Neutrino from shredded star reveals cosmic particle accelerator
Tuesday, 23 February 2021 12:08
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 22, 2021
Astrophysicists have traced a subatomic particle called a neutrino to its cosmic origins, a tidal disruption event located some 700 million light-years from Earth.
The new research - published Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy - suggests the violent destruction of a faraway star by a supermassive black hole was powerful enough to send a tiny, near-frictionless particle racing acr
Astrophysicists have traced a subatomic particle called a neutrino to its cosmic origins, a tidal disruption event located some 700 million light-years from Earth.
The new research - published Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy - suggests the violent destruction of a faraway star by a supermassive black hole was powerful enough to send a tiny, near-frictionless particle racing acr Binary stars are all around us, new map of solar neighborhood shows
Tuesday, 23 February 2021 12:08
Berkeley CA (SPX) Feb 23, 2021
The latest star data from the Gaia space observatory has for the first time allowed astronomers to generate a massive 3D atlas of widely separated binary stars within about 3,000 light years of Earth - 1.3 million of them.
The one-of-a-kind atlas, created by Kareem El-Badry, an astrophysics Ph.D. student from the University of California, Berkeley, should be a boon for those who study bina
The latest star data from the Gaia space observatory has for the first time allowed astronomers to generate a massive 3D atlas of widely separated binary stars within about 3,000 light years of Earth - 1.3 million of them.
The one-of-a-kind atlas, created by Kareem El-Badry, an astrophysics Ph.D. student from the University of California, Berkeley, should be a boon for those who study bina Brand new findings on fire safety in space
Tuesday, 23 February 2021 12:08
Bremen, Germany (SPX) Feb 23, 2021
For the fifth time, a team of 25 international scientists used the Northrop Grumman CYGNUS supply vehicle for the International Space Station to conduct experiments with large fires in space. This time, amazing data was transmitted from the return journey to Earth that even the combustion researchers could not have predicted: in weightlessness, a flame tends to spread in the opposite direction t
For the fifth time, a team of 25 international scientists used the Northrop Grumman CYGNUS supply vehicle for the International Space Station to conduct experiments with large fires in space. This time, amazing data was transmitted from the return journey to Earth that even the combustion researchers could not have predicted: in weightlessness, a flame tends to spread in the opposite direction t Xi lauds China's progress in space missions
Tuesday, 23 February 2021 12:08
Beijing (XNA) Feb 23, 2021
President Xi Jinping encouraged Chinese space industry workers on Monday to strive for successes in the nation's future lunar explorations and carry out interplanetary expeditions with a methodical approach.
Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, urged space industry workers to take advantage of C
President Xi Jinping encouraged Chinese space industry workers on Monday to strive for successes in the nation's future lunar explorations and carry out interplanetary expeditions with a methodical approach.
Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, urged space industry workers to take advantage of C Increasing battery and fuel cell power with quantum computing
Tuesday, 23 February 2021 12:08
Stuttgart, Germany (SPX) Feb 19, 2021
The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is conducting research into new materials for more powerful batteries and fuel cells. DLR scientists are now using a quantum computer to simulate electrochemical processes within energy storage systems. This makes it possible to design the materials used in such a way that the performance and energy density of batteries
The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is conducting research into new materials for more powerful batteries and fuel cells. DLR scientists are now using a quantum computer to simulate electrochemical processes within energy storage systems. This makes it possible to design the materials used in such a way that the performance and energy density of batteries DLR conducts ground vibration test on the Dornier 'Seastar' amphibious aircraft
Tuesday, 23 February 2021 12:08
Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Feb 19, 2021
A team of researchers from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) in Gottingen have evaluated the Dornier Seastar seaplane in a ground vibration test (GVT) campaign. These tests are part of the certification process that all aircraft must undergo.
The tests were carried out in Oberpfaffenhofen on behalf of Dornier Seawings GmbH. Ground vibration tests
A team of researchers from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) in Gottingen have evaluated the Dornier Seastar seaplane in a ground vibration test (GVT) campaign. These tests are part of the certification process that all aircraft must undergo.
The tests were carried out in Oberpfaffenhofen on behalf of Dornier Seawings GmbH. Ground vibration tests DARPA orders six satellites from Blue Canyon Technologies for Blackjack program
Tuesday, 23 February 2021 11:02
WASHINGTON — Blue Canyon Technologies has received a contract option worth $26.5 million to produce six satellites for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, a company spokesman told SpaceNews.
DARPA has exercised the option to buy six more satellites in addition to four the agency ordered in June under a $14.1 million contract.
Tianwen 1 probe enters preset parking orbit
Tuesday, 23 February 2021 10:23
Beijing (XNA) Feb 24, 2021
China's Tianwen 1 robotic probe entered its preset parking orbit above Mars on Wednesday and will fly in this orbit for about three months before releasing its landing capsule, said the China National Space Administration.
The spacecraft, which has entered a crucial stage in China's first interplanetary exploration mission after seven months of lengthy space voyage, conducted its third nea
China's Tianwen 1 robotic probe entered its preset parking orbit above Mars on Wednesday and will fly in this orbit for about three months before releasing its landing capsule, said the China National Space Administration.
The spacecraft, which has entered a crucial stage in China's first interplanetary exploration mission after seven months of lengthy space voyage, conducted its third nea Benchmark Space Systems and Orbit Fab Breaking Ground on Mobile Refueling Stations in Space
Tuesday, 23 February 2021 10:23
San Francisco CA (SPX) Feb 24, 2021
Orbit Fab, the Gas Stations in Space company, and Benchmark Space Systems (BSS), a leading provider of in-space mobility solutions, has announced a green, hydrogen-peroxide based refueling and servicing infrastructure partnership to extend satellite missions and provide the essential fuel for the evolving ecosystem in space.
As part of the teaming, Orbit Fab will bundle its RAFTI fluid tra
Orbit Fab, the Gas Stations in Space company, and Benchmark Space Systems (BSS), a leading provider of in-space mobility solutions, has announced a green, hydrogen-peroxide based refueling and servicing infrastructure partnership to extend satellite missions and provide the essential fuel for the evolving ecosystem in space.
As part of the teaming, Orbit Fab will bundle its RAFTI fluid tra NASA welds Confidence Article for next evolution of SLS
Tuesday, 23 February 2021 10:23
New Orleans FL (SPX) Feb 24, 2021
Technicians are manufacturing and testing the first in a series of initial weld confidence articles for the Exploration Upper Stage (EUS) for future flights of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at the agency's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.
The Exploration Upper Stage will be used on the second configuration of the SLS rocket, known as Block 1B, and will provide in-space p
Technicians are manufacturing and testing the first in a series of initial weld confidence articles for the Exploration Upper Stage (EUS) for future flights of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at the agency's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.
The Exploration Upper Stage will be used on the second configuration of the SLS rocket, known as Block 1B, and will provide in-space p SwRI scientists image a bright meteoroid explosion in Jupiter's atmosphere
Tuesday, 23 February 2021 10:23
San Antonio TX (SPX) Feb 24, 2021
From aboard the Juno spacecraft, a Southwest Research Institute-led instrument observing auroras serendipitously spotted a bright flash above Jupiter's clouds last spring. The Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) team studied the data and determined that they had captured a bolide, an extremely bright meteoroid explosion in the gas giant's upper atmosphere.
"Jupiter undergoes a huge number of im
From aboard the Juno spacecraft, a Southwest Research Institute-led instrument observing auroras serendipitously spotted a bright flash above Jupiter's clouds last spring. The Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) team studied the data and determined that they had captured a bolide, an extremely bright meteoroid explosion in the gas giant's upper atmosphere.
"Jupiter undergoes a huge number of im Big galaxies steal star-forming gas from their smaller neighbours
Tuesday, 23 February 2021 10:23
Perth, Australia (SPX) Feb 24, 2021
Large galaxies are known to strip the gas that occupies the space between the stars of smaller satellite galaxies.
In research published this week astronomers have discovered that these small satellite galaxies also contain less 'molecular' gas at their centres.
Molecular gas is found in giant clouds in the centres of galaxies and is the building material for new stars. Large galaxie
Large galaxies are known to strip the gas that occupies the space between the stars of smaller satellite galaxies.
In research published this week astronomers have discovered that these small satellite galaxies also contain less 'molecular' gas at their centres.
Molecular gas is found in giant clouds in the centres of galaxies and is the building material for new stars. Large galaxie Big Data to model the evolution of the cosmic web
Tuesday, 23 February 2021 10:23
La Laguna, Spain (SPX) Feb 24, 2021
The Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) has led an international team which has developed an algorithm called COSMIC BIRTH to analyse large scale cosmic structures. This new computation method will permit the analysis of the evolution of the structure of dark matter from the early universe until the formation of present day galaxies. This work was recently published in the journal Monthly
The Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) has led an international team which has developed an algorithm called COSMIC BIRTH to analyse large scale cosmic structures. This new computation method will permit the analysis of the evolution of the structure of dark matter from the early universe until the formation of present day galaxies. This work was recently published in the journal Monthly Swift helps tie neutrino to star-shredding black hole
Tuesday, 23 February 2021 10:23
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 24, 2021
For only the second time, astronomers have linked an elusive particle called a high-energy neutrino to an object outside our galaxy. Using ground- and space-based facilities, including NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, they traced the neutrino to a black hole tearing apart a star, a rare cataclysmic occurrence called a tidal disruption event.
"Astrophysicists have long theorized that
For only the second time, astronomers have linked an elusive particle called a high-energy neutrino to an object outside our galaxy. Using ground- and space-based facilities, including NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, they traced the neutrino to a black hole tearing apart a star, a rare cataclysmic occurrence called a tidal disruption event.
"Astrophysicists have long theorized that Scientists claim that all high-energy cosmic neutrinos are born by quasars
Tuesday, 23 February 2021 10:23
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Feb 24, 2021
Scientists of the P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (LPI RAS), the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) and the Institute for Nuclear Research of RAS (INR RAS) studied the arrival directions of astrophysical neutrinos with energies more than a trillion electronvolts (TeV) and came to an unexpected conclusion: all of them are born near black holes in
Scientists of the P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (LPI RAS), the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) and the Institute for Nuclear Research of RAS (INR RAS) studied the arrival directions of astrophysical neutrinos with energies more than a trillion electronvolts (TeV) and came to an unexpected conclusion: all of them are born near black holes in