🛰 A Cosmic Monster Spotted by Webb
The James Webb Telescope has captured an image of the dusty galaxy AzTECC71, which formed just 900 million years after the Big Bang. This giant "bakes" hundreds of new stars every year—a feat that has astonished scientists.
The discovery of AzTECC71 upends our understanding of the early Universe. Massive "star nurseries," previously thought to be rare, may be three to four times more common than once believed.
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Kilometer-sized asteroid makes its closest Earth pass in over 400 years
Asteroid (152637) 1997 NC1 will pass Earth at 6.67 lunar distances (about 0.017 AU), or 2.5 million km (1.6 million miles) above Earth’s surface, at 11:16 UTC on June 27, 2026.
The object has an estimated diameter between 750 - 1,650 m (2,460 - 5,410 feet), making this an unusually close encounter for an object of this size.
Credit: Brian D Ottum of Saline
The Matrix (1999) opens with a scene that must have blown audiences away in 1999. Nobody knew who Trinity was, why the Agents were so terrifying, or how she defied gravity. Within minutes, the Wachowskis announced that action movies had changed.