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Shock collision inside black hole jet
Time-lapse movie of plasma jet blasting from a black hole in a distant galaxy. It shows a rear-end collision between two high-speed knots of the jet's matter.
June 2, 2015
LightSail phones home after 8-day silence
Planetary Society CEO Bill Nye said, "LightSail called home! It’s alive! Our LightSail spacecraft has rebooted itself, just as our engineers predicted."
May 31, 2015
Hawaii governor says Thirty Meter Telescope has right to continue
$1.5-billion project halted last month, following demonstrations. Gov. David Ige said to continue, but that one-fourth of telescopes on Mauna Kea should be removed.
May 27, 2015
9 instruments chosen for Europa mission
NASA’s 2016 budget request includes $30 million for a mission to Europa, Jupiter's moon, thought to have a liquid ocean beneath its icy crust.
May 26, 2015
Medusa Nebula foreshadows our sun’s fate
Here's the most detailed image yet of the Medusa Nebula. The image foreshadows the final fate of our sun, which will eventually become an object of this kind.
May 26, 2015
Most dramatic music video ever
Recorded live by the doom metal band Hamferð during the March 20, 2015 total eclipse of the sun above the village of Kvívík in the Faroe Islands.
May 25, 2015
Most luminous galaxy in the universe
This galaxy is very distant. It shines with a luminosity of some 300 trillion suns. It's one of a new class of objects discovered via NASA's WISE mission.
May 21, 2015
SpaceX Dragon is back on Earth
SpaceX confirmed splashdown of Dragon in Pacific Ocean at 12:42 pm ET (1642 UTC), 155 miles SW of Long Beach, California.
May 21, 2015
LightSail launch success!
Sailing on sunbeams. LightSail successfully launched May 20 at 11:05am EDT (1505 UTC). Info on how to follow from here, below.
May 20, 2015
A balancing rock on Rosetta’s comet?
In close-up images via the orbiting Rosetta spacecraft, the rock looks poised like a ballerina, with only a tiny fraction of its surface touching the ground.
May 19, 2015
