The top space stories of the week! By Doris Elin Urrutia These are the top space stories this week from Space.com.
Pictures from space! Our image of the day By Space.com Staff A new Hubble Space Telescope image reveals the peculiar structure of a spiral galaxy with only one starry arm rotating about its center.
Interstellar Comet Borisov is no longer in one piece By Mike Wall But this doesn't mean the object is breaking apart in a meaningful way.
NASA asks its employees for new ideas to combat coronavirus By Hanneke Weitering NASA is calling on its workforce to come up with creative ways that the agency can help fight the coronavirus pandemic.
Constant speed of light: Einstein's theory of special relativity survives a high-energy test By Mike Wall Albert Einstein's theory of special relativity has survived one of its stiffest tests yet.
At Thirty Meter Telescope protest, native Hawaiian elders leave mountain over coronavirus threat By Doris Elin Urrutia Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, native Hawaiians who oppose construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project on Maunakea in Hawaii have reduced their presence on the mountainside.
The sun may kick off a new solar weather cycle this month By Meghan Bartels The sun has been awfully quiet lately, but that could change starting this month, scientists say.
Hubble's best evidence yet for 'missing link' of black holes may solve 14-year-old space mystery By Elizabeth Howell Hubble is tracking down a suspected black hole that shredded a wayward star.
Shutdowns from coronavirus create blue skies in California, could inform future pollution control By Chelsea Gohd Blue skies and fluffy white clouds have come to California, but it isn't good news.
1,400-year-old mystery of strange 'red sign' in Japan's sky solved By Meghan Bartels A scarlet fan spread across the skies over Japan 1,400 years ago, and it's been puzzling astronomers ever since.
NASA's Mars rover Perseverance rover has a hidden message for the Red Planet By Mike Wall It won't be the first hidden message that NASA sends to Mars.
For NASA's next sun mission, 6 tiny spacecraft will work as one massive telescope By Meghan Bartels Want to build the largest radio telescope to fly in space to date? Here's an easier technique: Design six tiny satellites to fly in formation and work together.
Star clusters betray Milky Way's cannibalistic past By Elizabeth Howell A recent study went full Indiana Jones to show that our home galaxy, the Milky Way, was a cannibal in its earlier years, swallowing five smaller galaxies.
Astronomers spot ancient effects from a supermassive black hole's jets By Meghan Bartels Astronomers have gleaned their first insight to what the jets blasting off of supermassive black holes may have done to surrounding gas in the young universe.
A galactic crash could be behind Milky Way's warped appearance By Elizabeth Howell The Milky Way's warped shape probably is due to a long-running collision with a smaller galaxy. But which galaxy this might be is a mystery.
On Mars, deep-water diversity has stood the test of time, meteorites show By Mike Wall The water buried deep within Mars likely came from at least two very different sources long ago, a new study suggests.
Cooped up at home? You can help scientists spot penguins from space or seek out new galaxies. By Meghan Bartels There are at least two bright spots in these strange times: Telescopes are still studying distant galaxies and penguins are still pooping across Antarctica.
New satellite views show impact of coronavirus on emissions, China's night lights By Meghan Bartels As countries have shut down to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, satellites in orbit around Earth are noticing resulting changes to our home world.
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover will carry 10.9 million names to Red Planet By Mike Wall When NASA's Perseverance Mars rover launches this summer, lots of folks here on Earth will be along for the ride.
