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The highest-resolution image of the Sun’s surface (photosphere) ever captured, taken at 416 nm by the Inouye Solar Telescope. It reveals deformed boundaries of magnetic elements and ultra-fine scale stripes, both associated with Kelvin-Helmholtz instability.

Tiny whirlpool-like structures on the Sun could explain how it stores and releases energy

The Sun’s smallest visible whirlpools could drive turbulence, magnetic mixing, and explosive solar activity.

Joseph ShavitupdaPublished Aug 6, 2026 7:07 AM PDT

This image shows the host galaxy of the recently detected supernova SN 2026gzf.

Space Rare x-ray flash reveals the first moments of a powerful supernova without a gamma-ray burst Joseph Shavit

A new cosmology model describes a universe without dark matter while matching key measurements of galaxy spacing and ancient light.

Space New cosmology model finds that dark matter doesn’t exist Joseph Shavit

Scientists have proposed one pathway little red dots can follow as the universe matures based on their analysis of spiral galaxy WISEA J123635.56+621424.2, nicknamed the “Saguaro.” They suggest little red dots may be a temporary phase of highly active supermassive black holes.

Space NASA’s Webb telescope may have solved the mystery of the universe’s ‘little red dots’Joseph Shavit

$A close-up of the polygon fractures discovered by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover highlights their honeycomb-like textures.$

Space NASA’s Curiosity rover finds a vast field of honeycomb fractures on Mars Joseph Shavit

A faint giant planet hid near Beta Pictoris b for over a decade before astronomers recognized it in archived images.

Space JWST captures stunning images of one of the lightest known exoplanets Joseph Shavit

A photon experiences no time while crossing space, a result that reveals how relativity connects light, motion and the flow of time.

Space A beam of light can cross the entire universe in no time at all Joseph Shavit

NASA’s Juno spacecraft made the first direct measurements of the temperature beneath the surface of Jupiter’s moon Io using the Microwave Radiometer, (MWR), invented and designed by Southwest Research Institute’s Dr. Scott Bolton.

Space NASA’s Juno spacecraft finds temperatures surging just below Io’s volcanic surface Joseph Shavit

A meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey home contains rare evidence of ancient salty water and organic molecules tied to life’s origins.

Space Rare meteorite crashes into New Jersey home revealing clues to the origin of life Joseph Shavit

Simulated cosmic lenses trained a neural network to spot faint galaxy signals buried beneath brilliant quasars.

Space Astronomers use AI to discover seven rare quasar lens candidates Shy Cohen

The S2 meteorite impact devastated early Earth but may have supplied iron and phosphorus that helped microbial life recover.

Space Meteorite 200x larger than the dinosaur killer reshaped the course of evolution on Earth Joseph Shavit

NASA’s Perseverance took this selfie at “Witch Hazel Hill” on Jezero Crater’s rim on May 10, 2025. The small dark hole in the rock in front of the rover is the borehole made when the rover collected the “Bell Island” sample. The small puff of dust left of center and below the horizon line is a dust devil.

Space Perseverance found a 245-foot Martian rock wall formed by asteroid impacts nearly 4 billion years ago Joseph Shavit

Schematic illustration of the hierarchical structure of the Universe, from a galaxy group (a collection of galaxies) to an individual galaxy and the supermassive black hole at its center.

Space Powerful black hole pushes quasar’s winds across 300,000 light-years Joseph Shavit

The Falcon 9 moon impact may create a visible flash, towering dust plume and new crater near Einstein Crater on Aug. 5.

Space SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage is about to slam into the Moon on August 5 Joshua Shavit

Einstein’s relativity explains why fast travelers age more slowly and why time never passes at one universal rate.

Space Inside the strange physics of why time stops at the speed of light Joseph Shavit

Artist’s illustration of exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s Star.

Space Astronomers find four Barnard’s Star planets to be small, uninhabitable, with years lasting only days Joseph Shavit

Galaxy WISEA J014656.04-152214.7, located about 750 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus, before and after a tidal disruption event was spotted on its outer edge in November 2025.

Space Wandering black hole found 30,000 light-years from its galaxy’s center Joseph Shavit