Ron Brecher from Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Sharpless 2–112 is a glowing cloud of ionized hydrogen roughly 30 light-years across, threaded by dark rifts of dust. It lies about 6,500 light-years away in Cygnus and is energized by the hot, massive O-type star BD+45 3216. The imager took nearly 24½ hours of exposure in the Hubble palette with a 14-inch scope at f/11.
Hopefully, we’re about to travel back to the Moon relatively soon. And while the original “giant leap for mankind” was taken by a human, Neil Armstrong brought a plethora of other forms of life along with him. Humans themselves are essentially walking ecosystems, and understanding how our microbial companions survive in the harsh environments of…
The universe is ready for its close-up! That’s because today marks the day that the Vera C. Rubin Observatory begins it’s 10-year mission to shoot the greatest cosmic move ever created. The decade-long project officially known as the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) is set to revolutionize our view of the universe. That…
Deep oceans of magma once sloshed about inside the crust of Mars, seismic measurements taken by NASA’s InSight mission suggest. The marsquakes detected by InSight show a boundary 15 miles (24 kilometers) deep between two different types of rock that were formed by enormous pools of magma. The presence of these magma pools could completely…
Is Time Travel Possible? Time travel, often depicted in science fiction, may not be as far-fetched as it seems. In fact, it is a scientific reality. By studying time travel, scientists are unraveling the deepest mysteries of the cosmos and learning more about the nature of our universe. Here’s what we know: Time is something…
Imagine a muscle as something that has spent your entire life in conversation with gravity, constantly sensing your body’s weight, constantly adjusting, constantly being told it is needed. Now imagine cutting that conversation off entirely. That is in some ways what happens to an astronaut’s body in orbit, and it is the problem at the…
One small, errant drone can scrub a space launch at the cost of millions of dollars in delays, with further repercussions spanning across multiple commercial and government launch service providers. Just a single drone, with no malicious intent, could force range safety officers to abort the mission to protect the billions of dollars’ worth of…