Astronomers say there’s a wave rippling through our galactic neighborhood that’s playing a part in the birth and death of stars — and perhaps in Earth’s history as well. The cosmic ripple, known as the Radcliffe Wave, was identified in astronomical data four...
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ERS-2 spotted by other satellites during descent
Space Safety 19/02/2024 5854 views 33 likes What happened? ESA’s European Remote Sensing 2 satellite (ERS-2) was recently spotted tumbling as it descends through the atmosphere. These images were captured by cameras on board other satellites by Australian...
Everything we know about ‘3 Body Problem’
2024 looks like a great year for science fiction.Adding to the geeky thrills this year is "3 Body Problem," an 8-episode, prestige-level adaptation for the debut book of the "Remembrance of Earth's Past" novel series, a New York Times bestselling sci-fi trilogy...
Could you travel through a black hole? This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher
Back to Article List Traveling through black holes ain’t like dusting crops, kid. If spaghettification doesn’t kill you, the singularity probably will. A stellar-mass black hole may seem unassuming, but it will rip you to shreds much faster than a supermassive...
Japan’s New H3 Rocket Successfully Blasts Off
Japan successfully tested its new flagship H3 rocket after an earlier version failed last year. The rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center on Saturday, February 17, reaching an orbital altitude of about 670 kilometers (420 miles). It deployed a set...
PLD Space gets even more Boost!
Enabling & Support 19/02/2024 1122 views 17 likes In brief ESA signed a first Boost! contract with PLD Space supporting the development of the company’s Miura 5 launch service. Spain’s PLD Space launched the Miura 1 suborbital mission from southern Spain...
Major X-ray sky survey could relieve crisis surrounding the universe’s ‘lumpiness’
A new analysis of how galaxy clusters evolved over the 13.8-billion-year history of the cosmos could help solve a long-standing tension surrounding the 'lumpiness' of our universe's matter content. Down the line, it may also help scientists solve a host of...
What causes sunspots?
These three panels show Active Region 13055 on the Sun on July 11, 2022. The same region appears in visible light (left), as a magnetic field measurement (middle), and in extreme ultraviolet light (right). Credit: Lisa Upton, Courtesy of NASA/SDO and the AIA,...
Odysseus Moon Lander Sends Selfies With Earth in the Picture
Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lander has beamed back a series of snapshots that were captured as it headed out from the Earth toward the moon, and one of the pictures features Australia front and center. The shots also show the second stage of the SpaceX Falcon...
Week in images: 12-16 February 2024
Week in images: 12-16 February 2024 Discover our week through the lens Source link