Glowing

Comet C/2022 E3: A once-in-a-lifetime spectacle; see the glowing green comet pass Earth next weekNext week will bring a rare and a magnificent sight to the skies as a glowing comet makes its way back to our planet after a 50,000-year gap. On Wednesday and Thursday, the comet C/2022 E3 will pass our planet at a distance of barely 27 million miles. For stargazers, this will be a once-in-a-lifetime chance to witness this exceptional event as this will be the comet's closest approach to Earth in 50,000 years. The…

Astronomers recently shared a stunning new image of space from the James Webb Space Telescope, showing a galaxy with an unusually bright heart. This new image is of a galaxy called NGC 7469, located 220 million light-years away in the constellation of Pegasus. It is a spiral galaxy, like our Milky Way, and is positioned such that it appears directly face-on to us. As well as this main galaxy, you can also see more distant galaxies in the background, as well as a companion galaxy NGC 5283 which is visible toward the…

NASA's Juno spacecraft captured an infrared image of Jupiter's moon Io from 50,000 miles (80,000 kilometers) away.In the image, taken on July 5 and released on Wednesday, you can see the shapes of lava flows and lava lakes as bright red spots."You can see volcanic hotspots. We've been able to monitor over the course of the primary mission – over 30 orbits – how this changes and evolves," Scott Bolton, principal investigator for NASA's Juno spacecraft, said in a press event at the American Geophysical Union's Fall Meeting…

This newly revealed image of Io was taken on July 5, 2022 from a distance of 50,000 miles (80,000 kilometers).Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAMThe latest image from NASA’s Juno mission reveals Jupiter’s moon Io in infrared, showing the volcanic hotspots that pepper its surface and fuel Jupiter’s auroras. Io is the most volcanically active world in the solar system, with hundreds of volcanoes peppering the moon’s silicate crust, which isteeming with molten sulphur. Some of these volcanoes can eject lava tens of…

This week’s image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows two of a set of three interacting galaxies called Arp 248. This group, also known as Wild’s Triplet, consists of three small spiral galaxiesthat are linked together by bridges of stars. Located 200 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo, the trio are named for the Australian astronomer Paul Wild, who was a prominent solar researcher and who studied the group in the 1950s. This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows two of the…

The steady drum of a heartbeat is something that can easily fade into the background of our daily lives, with little thought given to the reliability of its pulse.But for those who develop an arrhythmia, the situation is much more fraught – their heartbeat is monitored and controlled by life-saving devices called pacemakers, which deliver controlled shocks to the heart to cease its quivering and give it a chance to find its rhythm again.Studying the wide variety of ways a heart can stumble and stutter its way into a…

An early look at the view of Jupiter captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST, hinted at how precise and detailed our new view of the planet would be. But this week, NASA released another set of photos showing the cloud cover, rings, and moons of Jupiter in remarkable detail — and it was even better than scientists were hoping for. “We hadn’t really expected it to be this good, to be honest,” said planetary astronomer Imke de Pater, professor emerita of the University of California, Berkeley, in a press…

Space launches, specifically morning space launches, are causing spectacular shining clouds to appear in new places, according to recent research published in the journal Advancing Earth and Space Science. Some 50 miles (80 kilometers) above the ground float the highest clouds in the Earth’s atmosphere. Called noctilucent, mesospheric, or polar mesospheric clouds, these aggregations of crystalized water vapor are high up enough to reflect sunlight, even after the Sun has set or even before it has risen.Because of their…

Was Mars ever a living world? Billions of years ago, before it became a freeze-dried desert, the Red Planet was much more Earth-like, with liquid water and clement temperatures at its surface. Perhaps it harbored life, too. But most signs of any ancient Martians would by now be little more than traces of organic compounds and faint fossil forms hidden in the planet’s rusted rocks. Scientists today use robots to survey that barren landscape, remotely guiding their search for life through a combination of satellite…

Naughty Dog recently showed off an in-depth look at The Last Of Us Part 1, a remake of its smash hit 2013 release, and its new extensive accessibility features have received a glowing response from the community.  It’s stated that the team has implemented “award-winning accessibility features”, with every accessibility option being “a barrier removed for someone”. What is arguably the most impressive new accessibility feature is the audio description mode for the game and cinematics, which is being touted as the first…