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Our Sun continues to demonstrate its awesome power in a breathtaking collection of recent images taken by the U.S. National Science Foundation’s (NSF’s) Daniel Inouye Solar Telescope, aka Inouye Solar Telescope, which is the world’s largest and most powerful ground-based solar telescope. These images, taken by one of Inouye’s first-generation instruments, the Visible-Broadband Imager (VBI), … Continue reading "New Detailed Images of the Sun from the World’s Most Powerful Ground-Based Solar Telescope" The post New Detailed Images of the Sun from the World’s Most Powerful Ground-Based Solar Telescope appeared first on Universe Today....

Star formation is one of the oldest processes in the Universe. In the Milky Way and most other galaxies, it unfolds in cold, dark creches of gas and dust. Astronomers study sites of star formation to understand the process. Even though they know much about it, some aspects remain mysterious. That’s particularly true for the … Continue reading "Triggered Star Birth in the Nessie Nebula" The post Triggered Star Birth in the Nessie Nebula appeared first on Universe Today....

California residents will be glad to know their reservoirs are nearly full again after years of drought. New satellite photos show the levels of Shasta Lake, California’s largest reservoir, going from 31% capacity last November to nearly 100% in May 2023. The reservoir was filled with heavy rains and a significant mountain snowpack that melted … Continue reading "Phew, California’s Largest Reservoir is Nearly Full" The post Phew, California’s Largest Reservoir is Nearly Full appeared first on Universe Today....

NASA believes in getting the public excited about space, and they’re carrying on this tradition by recently announcing that space fans from around the world can travel to Jupiter with the Europa Clipper mission. Though, not literally, but by adding their names to a microchip for the “Message in a Bottle” campaign that will also … Continue reading "NASA’s Europa Clipper Taking “Message in a Bottle” to Jupiter" The post NASA’s Europa Clipper Taking “Message in a Bottle” to Jupiter appeared first on Universe Today....

Things tend to move from the simple to the complex when you’re trying to understand something new. This is the situation exoplanet scientists find themselves in when it comes to the term ‘habitable.’ When they were discovering the first tranche of exoplanets, the term was useful. It basically meant that the planet could have liquid … Continue reading "Is it Time for a New Definition of “Habitable?”" The post Is it Time for a New Definition of “Habitable?” appeared first on Universe Today....

When a mission to Mars reaches 20 years of service, that’s definitely reason to celebrate. ESA’s Mars Express celebrated by airing the first-ever livestream of images, sent directly from the Visual Monitoring Camera (VMC) on board the spacecraft. For an hour, it sent back images from the Red Planet in as close to real-time as … Continue reading "Missed the Mars Livestream? Here's the Video" The post Missed the Mars Livestream? Here's the Video appeared first on Universe Today....

We can gaze out into regions in our neighbourhood of the Milky Way and find orgies of star birth. The closest region is in the Orion nebula, where astronomers have identified more than 700 young stars. They range from only 100,000 years—mere infancy for a star—to over a million years. But we’re more than 13 … Continue reading "JWST Shows How the Early Universe Was Furiously Forming Stars" The post JWST Shows How the Early Universe Was Furiously Forming Stars appeared first on Universe Today....

NASA’s next colossal rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), recently had its first successful flight back in November after years of development. Much of that development was done by aerospace contractors like Northrop Grumman and Boeing, so it is a good bet that engineers at those companies want the SLS to be seen as a … Continue reading "SLS Could Launch a Sample Return Mission to Phobos and Deimos" The post SLS Could Launch a Sample Return Mission to Phobos and Deimos appeared first on Universe Today....

To mark the 20th anniversary of the Mars Express mission, the ESA has released a stunning color mosaic image of Mars. The post 20 Years of Mars Express Images Helped Build This Mosaic of the Red Planet appeared first on Universe Today....