Press enter or click to view image in full sizeA new proposal by US-based startup Reflect Orbital seeks to put an array of thousands to hundreds-of-thousands of giant mirrors in space, with the intention of reflecting sunlight back down to...
Press enter or click to view image in full sizeFrom whatever pre-existing state started it, inflation predicts that a series of independent universes will be spawned as inflation continues, with each one being completely disconnected from every other one, separated...
Press enter or click to view image in full sizeThis wonderful composition shows an Orionid meteor streaking through the large Orion Nebula (M42) as well as the adjacent Running Man Nebula (M43) during a deep-sky astrophoto. While narrow-field views can...
This image shows a tiny sliver of the COSMOS-Web survey, with galaxies at a variety of distances along with a portion of a rich cluster of galaxies, at right, of this image. (Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, G. Gozaliasl, A....
Press enter or click to view image in full sizeThe dwarf galaxy UGCA 281, shown here as imaged by Hubble in the visible and ultraviolet, is rapidly forming new stars. An older, background population of redder stars coexists alongside the...
Press enter or click to view image in full sizeDespite the common idea that Saturn’s rings have been with the planet throughout it’s life, the evidence points to a recent creation of Saturn’s rings. These rings are instead transient: created...
Press enter or click to view image in full sizeMost of us are familiar with the experience of throwing a ball against a wall; so long as the wall remains intact, the ball will always bounce back, never passing through...
Press enter or click to view image in full sizeThis image of Earth at night highlights the power of how different features are visible as the planet rotates about its axis from afar. Even though night lighting would not be...
Press enter or click to view image in full sizeThe COSMOS-Web survey, the largest cycle 1 General Observers JWST program, was proposed in 2021 (right) as a large-area survey overlapping with the COSMOS field acquired with Hubble. On the left,...
Press enter or click to view image in full sizeWhen multiple masses interact under their own mutual gravitation, the smaller masses tend to get larger kicks, where they get knocked to higher orbits or ejected entirely, often resulting in hypervelocity...
