A telescope in Chile has captured a stunning new picture of a grand and graceful cosmic butterfly. The National Science Foundation’s NoirLab released the picture on Wednesday. The glowing “wings” appear to be bursting in the image. While the bipolar nebula goes by the monikers Butterfly Nebula, Bug Nebula or Caldwell 69, its official name…
Georgina Rannard Science correspondent Watch: SpaceX Starship completes successful test flight SpaceX has pulled off a successful test flight of its newest generation rocket Starship, reversing a trend of disappointing failures. The world’s largest and most powerful rocket blasted off from Texas just after 18:30 local time (00:30 BST) for a nail-biting 60-minute flight. Parts…
Xam Xam is the first video released on April 10 by Senegalese Cheikh Ibra Fam, the former Orchestra Baobab singer and instrumentalist, from his upcoming sophomore album, Adouna (“Life”), set for release in October 2025. From the first panoramic patchwork mosaic drone shot of Dakar’s rooftops to the resting pirogues, fishing boats, parked on the…
