Treasure Trove of Cosmic Delights Revealed by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory
Humanity has “eyes” that can detect all different types of light through telescopes around the globe and a fleet of observatories in space. From radio…
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NASA’s New “Metallic Glass” Gears Can Withstand Impact, Freezing Temperatures During Lunar Missions
Many exploration destinations in our solar system are frigid and require hardware that can withstand the extreme cold. During NASA’s Artemis missions, temperatures at the…
NASA Seeks BIG Ideas from Universities to Solve a Messy Moon Problem
NASA is reaching out to university students to help solve the problem of lunar dust as the agency plans for sustainable human exploration of the…
Hubble: An Unexpected Journey [Eye in the Sky Video Miniseries]
Episode 2: An Unexpected Journey – With five servicing missions, upgraded instruments, and new ways of operating, Hubble is not the same telescope it was…
Researchers Find the Origin and Maximum Mass of Massive Black Holes Observed by Gravitational Wave Detectors
Through simulations of a dying star, a team of theoretical physics researchers have found the evolutionary origin and the maximum mass of black holes which…
Hubble Eyes a Colorful Pocket of Stars – Orbiting Closely, Like Bees Swarming Around a Hive
Many colorful stars are packed close together in this image of the globular cluster NGC 1805, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This tight…
Monumental Collision of “Impossible” Black Holes Detected for the First Time
The most massive black hole collision ever detected has been directly observed by the LIGO and VIRGO Scientific Collaboration, which includes scientists from The Australian National University (ANU). The…
NASA Perseverance Mars Rover’s Earthly Twin Is Moved to New Home
Did you know NASA’s next Mars rover has a nearly identical sibling on Earth for testing? Even better, it’s about to roll for the first…
Looking Skin Deep at the Growth of Neutron Stars to Solve Key Puzzles for Nuclear Physicists
In atomic nuclei, protons and neutrons share energy and momentum in tight quarters. But exactly how they share the energy that keeps them bound within…
Earth Should Be Dry – An Unexpected Meteorite Discovery Reveals the Origin of Earth’s Vast Oceans
Meteorite material presumed to be devoid of water because it formed in the dry inner Solar System appears to have contained sufficient hydrogen to have…
NASA Seeks Next Class of Flight Directors for Human Spaceflight Missions – Here’s How to Apply
NASA is looking for leaders for one of the best jobs on Earth for human spaceflight – including missions to the Moon – the position…
Mars’ Twin Peaks – Super-Resolution Image From Mars Pathfinder
NASA’s Mars Pathfinder mission landed on the Red Planet on July 4, 1997. Its tiny rover, named Sojourner after abolitionist Sojourner Truth, spent 83 days…
Zooming In on Dark Matter Haloes
Most matter in the Universe is dark and completely different in nature from the matter that makes up stars, planets, and people. Galaxies form and…
Lopsided “David and Goliath” Black Hole Merger With an Oddball Origin Story
Researchers suggest a novel process to explain the collision of a large black hole and a much smaller one. A lopsided merger of two black…
The Moon Is Rusting, Puzzling Scientists
While our Moon is airless, research indicates the presence of hematite, a form of rust that normally requires oxygen and water. That has scientists puzzled….
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Primary Mirror Completed – Field of View 100 Times Greater Than Hubble
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s primary mirror, which will collect and focus light from cosmic objects near and far, has been completed. Using this…
Surprise on Mars – Unexpected Reaction to Solar Eclipses From Martian Moon Phobos
NASA’s InSight mission provides data from the surface of Mars. Its seismometer, equipped with electronics built at ETH Zurich, not only records marsquakes, but unexpectedly…
Universal Mechanism for Ejection of Matter by Black Holes Proposed
The process occurs in active-core nuclei. A molecular gas cloud that accumulates in the central region is blown away by radiation from the black hole’s…