Cosmic

Starlink Satellites Caught on Camera from the ISS Look Like a Cosmic Parade

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SpaceX Starlink Satellites ISS Astronaut Don Pettit

Astronaut Don Pettit just returned from six months on the International Space Station and shared a cool video of a Starlink satellite train. His footage, shot from the ISS 250 miles above the Earth, shows the satellites lined up, their solar panels shining like sails in the void. My best sighting of a Starlink satellite … Read more

Webb’s New NGC 6072 Images Are a Window into Stellar Endings, a Cosmic Farewell of Sorts

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James Webb Space Telescope NGC 6072

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has trained its sights on NGC 6072, a planetary nebula in the constellation Scorpius, and the results are a star’s last breath. These near- and mid-infrared images show a multi-lobed cloud of gas and dust that hint at the complex processes of a star’s demise. NGC 6072, about 3,000 light-years … Read more