CHEOPS identifies phenomenal 'Glory' on distant exoplanet WASP-76b
Sunday, 07 April 2024 12:27
The CHEOPS space telescope, managed by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), has made a landmark observation of the exoplanet WASP-76b, revealing an atmospheric phenomenon akin to a "glory," akin to a rainbow, which could mark the first instance of such an event being identified outside our solar system. This discovery stems from a collaborative effort involving the European Space Agency (ESA) and t First 'glory' on hellish distant world
Sunday, 07 April 2024 12:27
Data from Cheops and its friends suggest that between the unbearable heat and light of exoplanet WASP-76b's sunlit face, and the endless night of its dark side, may be the first extrasolar 'glory'. The effect, similar to a rainbow, occurs when light is reflected off clouds made up of a perfectly uniform but so far unknown substance.
"There's a reason no glory has been seen before outside o Neutron Stars prove to be a crucial tool in quest to unravel dark matter
Sunday, 07 April 2024 12:27
In a new study, scientists at the University of Melbourne's ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics have made significant advancements in understanding dark matter by studying neutron stars, potentially unlocking new methods to detect this elusive component of our universe.
Recent findings, detailed in The Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, suggest that when New observations challenge formation of brown dwarfs
Sunday, 07 April 2024 12:27
The enigmatic birth of stars and their less luminous counterparts, brown dwarfs, has long intrigued astronomers. Recently, an international research team led by Dr. Basmah Riaz from the University Observatory Munich used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to observe an extremely young brown dwarf, Ser-emb 16. Their findings, which reveal novel structural complexities during Galaxies grow more chaotic over time
Sunday, 07 April 2024 12:27
A new study led by Professor Scott Croom of the ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D) and the School of Physics has demonstrated that the age of a galaxy is the principal factor influencing its increasing disorganization over time, challenging previous beliefs that mass and environmental conditions were predominant influences.
This research, which met Sierra Space unveils Eclipse satellite buses: Velocity, Horizon, and Titan
Sunday, 07 April 2024 12:27
Sierra Space, a leader in the commercial space-tech and defense-tech industries, has launched its innovative Eclipse satellite bus line, marking a significant advancement in space systems technology. The new series, named Eclipse Velocity, Eclipse Horizon, and Eclipse Titan, are tailored to meet the diverse needs of modern space missions, setting a new benchmark in earth observation, satellite s Musk outlines plans to increase Starship launch rate and performance
Saturday, 06 April 2024 21:32
A Soyuz capsule carrying 3 crew from the International Space Station lands safely in Kazakhstan
Saturday, 06 April 2024 10:20
A Russian space capsule with two women and one man safely landed in a steppe in Kazakhstan on Saturday after their missions aboard the International Space Station.
The Soyuz MS-24 carrying Russia's Oleg Novitsky, NASA's Loral O'Hara and Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus touched down southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan at 12:17 p.m.
Huge star explosion to appear in sky in once-in-a-lifetime event
Saturday, 06 April 2024 10:00
Sometime between now and September, a massive explosion 3,000 light years from Earth will flare up in the night sky, giving amateur astronomers a once-in-a-lifetime chance to witness this space oddity.
The binary star system in the constellation Corona Borealis—"northern crown"—is normally too dim to see with the naked eye.
But every 80 years or so, exchanges between its two stars, which are locked in a deadly embrace, spark a runaway nuclear explosion.
The light from the blast travels through the cosmos and makes it appear as if a new star—as bright as the North Star, according to NASA—has suddenly just popped up in our night sky for a few days.
Eclipse weather forecast points to clear skies in the Northeast and central US. Texas is iffy
Saturday, 06 April 2024 09:54
Some who hope to witness Monday's total solar eclipse may see the sun obscured by clouds instead of by the moon.
There's still some time for forecasts to change, but meteorologists predict that eclipse day storms could blanket parts of the path, which stretches from Mexico and Texas through Maine and parts of Canada.
If clouds don't get in the way, viewers in the path wearing eclipse glasses will see the moon begin to slowly cover the sun until it is completely blocked, a period of darkness called "totality" during which temperatures drop and the sun's corona will be visible.
What's the forecast along the eclipse's path?
Clouds are expected in much of the eclipse's path Monday thanks to storms that are moving across the central U.S.
Evolving role of space policy in national security: From “hobby shop” to center stage
Friday, 05 April 2024 20:03
Voyager 1's Data Transmission Issue Traced to Memory Corruption, Fix in Progress
Friday, 05 April 2024 19:58
After months of receiving gibberish data from Voyager 1, NASA engineers have isolated the problem to a corrupted memory segment in the spacecraft's computer. The anomaly, affecting the flight data subsystem (FDS)-integral for preparing the spacecraft's science and engineering data for Earth transmission-has hindered readable data transmissions since November last year.
In a diagnostic move NEOWISE Achieves a Decade of Asteroid and Comet Surveillance from Space
Friday, 05 April 2024 19:58
Marking a significant milestone, NASA's NEOWISE mission has unveiled its tenth year of data collection, showcasing an ongoing infrared survey that sheds light on the dynamic changes of celestial bodies over extended periods. This survey, pivotal in the realm of time-domain astronomy, aids in observing the fluctuation in brightness of distant stars and the activities of remote black holes. Specif The PI's Perspective: Needles in the Cosmic Haystack
Friday, 05 April 2024 19:58
New Horizons is healthy and speeding across the Kuiper Belt, nearing a distance of 60 times as far from the Sun as Earth is!
The spacecraft continues to collect round-the-clock data on our Sun's cocoon in the galaxy, called the heliosphere, and transmit that data, as well as the final data from our flyby of Kuiper Belt object (KBO) Arrokoth, back to Earth.
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