"When beggars die, there are no comets seen;
The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes."

— William Shakespeare
Julius Cæsar

Astronomy

Retinal implant restores sight for blind mice

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Thu, 06/05/2025 - 3:00pm
Metallic nanoparticles injected into the retina partly restored vision in blind mice and could work as a treatment for conditions that damage light-sensitive cells in the eye
Categories: Astronomy

'Star Wars: Zero Company' – Release window, trailers & everything we know

Space.com - Thu, 06/05/2025 - 3:00pm
XCOM meets the Clone Wars in Star Wars: Zero Company, the upcoming squad-based strategy game coming in 2026.
Categories: Astronomy

Fireball streaks through aurora-filled skies | Space photo of the day for June 5, 2025

Space.com - Thu, 06/05/2025 - 2:00pm
Skywatchers in Chelsea, Canada are treated to a stunning aurora display that has a little something extra.
Categories: Astronomy

James Webb Space Telescope reveals largest-ever panorama of the early universe

Space.com - Thu, 06/05/2025 - 1:44pm
Astronomers unveiled the James Webb Space Telescope's largest view yet of the early universe in a richly detailed catalog of nearly 800,000 galaxies.
Categories: Astronomy

New NWS Hires Won’t Make Up for Trump Cuts, Meteorologists Say

Scientific American.com - Thu, 06/05/2025 - 1:00pm

Nearly 600 employees left the National Weather Service or were fired in recent months. Meteorologists say 125 expected new hires will still leave the agency dangerously understaffed

Categories: Astronomy

Fusion power may never happen if we don't fix the lithium bottleneck

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Thu, 06/05/2025 - 12:00pm
Nuclear fusion power will probably require vast quantities of enriched lithium – but we aren’t making nearly enough, and ramping up production will mean using toxic mercury
Categories: Astronomy

Fusion power may never happen if we don't fix the lithium bottleneck

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Thu, 06/05/2025 - 12:00pm
Nuclear fusion power will probably require vast quantities of enriched lithium – but we aren’t making nearly enough, and ramping up production will mean using toxic mercury
Categories: Astronomy

We've figured out how our brains sort imagination from reality

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Thu, 06/05/2025 - 12:00pm
Two brain regions seem to work together to determine whether we are seeing something real, or merely a product of our imaginations - and understanding them further may help treat visual hallucinations
Categories: Astronomy

We've figured out how our brains sort imagination from reality

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Thu, 06/05/2025 - 12:00pm
Two brain regions seem to work together to determine whether we are seeing something real, or merely a product of our imaginations - and understanding them further may help treat visual hallucinations
Categories: Astronomy

Worms team up to form tentacles when they want to go places

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Thu, 06/05/2025 - 12:00pm
Thousands of tiny nematode worms can join up to form tentacle-like towers that can straddle large gaps or hitch rides on larger animals
Categories: Astronomy

Worms team up to form tentacles when they want to go places

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Thu, 06/05/2025 - 12:00pm
Thousands of tiny nematode worms can join up to form tentacle-like towers that can straddle large gaps or hitch rides on larger animals
Categories: Astronomy

Mars in the Loop

APOD - Thu, 06/05/2025 - 12:00pm

This composite of images spaced a weather-permitting 5 to 9 days apart,


Categories: Astronomy, NASA

Don’t miss Spica shine with the waxing gibbous moon tonight

Space.com - Thu, 06/05/2025 - 12:00pm
Spica is a binary star system located 250 light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo.
Categories: Astronomy

Astronomers discover most powerful cosmic explosions since the Big Bang

Space.com - Thu, 06/05/2025 - 11:24am
Astronomers discovered a new class of cosmic explosions known as "extreme nuclear transients" that are the most powerful phenomena known, aside from the Big Bang.
Categories: Astronomy

Hubble Captures Cotton Candy Clouds

NASA Image of the Day - Thu, 06/05/2025 - 11:23am
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a cloudscape in the Large Magellanic Cloud., a dwarf satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
Categories: Astronomy, NASA

The 1st official 'Alien: Earth' trailer is finally here, and the Xenomorphs aren't the only invaders we need to worry about (video)

Space.com - Thu, 06/05/2025 - 11:08am
The main trailer for FX's Alien: Earth has Xenomorphs, a synthetic-human hybrid, and some new extra-terrestrial creatures we weren't expecting.
Categories: Astronomy

This ‘Tower of Worms’ Is a Squirming Superorganism

Scientific American.com - Thu, 06/05/2025 - 11:00am

Scientists have captured the first videos of wild roundworms forming living, wriggling towers that behave as one big superorganism

Categories: Astronomy

The Knife Edge Galaxy cuts a sharp profile in new amateur portrait (photo)

Space.com - Thu, 06/05/2025 - 11:00am
The spiral galaxy NGC 5907 is positioned edge-on to Earth.
Categories: Astronomy

Astronomers simulate a star's final moments as it's swallowed by a black hole: 'Breaks like an egg'

Space.com - Thu, 06/05/2025 - 10:00am
A neutron star's final moments may spark violent starquakes, monster shock waves, and even a fleeting, never-before-seen object called a black hole pulsar.
Categories: Astronomy

Earth from Space: Saharan dust plume

ESO Top News - Thu, 06/05/2025 - 10:00am
Image: A thick plume of sand and dust from the Sahara Desert is seen in these satellite images blowing from the west coast of Africa across the Atlantic Ocean.
Categories: Astronomy