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…
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…
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.…
Hubble Spots a Starry Spiral
In this new picture from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, a spiral galaxy glittering with star clusters is the center…
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…
Lunar Resource-Seeking Technologies
To support long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars, NASA and industry are developing technologies that can extract…
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…
Astronomers believe they’ve detected an atmosphere around a tiny, icy world beyond Pluto
A new study suggests that a tiny, icy world beyond Pluto harbors a thin, delicate atmosphere that may…
James Webb Space Telescope directly studies an exoplanet’s surface for the 1st time: ‘We see a dark, hot, barren rock’
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have, for the first time, directly analyzed the surface of a…
We Might Have Massively Underestimated Io’s Thermal Output
Io is a world of extremes. It is by far the most volcanically active world in our solar…
Blue Origin Moon Lander Completes Testing at NASA Vacuum Chamber
Also known as Endurance, MK1 is an uncrewed cargo lander funded by Blue Origin as a commercial demonstration…
Astronomers believe they’ve detected an atmosphere around a tiny, icy world beyond Pluto
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