Voyager spacecraft detect new type of solar electron burst
More than 40 years since they launched, the Voyager spacecraft are still making discoveries.
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News tagged with interstellar space
NASA contacts Voyager 2 using upgraded Deep Space Network dish
On Oct. 29, mission operators sent a series of commands to NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft for the first time since mid-March. The spacecraft has been flying solo while the 70-meter-wide (230-foot-wide) radio antenna used to ...
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Nov 4, 2020
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Rogue Earth-mass planet discovered freely floating in the Milky Way without a star
If a solar system is a family, then some planets leave home early whether they want to or not. Once they've left the gravitational embrace of their family, they're pretty much destined to drift through interstellar space ...
Astronomy
Oct 2, 2020
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Where are stars made? NASA's Spitzer spies a hot spot
The nebula known as W51 is one of the most active star-forming regions in the Milky Way galaxy. First identified in 1958 by radio telescopes, it makes a rich cosmic tapestry in this image from NASA's recently retired Spitzer ...
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Aug 26, 2020
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Neural networks show potential for identifying gamma rays detected by the Cherenkov telescope array
With the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) that is currently under construction, researchers hope to observe highly energetic gamma rays that could lead to the discovery of new objects in and outside of our galaxy and even ...
Astronomy
Aug 24, 2020
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Scientists determine 'Oumuamua isn't made from molecular hydrogen ice after all
The debate over the origins and molecular structure of 'Oumuamua continued today with an announcement in The Astrophysical Journal Letters that despite earlier promising claims, the interstellar object is not made of molecular ...
Astronomy
Aug 17, 2020
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Stellar pulsations distribute key ingredient for life
As Carl Sagan famously said, "We're made of star stuff"—but how do stars distribute their essential "stuff" for life into space? NASA's telescope on an airplane, SOFIA, is finding some answers by watching pulsating stars ...
Astronomy
Aug 6, 2020
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Uncovering our solar system's shape
Scientists have developed a new prediction of the shape of the bubble surrounding our solar system using a model developed with data from NASA missions.
Astronomy
Aug 5, 2020
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New Horizons conducts the first interstellar parallax experiment
For the first time, a spacecraft has sent back pictures of the sky from so far away that some stars appear to be in different positions than we'd see from Earth.
Astronomy
Jun 12, 2020
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Mysterious interstellar visitor was probably a 'dark hydrogen iceberg,' not aliens
The aliens came on Oct. 19, 2017.
Astronomy
Jun 3, 2020
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