Using the James Webb Space Telescope, and with a little help from Einstein, astronomers have "weighed" a sleeping giant, a dormant supermassive black hole located a staggering 10 billion light-years away.
An interstellar comet just revealed hidden methane and chemical clues from another star system. NASAβs James Webb Space Telescope has achieved another milestone by capturing the first mid-infrared chemical fingerprint of an interstellar object. The observations focused on comet 3I/ATLAS, a rare visitor from beyond our solar system, and the findings have been published in [...]
NASAβs Roman Telescope could reveal 100,000 hidden worlds and rewrite what we know about planets across the Milky Way. NASAβs Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is expected to dramatically expand humanityβs catalog of worlds beyond our solar system. Known as exoplanets, these distant planets number nearly 6,300 discoveries so far through NASA missions and other [...]
A spectacular spiral galaxy known as M88 is traveling toward the crowded heart of the Virgo Cluster, where powerful forces are already beginning to reshape its future. A striking new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope highlights Messier 88 (M88), a spiral galaxy that is in the midst of a cosmic journey spanning hundreds [...]
NASAβs Fermi telescope may have finally uncovered the magnetic powerhouse behind the universeβs brightest supernovae. An international team of astronomers analyzing observations from NASAβs Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has found what appears to be the first convincing detection of gamma rays from a rare type of extraordinarily bright stellar explosion known as a superluminous supernova. [...]
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has observed what appear to be very distant red galaxies challenging the standard big bang theory. Misidentifying some Brown Dwarf stars within our Milky Way as these red distant galaxies brings into question the existing cosmological models.
Many "Moon Landing Hoax" proponents dismiss any pictures from NASA which clearly show Apollo Moon landing sites, taken by the lunar orbiter spacecraft. Also we have clear images from Indiaβs ISRO lunar orbiter. But we canβt resolve the Apollo Lunar Module descent stages with Earth-based telescopes because of the limitations of the physics involved.
An article claims scientists found evidence of biological activity on exoplanet K2-18b, citing detected molecules linked to microbial life. However, this overstates findings, because some other chemical processes may explain the results. The inordinate desire to find extraterrestrial life reflects a rejection of the Creator.
In 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope discovered six massive Little Red Dot galaxies dated 500β800 million years post-Big Bang. Their presence challenges the ΞCDM cosmological model, as they contain unexpectedly high stellar masses. Recent findings have increased their count to 341, raising questions about galaxy formation and the validity of current theories.
Tom Akers and Joe Tanner are finally in the same class.
The two veteran space shuttle crew members were inducted into the US Astronaut Hall of Fame together on May 16. They could also have been in the same NASA astronaut selection group, too, had history played out a little differently.
In 1984, Tanner reported to the Johnson Space Center (JSC) to fly as an instructor pilot and then applied for the next class of astronaut candidates.