronomer’s Telegram, and the glow can still be seen in the night sky. If you live in the Northern Hemisphere and have access to a … Read More
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, which produced the first-ever image of a black hole, revealed a new view of the massive object at the center of the M87 galaxy: a picture of its polarized light. This is the first … Read More
Engineers announced on Tuesday that NASA has selected a location on Mars for the first demo flight of its Ingenuity mini helicopter. The four-pound rotorcraft is preparing to make the first powered flight on another planet, demonstrating a new capability … Read More
The board is set. The pieces are almost in motion. This week NASA provided the first shot of Ingenuity, a miniature Mars helicopter. Here it’s seen stowed sideways, folded up and locked in place.The helicopter is nearly ready to make … Read More
Stunning new images of spidery frost deposits and deep canyons on Mars, as well as new gas discoveries, have rocked the science world for a month full of news on the Red Planet as a total of three new Mars … Read More
Perseverance’s SuperCam instrument recorded the first acoustic audio of laser impacts on a rock target on Mars on March 2, 2021, the 12th sol (Martian day). According to a lot of sci-fi fans, space lasers sound like “pew pew pew.” … Read More