Astronomers Find an Atmosphere on a Nearby Earthlike Planet
There are a few key features that make a planet amenable to life, at least life as earthlings…
F.C.C. Approves Test of Space Mirror to Light Night Sky Despite Outcry
The federal government has approved plans by a start-up company to test a satellite that would use a…
A Chinese Spacecraft Captures First Image of Quasi-Moon
This week, astronomers are seeing double. Just a day after Japan’s spacecraft flew by a strange, two-lobed asteroid…
Texas Tech Researchers Probe Interstellar Explosions, Unlock Knowledge
Above: artistic impression of a nova explosion showing multiple ejections traveling in different directions. Photo credit: NASA’s Goddard…
Is Space Tourism Finally Ready for Takeoff?
In 2001, Dennis Tito, an American entrepreneur, paid a reported $20 million for a voyage to the International…
Astronomers Catch Black Holes “Burping” in Radio with the NSF VLA
Newswise — Astronomers using the U.S. National Science Foundation Very Large Array (NSF VLA) have found that when…
Scientists listen to the ‘heart’ of our Sun – and find mysterious behaviour
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A Physicist Who Thinks in Poetry from the Cosmic Edge
Much of the praise for Chanda Prescod-Weinstein’s debut book in 2021, “The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey Into Dark…
NASA’s Roman Telescope Poised to Transform Hunt for Elusive Neutron Stars
Newswise — Astronomers have long known that neutron stars, the crushed cores left behind after massive stars explode,…
Edge of Milky Way ‘finally found’ after astronomers scanned 100,000 STARS to probe 40,000 lightyears of space
EXPERTS believe they may finally have pinpointed the edge of the Milky Way after analysing a whopping 100,000…
Doomsday scientists predict exact year Earth will turn into a ‘giant black hole’ & warn of rising ‘dark energy’ levels
SCIENTISTS have predicted when the Earth will turn into a giant black hole after reviewing new data and…
Focusing in on Human Health Research at Annual Space Meeting
Newswise — COLUMBUS, Ohio – Long-duration spaceflight can chip away at an astronaut’s health, prompting scientists to find new…