Clues to Missing Components of the Universe From Ripples in Space-Time
University of Chicago scientist lays out how LIGO gravitational waves could be scrambled, yielding information. There’s something a little off about our theory of the…
University of Chicago scientist lays out how LIGO gravitational waves could be scrambled, yielding information. There’s something a little off about our theory of the…
Elevation can be deceiving in satellite imagery of Mars, even when differences are extreme – as demonstrated by this image of Pyrrhae Regio from ESA’s…
The magnificent central bar of NGC 2217 (also known as AM 0619-271) shines bright in the constellation of Canis Major (The Greater Dog), in this…
NASA astronaut Joe Acaba is a member of the Artemis Team, a select group of astronauts charged with focusing on the development and training efforts…
Study confirms models on the evolution of our universe. More than half of the matter in our universe has so far remained hidden from us….
2020 was historic for NASA. We launched humans to the International Space Station from America again, made progress on our plans to return humans to…
Two astronauts collected Moon rocks on Apollo 11. It will take three robotic systems working together to gather up the first Mars rock samples for…
Planets are formed from the disk of gas and dust around a star, but the mechanisms for doing so are imperfectly understood. Gas is the…
UNLV astrophysicist Bing Zhang contributes to understanding the physical mechanisms of fast radio bursts in three papers published in Nature. Fast radio bursts, or FRBs…
Called VENUS, the device will give scientists an unprecedented ability to study how molecules form in the icy clouds of space. A device developed by…
Researchers may have found the long-sought “nanoflares” thought to heat the solar corona to its incredible temperatures. A new study published in Nature Astronomy marks…
2020 has been another year of progress for the European Space Agency (ESA). The launch and commissioning of Solar Orbiter heralded a new era of…
This holiday season is different than usual for the current crew members on the International Space Station. Expedition 64 astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon…
A new machine learning algorithm trained only with real data has classified over 2,300 supernovae with over 80% accuracy. Artificial intelligence is classifying real supernova…
Three years after its initial test observations, the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) is now training its full suite of instrumentation to reveal the…
The Exploration Upper Stage (EUS) for future flights of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket has passed its Critical Design Review, or CDR. A panel of experts evaluated…
New study determines that black holes discharge the energy in their plasma jets much farther away from the black hole’s center than previously thought, resolving…
After nearly 300 million miles (470 million km), NASA’s Perseverance rover completes its journey to Mars on February 18, 2021. But, to reach the surface…