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[ad_1] The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy. More specifically, it is a barred spiral galaxy, meaning that within its central region, there is a bar shape off of which the spirals emanate. About two-thirds of spiral galaxies are barred spirals, and astronomers have...
[ad_1] The powerful Hurricane Otis has been captured in this Copernicus Sentinel-3 image when it was approaching Mexico’s southern Pacific coast in October 2023.Zoom in to explore this image at its full resolution or click on the circles to learn more. Originally...
[ad_1] SpaceX is poised to launch another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit.A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 22 Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Friday (Dec. 8) during a roughly two-hour window...
[ad_1] Back to Article List Whether you're interested in astronomy, geology, planetary science, or the solar system, Iceland is not a place you want to miss. An extraordinary display of aurorae shimmers over Kirkjufell Mountain, Iceland, in 2018. Credit: Wikimedia...
[ad_1] Imagine a solar storm generating auroral displays across the entire sky. No, we haven’t quite seen them that strong in the current solar cycle. But, back in February 1872, people around the world reported seeing brilliant northern and southern lights. The...
[ad_1] Applications 07/12/2023 344 views 19 likes Tropical forests are clearly critical to Earth’s climate system, but understanding exactly how much carbon they absorb from the atmosphere, store and release is tricky to calculate, not least because measuring and...
[ad_1] The spacecraft that ferried India's Chandrayaan-3 lander-rover duo to the moon has returned home — sort of.In a surprise announcement on Monday (Dec. 4), the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said it had moved Chandrayaan-3's propulsion module out of...
[ad_1] Back to Article List Despite being blasted by molecule-destroying ultraviolet radiation, at least one planet-forming disk in the Lobster Nebula has the building blocks of rocky planets. The Lobster Nebula is one of the nearest and most massive star-forming...
[ad_1] Famous Halley’s Comet reaches a distant milestone this coming weekend. It’s lonely out there in the frozen outer solar system. On Saturday, December 9th, that most famous of all comets 1P/Halley reaches a hallmark point on its 75-year journey through the solar...
[ad_1] ESA’s Young Professionals Satellite, YPSat, has been fully integrated for the first time, in preparation for its ‘electromagnetic compatibility’ testing seen here. This checks that all the systems aboard the compact payload can operate together without...