Millions of new solar system objects to be found and 'filmed in technicolor'
Thursday, 05 June 2025 09:26
A group of astronomers from across the globe, including a team from the University of Washington and led by Queen's University Belfast, have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects will be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this year.
The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory is set to revolutionize our knowledge of the sola Cosmic Himalayas quasar cluster defies explanation
Thursday, 05 June 2025 09:26
A newly discovered cluster of eleven quasars has shattered the previous record of five. Rather than being associated with a dense group of galaxies, these quasars sit on the boundary between two groups of galaxies. This structure, dubbed the "Cosmic Himalayas," cannot be explained by conventional theories, forcing astronomers to rethink the formation scenarios for quasars.
Quasars are some How does life rebound from mass extinctions
Thursday, 05 June 2025 09:26
If you're an animal living through a mass extinction, it's best to be one that's found a unique way to make a living.
A new analysis of the species that lived or died out in the wake of the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs has revealed unexpected patterns that counter our prevailing theories of survival in the wake of mass extinctions.
A team of scientists with the University of Ch Huge planet discovered orbiting tiny star puzzles scientists
Thursday, 05 June 2025 09:26
Astronomers announced Wednesday they have discovered a massive planet orbiting a tiny star, a bizarre pairing that has stumped scientists.
Most of the stars across the Milky Way are small red dwarfs like TOI-6894, which has only 20 percent the mass of our Sun.
It had not been thought possible that such puny, weak stars could provide the conditions needed to form and host huge planets. Johns Hopkins study shows how scientists can use black holes as supercolliders
Thursday, 05 June 2025 09:26
As federal funding cuts impact decades of research, scientists could turn to black holes for cheaper, natural alternatives to expensive facilities searching for dark matter and similarly elusive particles that hold clues to the universe's deepest secrets, a new Johns Hopkins study of supermassive black holes suggests.
The findings could help complement multi-billion-dollar expenses and dec New measure of the universe's expansion suggests resolution of a conflict
Thursday, 05 June 2025 09:26
For the past decade, scientists have been trying to get to the bottom of what seemed like a major inconsistency in the universe.
The universe expands over time, but how fast it's expanding seemed to differ depending on whether you looked early in the universe's history or the present day. If true, this would have presented a major problem to the gold-standard model that represents our best Rocket Lab Launches 10th Electron Mission for Multi-Launch Customer BlackSky
Thursday, 05 June 2025 09:26
Roctet Lab USA has launched its 65th Electron to deploy Earth-imaging satellites for real-time space-based intelligence company BlackSky.
The 'Full Stream Ahead' mission lifted-off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand at 11:57 am NZST (23:57 UTC on June 2nd), successfully deploying a Gen-3 satellite by BlackSky to a 470 km circular earth orbit and further expanding the co c-FIRST Team Sets Sights on Future Fire-observing Satellite Constellations
Thursday, 05 June 2025 09:26
Two NASA-developed technologies are key components of a new high-resolution sensor for observing wildfires: High Operating Temperature Barrier Infrared Detector (HOT-BIRD), developed with support from NASA's Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO), and a cutting-edge Digital Readout Integrated Circuit (DROIC), developed with funding from NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. Consciousness and collaboration in the astronomy archives of premodern China
Thursday, 05 June 2025 09:26
The astronomical records of imperial China are some of the most comprehensive archives in the history of science, spanning over two millennia, from 221 BC to 1911 AD, and providing detailed insight into phenomena ranging from comets to the rate of rotation of the Earth. A new article in Isis: the Journal of the History of Science Society examines these records and demonstrates the pivotal part t Why MTG-S1 is a nowcasting game-changer
Thursday, 05 June 2025 09:23
The Meteosat Third Generation Sounder satellite (MTG-S) will generate a completely new type of data product, especially suited to nowcasting severe weather events. Here are five ways in which Europe’s latest weather satellite will change how we forecast weather.
Europe’s far-reaching Space Act nears launch
Thursday, 05 June 2025 08:30
Europe is expected to publish a draft law by the end of June to overhaul the regulation of space services, introducing unified rules for companies operating in or selling to the European market.
ESA’s new asteroid hunter opens its eye to the sky
Thursday, 05 June 2025 08:00
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) newest planetary defender has opened its ‘eye’ to the cosmos for the first time. The Flyeye telescope’s ‘first light’ marks the beginning of a new chapter in how we scan the skies for new near-Earth asteroids and comets.
Private Japanese lunar lander heads toward a touchdown in the moon's far north
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Isaacman: people with ‘axes to grind’ about Musk caused withdrawn NASA nomination
Wednesday, 04 June 2025 22:56
Jared Isaacman made clear he believes his nomination to be administrator of NASA was pulled by the White House because of his ties to Elon Musk.
Lockheed Martin launches ‘AI Fight Club’ to test algorithms for warfare
Wednesday, 04 June 2025 18:36
The company aims to create a digital proving ground for AI systems across air, land, sea, and space operations.
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