I’m off to see Mom

I’m leaving on a jet plane, don’t know when I’ll be back again … stay tuned.

VLT Image Captures a "Cosmic Hawk" Spanning its Wings. March 6, 2026
Today’s Picture of the Week, taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), seems to have captured a cosmic hawk as it spans its wings.
Making New Solar Activity Connections From Old Data March 6, 2026
It’s tough sometimes, living with a tempestuous star. Modern human civilization and technology lives at the whim of the Sun, as it sends solar storms and punishing coronal mass ejections our way. And while we understand the overall pitch of the 11 year solar cycle, it's hard to predict exactly what the Sun is going […]
The 4.6-Billion-Year-Old Tape Recorder Hidden Inside Asteroid Dust March 6, 2026
Asteroids are critical to unlock our understanding of the early solar system. These chunks of rock and dust were around at the very beginning, and they haven’t been as modified by planetary formation processes as, say, Earth has been. So scientists were really excited to get ahold of samples from Ryugu when they were returned […]
Mars Express Images Reveal Mars' Pockmarked Surface March 6, 2026
Craters, craters, and yet more craters: this snapshot from ESA’s Mars Express is packed full of them, each as fascinating as the last.
Astronomers Using MeerKAT Spot a Cosmic Laser Halfway Across the Universe March 5, 2026
Astronomers using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa have discovered the most distant hydroxyl megamaser ever detected. It is located in a violently merging galaxy more than 8 billion light-years away, opening a new radio astronomy frontier.