đ The Day of the Trifid Nebula: Hubbleâs 36th Birthday Glow-Up
Hubble turns 36 with a fresh Trifid Nebula portraitâa star-forming nursery captured in sharper detail, revealing cosmic changes on human time scales through upgraded cameras.
Hubble turns 36 with a fresh Trifid Nebula portraitâa star-forming nursery captured in sharper detail, revealing cosmic changes on human time scales through upgraded cameras.
A two-day-old Moon near perigee flirts with the Pleiadesâearthshine paints the dark side silver while clouds add a cosmic corona to the celestial rendezvous.
Chandra X-ray Observatory finds young stars calm down and dim their X-ray output faster than expectedâmeaning planetary systems may find a quieter X-ray neighborhood sooner than models predicted.
DESI at Kitt Peak has cataloged 47 million galaxies and quasars in a 3D mapâdark energy remains cosmologyâs biggest mystery, and the full dataset analysis is still ahead.
Released for Earth Day, Artemis IIâs photo shows the terminatorâthe line between night and dayâsliding across Earthâs brilliant blue face, a reminder that we all share the same sunrise.
Hubbleâs latest Crab Nebula portrait combines vintage images and multiwavelength dataâtracking a 1054 CE supernova remnant whose pulsar still blasts a wind of charged particles at 30 spins per second.
A three-arch panorama from the Alps: the Milky Wayâs inner and outer arcs bridged by zodiacal lightâa 40-hour stitched symphony of galactic structure and solar dust.
NASAâs X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft lifts off over the Mojaveâdesigned to minimize sonic booms and change the soundtrack of flight from roar to respectful hum.
Comet C/2025 R3 PanSTARRS threads its ion tail through Himalayan peaksâa dawn-dressed visitor making its northern debut before drifting south for the farewell tour.
A small lagoon in Chileâs Atacama Desert mirrors the Milky Way like a sentient eyeâ27 stitched frames capturing Jupiter, Saturn, red nebulae, and the cosmic fashion show overhead.