by rmil2k | Jan 11, 2024 | News
Back to Article List A direct link between the deaths of massive stars and black holes and neutron stars has astronomers jazzed. This artist’s impression is based on the aftermath of a supernova explosion, which resulted in a compact object. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada In...
by rmil2k | Jan 11, 2024 | News
About 16,000 light-years away, a massive star experienced an unusual dimming event. This can happen in binary stars when one star passes in front of the other. It can also be due to intrinsic reasons like innate variability. But this star dimmed by as much as...
by rmil2k | Jan 10, 2024 | News
What looks like an aerial shot of an alien landscape is actually a scanning electron microscope view of a test glass surface, acquired as part of a project to improve the lifetime of spaceborne atomic clocks, found at the heart of navigation satellites. Each sharp...
by rmil2k | Jan 10, 2024 | News
Hey, aliens! Lexington, Kentucky would be a good place to spend your next deep-space vacation.This was the message that a group of Kentucky scientists, linguists and scholars recently beamed at the TRAPPIST-1 system, which lies 40 light-years from Earth and harbors...
by rmil2k | Jan 10, 2024 | News
heic2402 — Science Release Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have found a rare oddball event in an oddball place. 9 January 2024 A Fast Radio Burst (FRB) is a fleeting blast of energy that can – for a few milliseconds – outshine an entire galaxy....
