“Project Hail Mary” showcases stunning nebula photos taken over 400 hours by one astronomer – here’s the story

A bearded man wearing a cap and dark T-shirt is shown holding a red telescope and smiling at the camera in front of a nebula painting hanging on the wall.

In August 2024, astronaut Rod Prazeres received a mysterious message on Instagram that seemed too good to be true – a “small production company” wanted to license his images for use in an undisclosed sci-fi film. Fun‘ at first – and rightly so – he thought he was being scammed. After all, how many production … Read more

The World’s Top Secret 737 Supports the History of Artemis II

The World's Top Secret 737 Supports the History of Artemis II

TWZ newsletter Weekly commentary and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy and foreign policy. A secret NT-43A of the US Air Force Materiel Command has been spotted in Florida, taking part in preparations for the launch of NASA’s long-term Artemis II lunar mission. This very unique and incredibly shy aircraft, a modified … Read more

The basic concept of Artemis Moon is officially questionable

The basic concept of Artemis Moon is officially questionable

As NASA plans to launch four astronauts on Wednesday aboard its Artemis II mission, the race to return to the Moon is on. The current mission will see astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft orbiting the Moon before returning to Earth in 10 days. They will be testing equipment and systems that could soon see Americans … Read more

2 bright planets light up April evenings – here’s when to look

a picture showing how to measure the sky at night with your hands showing a closed fist showing about 10 degrees of the sky, the index finger is 1 degree and the three middle fingers are 5 degrees.

Your hands can be a useful tool for measuring the night sky. (Image credit: Created with Canva Pro) Of the five bright planets with the naked eye, the two that are best for viewing in April are in the evening sky. Amazing Venuslow west-northwest about two hours after sunset, and bright Jupiterwhich flies high in … Read more

Astronomers can face ‘almost lethal levels’ of solar radiation – so why launch Artemis II during peak solar activity? Space scientist Patricia Reiff explains.

Image of the Artemis I Orion capsule flying around the moon in 2022.

Astronomy Artemis II is about to take a trip to a record-breaking flight orbiting the moon, giving NASA a rare opportunity to study how deep space affects the human body. After leaving Earth’s protective gravity, the four-person crew will be exposed to space weather – which includes intense bursts of radiation from the sun, known … Read more

What do scientists hope to learn from NASA’s historic Artemis 2 moon flyby?

A glass rectangle with a blue line and a red line running through the middle. A purple gloved hand raises it.

NASA is just hours away from launching Artemis 2, the first mission to land humans on the moon in more than half a century. About 10 days flight – expected to raise today (April 1) from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida at 6:24 pm EDT (2224 GMT) – will carry NASA astronauts Reid … Read more

Hubble shows a ‘farting’ comet turning its back for the first time – and it could soon ‘kill itself’.

A diagram showing the orbit of comet 41P around the sun

For the first time, an astronomer has seen a comet change its speed and direction of rotation, thanks to a new analysis. The Hubble Telescope photos. The unexpected change is caused by “outgassing” jets that shoot an icy mixture of gas and dust into the solar system, according to a new study. Well, named 41P … Read more

Exploding Primordial Black Holes May Have Changed the Early Universe – And Created Everything As We Know It.

Artist's depiction of Primordial Black Holes. Credit - NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

The early universe is so far outside our understanding of how the world works that it is difficult to describe in words. At that time, the universe was not filled with stars and galaxies but with a boiling soup of quarks and gluons, with several black holes that were thrown, sometimes exploding like depth charges. … Read more

SpaceX is seen as a make-or-break test for mega IPOs

SpaceX is seen as a make-or-break test for mega IPOs

Written by Manya Saini April 1 (Reuters) – The global IPO market has been in need of a win for years and Elon Musk’s SpaceX may be the breakthrough. The last company to hit the market with a valuation exceeding a billion dollars was Saudi Aramco in 2019. A trillion-dollar valuation, a CEO with a … Read more