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Back to Article List Today in the history of astronomy, a star is captured in an astrophotography first. In the first image ever taken of a star (other than the Sun), John Whipple and William Bond made a 90-second exposure of Vega in 1850. Credit: John Adams Whipple/Public domain/Wikimedia Commons In 1839, the president of…
Jul 16, 2026 08:00:00 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) , an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, operated the climate change website ‘Climate.gov.’ However, the Trump administration suddenly shut down this site, putting a risk of losing valuable climate-related information accumulated over 15 years. Former NOAA employees are now rebuilding Climate.gov. Trump…
Back to Pic of the Day List Massimo Di Fusco from Ferrara, Italy The Lion Nebula (Sh2-132) is a vast emission nebula about 10,400 light-years away in Cepheus, near the border with Lacerta. Hot, massive stars β including two Wolf-Rayet stars β ionize its hydrogen and sculpt the clouds with their fierce winds and radiation….
Ammon News – Scientists have found natural sugars floating in interstellar space β and it could fundamentally change the search for alien life. Researchers spotted erythrulose, found Earth in raspberries and fake tan, towards the middle of our galaxy, according to The Independent. It could help answer one of the biggest questions about the origins…
A SpaceX satellite launch at Kennedy Space Center, Florida Geopix/Alamy We are only a month into 2026, yet itβs already clear what one of the major space stories of the year is going to be: mega-constellations, and the ongoing attempts to launch thousands of satellites into Earthβs orbit. The latest development is that SpaceX has…