10 things to do in the Palm Springs area this week, March 9-15

Looking for something to do in the valley this week? The Desert Sun's weekly events roundup is here to help.
Live Science on MSN

'Interstellar messenger' 3I/ATLAS could be nearly as old as the universe itself, James Webb telescope reveals

The comet formed in a cold and distant part of the early Milky Way up to 12 billion years ago, putting it just under 2 billion years the age of the universe.

NASA’s Webb Telescope Reveals an Eerie Nebula That Looks Like a Giant Brain

Webb has captured the haunting “Exposed Cranium” nebula—an otherworldly cloud shaped by a dying star that looks remarkably like a brain inside a skull.
Smithsonian Institution

National Air and Space Museum Welcomes James Webb Space Telescope’s Pathfinder and Parker Solar Probe to Collection

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum welcomes two new acquisitions to the collection—the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) Pathfinder and Parker Solar Probe model. The Pathfinder is a ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

In a first, astronomers detect dry ice hiding in the dusty torus of the Butterfly Nebula

The death of a star is usually thought to be a violent and hostile ...

Astrophysicists trace the origin of valuable metals in space, from colliding stars to merging galaxies

Billions of light years away in a remote part of the universe, two neutron stars – the ultradense remnants of dead stars – collided. The catastropic cosmic event sent light and particles, including a ...