Space Exploration News
December 12, 2024
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Dec. 12, 2024 — Stars similar to the Sun produce a gigantic outburst of radiation on average about once every hundred years per star. Such superflares release more energy than a trillion hydrogen bombs and make all previously recorded solar flares pale in ...
Dec. 9, 2024 — Photonic space-time crystals are materials that could increase the performance and efficiency of wireless communication or laser technologies. They feature a periodic arrangement of special materials in three dimensions as well as in time, which ...
Dec. 11, 2024 — Stunning new photographs by a team of astronomers have revealed a newly forming galaxy that looks remarkably similar to a young Milky Way. The extraordinary images give us an unprecedented picture of what our own galaxy might have looked like when ...
Dec. 9, 2024 — Dust storms on Mars could one day pose dangers to human astronauts, damaging equipment and burying solar panels. New research gets closer to predicting when extreme weather might erupt on the Red ...
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Dec. 9, 2024 — A NASA Hubble Space Telescope observation program called OPAL (Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy) obtains long-term baseline observations of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune in order to understand ...
Dec. 9, 2024 — New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that a new feature in the universe -- not a flaw in telescope measurements -- may be behind the decade-long mystery of why the universe is ...
Dec. 9, 2024 — Astronomers have found a way to spot the smallest, 'decameter,' asteroids within the main asteroid belt. They used their approach to detect more than 100 new asteroids, ranging from the size of a bus ...
Dec. 5, 2024 — Colorful auroras appeared around Japan's Honshu and Hokkaido islands on May 11, 2024, sparked by an intense magnetic storm. Usually, auroras observed ...
Dec. 5, 2024 — Researchers have used the ALMA telescope and found old elliptical galaxies in the universe can form from intense star formation within early galaxy ...
Dec. 4, 2024 — Astrophysicists find the birth sites of gigantic elliptical galaxies which they say gives new clues about how they were formed. The galaxies look ...
Dec. 3, 2024 — An unusual planetary system with three known ultra-low density 'super-puff' planets has at least one more planet, according to new ...
Dec. 2, 2024 — A team of astronomers has found that Venus has never been habitable, despite decades of speculation that our closest planetary neighbor was once much ...
Nov. 26, 2024 — Researchers have made a record-breaking astrophysical discovery while simultaneously uncovering a possible explanation for the rare and extreme astrophysical event known as long-period radio ...
Nov. 26, 2024 — Dark ovals in Jupiter's polar haze, visible only at UV wavelengths, were first noticed 25 years ago, then ignored. A new study shows that these dark UV ovals are common, appearing at the south pole ...
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Nov. 26, 2024 — Results showed that in almost all cases, measured bandwidths were higher than predictions by widely used models of the galaxy, highlighting a need for updates to current ISM density ...
Nov. 25, 2024 — A new computer model can be used to detect and measure interior oceans on the ice covered moons of Uranus. The model works by analyzing orbital wobbles that would be visible from a passing ...
Nov. 25, 2024 — When Voyager 2 flew by Uranus and Neptune 40 years ago, astronomers were surprised that it detected no global dipole magnetic fields, like Earth's. The explanation: the ice giants are layered ...
Nov. 25, 2024 — An international team of researchers has made new observations of an unusual supernova, finding the most metal-poor stellar explosion ever ...
Nov. 25, 2024 — Scientists have recently identified electrons and positrons with the highest energies ever recorded on Earth. They provide evidence of cosmic processes emitting colossal amounts of energy, the ...
Nov. 22, 2024 — New research has uncovered what may be the oldest direct evidence of ancient hot water activity on Mars, revealing the planet may have been habitable at some point in its ...
Nov. 22, 2024 — A massive collision of galaxies sparked by one travelling at a scarcely-believable 2 million mph (3.2 million km/h) has been seen in unprecedented detail by one of Earth's most powerful ...
Nov. 21, 2024 — Axions are the most likely candidate for enigmatic dark matter that dominates the universe. Astrophysicists are searching for evidence of high-mass axions produced during supernovae. Scientists ...
Nov. 21, 2024 — While astronomers have taken about two dozen zoomed-in images of stars in our galaxy, unveiling their properties, countless other stars dwell within other galaxies, so far away that observing even ...
Nov. 20, 2024 — Researchers used the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument to map how nearly 6 million galaxies cluster across 11 billion years of cosmic history. Their observations line up with what Einstein's ...
Nov. 19, 2024 — Astronomers have discovered the first pairs of white dwarf and main sequence stars -- 'dead' remnants and 'living' stars -- in young star clusters. This breakthrough offers new ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — New research found confined and isolating environments changed the way people smelled and responded emotionally to certain food aromas. The team in this study compared 44 people's emotional ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — Through the intricate study of lava tubes -- caves formed following volcanic eruptions when lava cools down -- an international team of researchers has uncovered clues about Earth's ancient ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — By probing chemical processes observed in the Earth's hot mantle, scientists have started developing a library of basalt-based spectral signatures that not only will help reveal the composition ...
Nov. 13, 2024 — An asteroid struck Mars 11 million years ago and sent pieces of the red planet hurtling through space. One of these chunks of Mars eventually crashed into the Earth and is one of the few meteorites ...
Nov. 13, 2024 — Scientists using observations from NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have discovered, for the first time, the signal from a pair of monster black holes disrupting a cloud of gas in the ...
Nov. 13, 2024 — Astronomers have identified three ultra-massive galaxies -- nearly as massive as the Milky Way -- already in place within the first billion years after the Big Bang. This surprising discovery was ...
Nov. 12, 2024 — The standard model for how galaxies formed in the early universe predicted that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) would see dim signals from small, primitive galaxies. But data are not confirming ...
Nov. 12, 2024 — A team combined compositional data of primitive bodies like Kuiper Belt objects, asteroids and comets with new solar data sets to develop a revised solar composition that potentially reconciles ...
Nov. 11, 2024 — Like the Earth, the Sun likely has swirling polar vortices, according to new research. But unlike on Earth, the formation and evolution of these vortices are driven by magnetic ...
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Monday, November 25, 2024
- Uranus's Swaying Moons Will Help Spacecraft Seek out Hidden Oceans
- A Clue to What Lies Beneath the Bland Surfaces of Uranus and Neptune
- Novel Supernova Observations Grant Astronomers a Peek Into the Cosmic Past
- Most Energetic Cosmic-Ray Electrons and Positrons Ever Observed
Friday, November 22, 2024
Thursday, November 21, 2024
- A Nearby Supernova Could End the Search for Dark Matter
- Astronomers Take the First Close-Up Picture of a Star Outside Our Galaxy
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Monday, November 18, 2024
- Confinement May Affect How We Smell and Feel About Food
- New Research Explores Volcanic Caves, Advancing the Search for Life on Mars
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
- Meteorite Contains Evidence of Liquid Water on Mars 742 Million Years Ago
- Gas-Churning Monster Black Holes
- Three Galactic 'red Monsters' In the Early Universe
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
- Astronomers' Theory of How Galaxies Formed May Be Upended
- New Solar Composition Ratios That Could Reconcile Longstanding Questions
Monday, November 11, 2024
- Swirling Polar Vortices Likely Exist on the Sun
- Einstein's Equations Collide With the Mysteries of the Universe
Thursday, November 7, 2024
- Astrophysicists Use Echoes of Light to Illuminate Black Holes
- Off-the-Shelf Thermoelectric Generators Can Upgrade CO2 Into Chemicals: The Combination Could Help Us Colonize Mars
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
- Interstellar Methane as Progenitor of Amino Acids?
- Asteroid Grains Shed Light on the Outer Solar System's Origins
Monday, November 4, 2024
- Space: A New Frontier for Exploring Stem Cell Therapy
- Dance of Electrons Measured in the Glow from Exploding Neutron-Stars
- Astronomers Discover the Fastest-Feeding Black Hole in the Early Universe
Friday, November 1, 2024
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
- Laser Measurements to Track Space Debris and Observe Water Masses
- Faster Space Communication With Record-Sensitive Receiver
- One of the Fastest-Spinning Stars in the Universe
- Evidence Mounts for Dark Energy from Black Holes
Monday, October 28, 2024
Thursday, October 24, 2024
- Scientists Discover Molecules That Store Much of the Carbon in Space
- Dandelion-Shaped Supernova and Zombie Star
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
- NRL Coronagraph Captures Unique Images of a Dusty Comet
- Rocky Planets Orbiting Small Stars Could Have Stable Atmospheres Needed to Support Life
- Ultra-Small Spectrometer Yields the Power of a 1,000 Times Bigger Device
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
- Out-of-This-World Simulation Key to Collecting Moon Dust
- Are Nearby Planets Sending Radio Signals to Each Other?
- It's Twins! Mystery of Famed Brown Dwarf Solved
- The Origin of Most Meteorites Finally Revealed
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
- NASA, NOAA: Sun Reaches Maximum Phase in 11-Year Solar Cycle
- Simulated Mission to Mars: Survey of Lichen Species
Monday, October 14, 2024
Friday, October 11, 2024
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Friday, October 11, 2024
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Monday, October 7, 2024
- New Insights Into How Mars Became Uninhabitable
- Winds of Change: James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Elusive Details in Young Star Systems
Thursday, October 3, 2024
- In Odd Galaxy, NASA's Webb Finds Potential Missing Link to First Stars
- A New Era of Solar Observation
- Widespread Ice Deposits on the Moon
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
- Scientists Discover Planet Orbiting Closest Single Star to Our Sun
- Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen Peroxide on Pluto's Moon Charon
Monday, September 30, 2024
- Study Coordinates Satellite Swarm for 3D Imaging Inside Clouds
- First Data from XRISM Space Mission Provides New Perspective on Supermassive Black Holes
Friday, September 27, 2024
- A New Birthplace for Asteroid Ryugu
- Asteroid Ceres Is a Former Ocean World That Slowly Formed Into a Giant, Murky Icy Orb
Thursday, September 26, 2024
- This Rocky Planet Around a White Dwarf Resembles Earth -- 8 Billion Years from Now
- ESO Telescope Captures the Most Detailed Infrared Map Ever of Our Milky Way
- NASA's Hubble Finds That a Black Hole Beam Promotes Stellar Eruptions
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
- Mars' Missing Atmosphere Could Be Hiding in Plain Sight
- Mapping Distant Planets: 'Ridges', 'deserts' And 'savannahs'
- Webb Discovers 'weird' Galaxy With Gas Outshining Its Stars
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Monday, September 23, 2024
- Potential Indicators of Life on Other Planets Can Be Created in a Lab
- Low Gravity in Space Travel Found to Weaken and Disrupt Normal Rhythm in Heart Muscle Cells
- Early-Universe Quasar Neighborhoods Are Indeed Cluttered
Thursday, September 19, 2024
- Volcanoes May Help Reveal Interior Heat on Jupiter Moon
- Organic Matter on Mars Was Formed from Atmospheric Formaldehyde
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
- Magnifying Deep Space Through the 'carousel Lens'
- Gargantuan Black Hole Jets Are Biggest Seen Yet
- NASA's Webb Provides Another Look Into Galactic Collisions
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
- A Wobble from Mars Could Be Sign of Dark Matter
- More Black Holes Than Expected in the Early Universe
Monday, September 16, 2024
Friday, September 13, 2024
- Early Dark Energy Could Resolve Cosmology's Two Biggest Puzzles
- Simple Shift Could Make Low Earth Orbit Satellites High Capacity
- Huge Gamma-Ray Burst Collection 'rivals 250-Year-Old Messier Catalog'
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
- Magnetic Field Maps of the Sun's Corona
- Keeping Mold out of Future Space Stations
- Astronomers Track Bubbles on Star's Surface
Monday, September 9, 2024
Friday, September 6, 2024
- Astrophysics: AI Shines a New Light on Exoplanets
- Massive Merger: Study Reveals Evidence for Origin of Supermassive Black Hole at Galaxy's Center
Thursday, September 5, 2024
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
- Gigantic Asteroid Impact Shifted the Axis of Solar System's Biggest Moon
- How Bright Is the Universe's Glow? Study Offers Best Measurement Yet
Thursday, August 29, 2024
- Dancing Galaxies Make a Monster at the Cosmic Dawn
- Supercomputer Simulations Reveal the Nature of Turbulence in Black Hole Accretion Disks