Last update:
Astronomy & Space news
Astronomers model, determine how disk galaxies evolve so smoothly
Computer simulations are showing astrophysicists how massive clumps of gas within galaxies scatter some stars from their orbits, eventually creating the smooth, exponential fade in the brightness of many galaxy disks.
Astronomy
22 hours ago
12
225
New measurements show moon has hazardous radiation levels
Future moon explorers will be bombarded with two to three times more radiation than astronauts aboard the International Space Station, a health hazard that will require thick-walled shelters for protection, scientists reported ...
Space Exploration
17 hours ago
9
1048
First candidate for an extragalactic planet identified
A team of researchers from the U.S. and China has found the first evidence for a candidate planet in another galaxy. In their paper uploaded to the arXiv preprint server, the team describes their work studying the possible ...
Back to Venus: Upstart company wants to beat NASA in search for life
Can a small American aerospace company get to Venus before NASA returns to our superheated planetary neighbor?
Space Exploration
17 hours ago
0
83
Pair of massive baby stars swaddled in salty water vapor
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers spotted a pair of massive baby stars growing in salty cosmic soup. Each star is shrouded by a gaseous disk which includes molecules of sodium chloride, ...
Astronomy
22 hours ago
0
61
US probe to touch down on asteroid Bennu on October 20
After a four-year journey, NASA's robotic spacecraft OSIRIS-REx will descend to asteroid Bennu's boulder-strewn surface on October 20, touching down for a few seconds to collect rock and dust samples, the agency said Thursday.
Space Exploration
Sep 25, 2020
1
521
The strange storms on Jupiter
At the south pole of Jupiter lurks a striking sight—even for a gas giant planet covered in colorful bands that sports a red spot larger than the earth. Down near the south pole of the planet, mostly hidden from the prying ...
Astronomy
Sep 24, 2020
7
45
Air Force, SpaceX mum about sky-high rocket costs
Five years ago, Elon Musk, the multibillionaire CEO of the SpaceX rocket company, smashed his way into the business of launching U.S. military and intelligence satellites, a lucrative market that had been cornered for nearly ...
Space Exploration
Sep 24, 2020
4
26
New chronology of the Saturn system
A new chronology for the moons of Saturn has been developed by Planetary Science Institute Associate Research Scientist Samuel W. Bell.
Astronomy
Sep 24, 2020
0
34
Faint orbital debris that threatens satellites not being monitored closely enough, warn astronomers
University of Warwick astronomers are warning that orbital debris posing a threat to operational satellites is not being monitored closely enough, as they publish a new survey finding that over 75% of the orbital debris they ...
Space Exploration
Sep 24, 2020
0
26
Researchers depict the formation of galaxies
An international team of astronomers, with researchers at Leiden Observatory playing a leading role, has mapped the fuel for galaxy formation in the iconic Hubble Ultra Deep Field. The results of the research have been accepted ...
Astronomy
Sep 24, 2020
0
91
NASA chief warns Congress about Chinese space station
NASA chief Jim Bridenstine told lawmakers Wednesday it was crucial for the US to maintain a presence in Earth's orbit after the International Space Station is decommissioned so that China does not gain a strategic advantage.
Space Exploration
Sep 24, 2020
0
254
A minuscule spacecraft joins a pilot's epic journey to fly from pole to pole
On November 16, 2019, pilot and author Robert DeLaurentis took off on an ambitious adventure. Setting out from San Diego county's Gillespie Field, he banked toward Grand Prairie, Texas on the first leg of a pole to pole expedition. ...
Space Exploration
Sep 24, 2020
1
11
Could life exist deep underground on Mars?
Recent science missions and results are bringing the search for life closer to home, and scientists at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) and the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) may have figured ...
Space Exploration
Sep 23, 2020
24
641
New analysis of black hole reveals a wobbling shadow
In 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration delivered the first image of a black hole, revealing M87*—the supermassive object in the center of the M87 galaxy. The team has now used the lessons learned last year to ...
Astronomy
Sep 23, 2020
5
5099
Indian astronomers discover 70 new variable stars
Astronomers from India have conducted a long-term photometric variability survey of an open cluster known as NGC 559. As a result, they detected 70 new variable stars in the field of this cluster. The finding is presented ...
ISS moves to avoid space debris
Astronauts on the International Space Station carried out an "avoidance maneuver" Tuesday to ensure they would not be hit by a piece of debris, said US space agency NASA, urging better management of objects in Earth's orbit.
Space Exploration
Sep 23, 2020
0
474
School bus-size asteroid to safely zoom past Earth
A small near-Earth asteroid (or NEA) will briefly visit Earth's neighborhood on Thursday, Sept. 24, zooming past at a distance of about 13,000 miles (22,000 kilometers) above our planet's surface. The asteroid will make its ...
Space Exploration
Sep 23, 2020
0
333
MoonRanger will search for water at moon's south pole
MoonRanger, a small robotic rover being developed by Carnegie Mellon University and its spinoff Astrobotic, has completed its preliminary design review in preparation for a 2022 mission to search for signs of water at the ...
Space Exploration
Sep 23, 2020
0
393
Space nematodes: A giant leap for interplanetary agriculture
In a successful return-to-space mission, research study results indicate that beneficial insect-killing nematodes (small round worms) can be used in the future for natural control of insect pests when humans are growing crops ...
Space Exploration
Sep 23, 2020
0
84
More news
NASA plans for return to Moon to cost $28 billion
NASA's new Mars rover will use X-rays to hunt fossils
NASA technology enables precision landing without a pilot
JPL meets unique challenge, delivers radar hardware for Jupiter mission
Other news
The realization of active microscale Marangoni surfers
Materials scientists learn how to make liquid crystal shape-shift
Bird genes are multitaskers, say scientists
Diagnostic tool for coronavirus makes significant step forward
New method allows precise gene control by light
A clearer view of what makes glass rigid
Secure nano-carrier delivers medications directly to cells
Wolves have been caring for the pack for at least 1.3 million years
Primate brain size does not predict their intelligence
The four most promising worlds for alien life in the solar system
Solar storm forecasts for Earth improved with help from the public
How planetary nebulae get their shapes
The surprising organisation of avian brains
Potential drug target for dangerous E. coli infections identified
Marine heatwaves are human-made
The male Y chromosome does more than we thought
High-performance single-atom catalysts for high-temperature fuel cells
