NASA’s Webb Telescope to Unravel Riddles of a Stellar Nursery
A bustling stellar nursery in the picturesque Orion Nebula will be a subject of study for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled to launch in 2021. A team led by…
The Gulf Stream in Infrared
Stretching from tropical Florida to the doorstep of Europe, the Gulf Stream carries a lot of heat, salt and history. This river of water is an important part of the…
The Blue Marble: The View From Apollo 17
Fifty years ago, on April 22, 1970, people around the globe marked the first Earth Day. On this Earth Day, as we physically separate ourselves by necessity, we can still…
Nine Reasons We’re Grateful to Live on Earth
Earth can sometimes feel like the last place you’d want to be. Indeed, a number of explorers have devised inventive ways to move civilization off this planet. It’s no surprise:…
Piercing the Dark Birthplaces of Massive Stars with Webb
High-mass stars, which are eight or more times the mass of our Sun, live hard and die young. They often end their short lives in violent explosions called supernovas, but…