For NASA’s TESS, Stellar Eclipses Shed Light on Possible New Worlds
A study of NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) data on stellar pairs undergoing mutual eclipses has uncovered…
Astronomers pin down the origins of a planetary odd couple | MIT News
Across the Milky Way galaxy, a planetary odd couple is circling a star some 190 light years from…
Scientists Stunned by New Organic Molecules Found on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover took this selfie at a location nicknamed “Mary Anning” after a 19th century English…
LAGEOS: An Earth Science Mission Built for Enduring Precision
On May 4, 1976, a spacecraft resembling a disco ball entered orbit almost 3,700 miles (6,000 kilometers) above…
Scientists Reveal Two Previously Unknown Minerals Hidden Deep In Lunar Dust Samples
A microscopic discovery inside Moon dust returned by China’s Chang’e 5 mission is reshaping how scientists understand the…
A massive and evolved slow-rotating galaxy in the early Universe
Cappellari, M. et al. The SAURON project – X. The orbital anisotropy of elliptical and lenticular galaxies: revisiting…
Could the Universe’s Hidden Shape Solve One of Physics’ Biggest Mysteries?
Physicists are grappling with a major mismatch between theory and observation in the energy driving the universe’s expansion.…
Asteroid Apophis to pass Earth in 2029 with no impact risk, NASA says
NASA administrator Jared Isaacman discusses Artemis II mission and future of space exploration NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman joins…
Moon’s Formation In Many Ways Still Remains A Mystery
A half century after NASA’s Apollo 17 lunar module lifted off the Moon’s northeastern near side quadrant, planetary…
Our Milky Way’s ‘Zone of Avoidance’ holds a galaxy supercluster with 30,000 trillion times the sun’s mass
An enormous supercluster made up from over 20 individual galaxy clusters hiding behind our dusty Milky Way is…
Detection of an atmosphere on a trans-Neptunian object beyond Pluto
Mommert, M. et al. TNOs are cool: a survey of the trans-Neptunian region. V. Physical characterization of 18…
STMicro targets more than $3 billion in space chip revenue as demand grows
By Nathan Vifflin May 4 (Reuters) – STMicroelectronics is targeting well above $3 billion in cumulative revenue for…