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[ad_1] It's a bird... it's a plane... it's a super star cluster! NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope has imaged a star cluster that is "super" in every way. Westerlund 1 is super-large, super-massive, super-young, super-close — and it is creating stars at a super-fast...
[ad_1] Corona Borealis is located near the constellation Hercules. The position of T CrB is marked with a green dot. This view shows the sky around 2 A.M. local daylight time in mid-April. Note that the constellations will rise and set at different times throughout...
[ad_1] Most neutron stars spin rapidly, completing a rotation in seconds or even a fraction of a second. But astronomers have found one that takes its time, completing a rotation in 54 minutes. What compels this odd object to spin so slowly? When a massive supergiant...
[ad_1] Enabling & Support 12/06/2024 168 views 2 likes Europe’s newest rocket soon launches, taking with it many space missions each with a unique objective, destination and team at home, cheering them on. Whether launching new satellites to look back and study...
[ad_1] Stoke Space has announced the first successful hot-fire test of an engine designed for its upcoming reusable rocket.The Kent, Washington-based company tested its new full-flow, staged-combustion (FFSC) rocket engine on June 5 at the company's test site in Moses...
[ad_1] The Sun rises at Stonehenge. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Ancient archaeological sites (like Stonehenge) were constructed so that the Sun would shine through a certain opening on some special day (typically a solstice). Wouldn’t Earth’s precession change the...
[ad_1] Many astronomy-interested people know of the Hyades and the Pleiades. They’re star clusters in the Taurus constellation. They’re two out of a handful of star clusters that are visible to the unaided eye under dark sky conditions. It turns out that these...
[ad_1] The activities to integrate Plato’s cameras have started in OHB’s Space Centre & Optics facility in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. One by one the cameras are attached to Plato’s optical bench, the surface that keeps all cameras pointed in the right direction....
[ad_1] The U.S. military could soon have new uncrewed aircraft that carry weapons and take off and land vertically. The vehicles could undergo test flights as early as 2026. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced it is moving into a new...
[ad_1] Frost (colored blue) coats the top of Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano in our solar system. This image was shot by ESA’s Mars Express orbiter at 7:20 A.M. local martian time. The mountain’s right side is illuminated by the rising Sun in the east. Credit:...