Elizabeth Gamillo, Author at Astronomy.com

An artist’s representation of one of brightest explosions ever seen in space, an LFBOT. Called a Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transient (LFBOT). Credit: NASA, ESA, NSF's NOIRLab, Mark Garlick , Mahdi Zamani

Exotic Objects, Science

‘Tasmanian devil’ rises from slumber with brilliant bursts of light

International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

Cosmology, Exotic Objects, Science

NGC 7727’s cosmic merger foreshadows our own future

The crew on the International Space Station celebrates Thanksgiving. Credit: NASA

Human Spaceflight, Science, Space Exploration

How astronauts celebrate Thanksgiving in space

The planets in our solar system.

Science, Solar System

How long is a year on other planets?

The second- and fourth-most distant galaxies ever seen (UNCOVER z-13 and UNCOVER z-12). The galaxies are located in Pandora’s Cluster (Abell 2744), show here as near-infrared wavelengths of light that have been translated to visible-light colors. Cluster image: NASA, UNCOVER (Bezanson et al., DIO: 10.48550/arXiv.2212.04026) Insets: NASA, UNCOVER (Wang et al., 2023) Composition: Dani Zemba/Penn State

Cosmology, Galaxies, Robotic Spaceflight, Science, Space Exploration

JWST uncovers some of the most distant galaxies yet seen

This panchromatic view of galaxy cluster MACS0416 was created by combining infrared observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope with visible-light data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Jose M. Diego (IFCA), Jordan C. J. D'Silva (UWA), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Jake Summers (ASU), Rogier Windhorst (ASU), Haojing Yan (University of Missouri)

Cosmology, Galaxies, Science

Webb and Hubble telescopes unite to image flashy clash of galaxies cluster

Space Exploration

NASA brings back retro ‘worm’ logo from the 1970s

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory on Cerro Pachón in Chile. Credit: Rubin Observatory/NSF/AURA/B. Quint

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory shows its flair for asteroid detection