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John Fedyszyn, a veteran of the Vietnam War, hadn’t saluted in more than 50 years when a member of the initial graduating class of the United States Space Force picked him for his first salute. This was a significant distinction for Fedyszyn. Robert Bartkowiak, the grandson-in-law of Fedyszyn, was one of the 15 guardians who […]

Expedition 69 unpacked SpaceX Dragon’s cargo, including roll-out solar panels for the International Space Station. NASA and UAE flight engineers will manage almost 7,000 pounds of research and hardware items after docking with the Harmony module. The team prepares the solar arrays for a spacewalk using Canadarm2 while continuing scientific research. Expedition 69 crew members […]

In October, astronomers detected a massive explosion that was later determined to be the most powerful one ever recorded. It was determined to be a gamma-ray burst, given the designation GRB 221009A, which occurred as a consequence of a huge star falling into a black hole. This event was given its name. It was unclear […]

Astronomers have seen the blazar OJ 287’s smaller supermassive black hole (SMBH) emit light for the first time. Astronomers have watched the pair’s dance for decades, but this is the first light suspected to originate from the smaller black hole’s direct emissions. Since 1888, OJ 287 has intrigued astronomers. The smaller black hole circles the […]

On Thursday, 50 leading climate scientists warned that record-high greenhouse gas emissions and decreasing air pollution have accelerated global warming. “Human-induced warming has been increasing at an unprecedented rate of over 0.2 degrees Celsius per decade,” they said in a peer-reviewed policymaker research. Over the same period, average yearly emissions reached 54 billion tonnes of […]

This image from the James Webb Space Telescope depicts the barred spiral galaxy NGC 5068, which is comprised of a beautiful tapestry of dust and brilliant stars. It is approximately 17 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Virgo, and its “bar” is visible in this image’s upper left corner. The European Space Agency […]

A South African cave yielded approximately 1,500 fossils of a previously identified hominid species in 2015. Homo naledi was short, and possessed long arms, curved fingers, and a brain around one-third the size of contemporary humans. Early Africans lived them. The same team of academics is making another huge announcement: Homo naledi buried their dead […]

On the outside of the Milky Way Galaxy, astronomers have found a star with a chemical makeup that is unheard-of. It conforms to theoretical predictions for the chemical signature left by extremely big, extremely early stars. This is the most convincing proof to date that huge stars were present in the early stars. The strongest […]

A scientist captured a succession of brilliant arcs and halos of light around the sun in the sky over the U.K., including an unusual ring of light that circled the sky. The extraordinary light show over Belfast’s Botanic Gardens was photographed on May 28 by Queen’s University Belfast astronomer Alan Fitzsimmons. Live Science reported Fitzsimmons’ […]

The noise that the sun creates has been analyzed by scientists, and they confirmed their suspicions that the sun does make a racket. Solar physicists at Stanford University have determined the solar surface noise of the sun by recording acoustical pressure waves in the sun using an instrument called the Michelson Doppler Imager. The results […]