For July 4, NASA unveils an astronomical fireworks show, complete with sound effects ^15.6%

Scientific American - By Stephanie Pappas - 7/4/2026, 11:00 AM

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NASA is lighting the cosmos in red, white and blue in honor of the 250th birthday of the United States—and the show even comes with sound. The imagery shows the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A, the dusty nebula NGC 3603, the spiral galaxy Messier 94 and the galaxy cluster ZwCl 0024+1652. Data from the Hubble Space Telescope, the James... more