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NASA aircraft trajectory over the Pacific Ocean and Mexico. Courtesy of Prof. Amir Caspi

Exclusive: An interview with the Israeli researcher who will send a camera to study the corona to a high altitude during the solar eclipse

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Prof. Caspi, from the University of Colorado presents the results of the experiments in the solar eclipse of 2017, on the multi-channel camera that will fly on a NASA plane
This artist's illustration shows a collision between two bodies of ice and dust orbiting the bright star Pomelhot, 25 light-years away. This may have caused an expanding cloud of very fine dust particles. Credit: ESA, NASA and M. Kornmesser

Webb explores the asteroid belt of the young solar system Pummelhot and discovers evidence of hidden planets

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The belts surround the hot young star, which can be seen with the unaided eye as the brightest star in the southern group Southern Pisces. The dust belts are fragments from the collisions of larger bodies, corresponding to asteroids and comets, and are often described as "fragment disks"
A star exploding is a dramatic event, but the debris the star leaves behind can be even more dramatic. A new mid-infrared image from the James Webb Space Telescope provides one stunning example. It shows the remains of the supernova Cassiopeia A (Cas A), created by a stellar explosion 340 years ago. The image shows bright colors and complex structures. Cas A is the youngest known remnant of a massive exploding star in our galaxy, offering astronomers an opportunity to understand the star's death process. Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, D. Milisavljevic (Purdue University), T. Temim (Princeton University), I. De Looze (UGent), J. DePasquale (STScI)

Let's see how Cassiopeia is doing: Webb reveals new details on the Cassiopeia A supernova

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Webb recorded what remained after the death of a star only 11 thousand light years away from us. It is a relatively new supernova - only 350 years old

Star Trek on Single Atoms

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