Researchers Believe Mars Surface too Arid for Life
Researchers from Imperial College London have been studying and analyzing individual particles of Martian soil that was collected during the 2008 NASA Phoenix mission to…
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Links Between Core Collapse Supernovae and Star Formation Established
When massive stars accumulate more iron that they can hold, they explode in what is called a core-collapse supernova, also known as Type II supernovae….
ESA’s Vega Rocket Has Launched on Its Maiden Voyage, Carries 9 Satellites
As of 7 a.m. (10:00 GMT), the European Space Agency’s new Vega rocket has successfully launched on Monday, February 13th from Kourou, French Guyana, off…
Moon Data Allows Creation of Detailed Lunar 3-D Map
While NASA released some detailed lunar data late last year, no one had used this data to create a map in true 3-D, something that…
Laser Relativity Satellite to Measure Frame-Dragging Effect of General Relativity
The Laser Relativity Satellite (LARES) will allow Italian astrophysicists to measure the frame-dragging effect of general relativity up to an accuracy of 1%. Laser ranging…
NASA Plans Space Outpost on the Far Side of the Moon at Earth Moon Lagrange Point 2
NASA wants to plan a space outpost parked near the Lagrange point, where the Earth’s and moon’s gravitation fields nearly cancel each other out, making…
Hubble Peers at 10 Billion Year Old Globular Cluster NGC 6752
These images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope showcase a globular cluster, NGC 6752, a spherical grouping of gravitationally bound celestial bodies that’s over 10…
Researchers Examine Phase Changes for Insight to Planet Formation
Researchers have gained a deeper insight into planet formation by studying the phase changes between different types of melts. Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory…
Engineers Resolve Mars Science Laboratory Computer Issue
Engineers have discovered and corrected the computer reset that occurred two months ago on NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory. Based on trials conducted on a test…
Astronomy Team Discovers Companion Galaxy to NGC 4449
Researchers at UCLA used a Centurion 28 telescope at the Polaris Observatory Association to discover a small companion galaxy to NGC 4449. Named NGC 4449B,…
Astrophysicist Uses Computer Simulations to Explain Millisecond Pulsars
Astrophysicist Thomas Tauris from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy and the Argelander Institute for Astronomy in Bonn used computer simulations to explain the…
Private Rocket Launch Tests Supersonic Parachute and Reusable Tech
A private spaceflight company, Armadillo Aerospace, is reviewing its test data from a rocket test in the New Mexico desert. The flight encountered problems while…
Researchers find Evidence that Dwarf Galaxy NGC 4449 is Swallowing Smaller Companion
A research team from Max Planck Institute for Astronomy and another team lead by Michael Rich of UCLA and the Polaris Observer Association has identified…
Scientists Believe Milky Way’s Black Hole is Vaporizing Asteroids
Astronomers believe that the supermassive black hole known as Sagittarius A* located at the center of the Milky Way may be destroying a large number…
NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer Set to be Decommissioned
Launched on April 28, 2003, the Galaxy Evolution Explorer, or Galex, was on a mission to study aspects of galaxies across 10 billion years of…
Astronomers Combine Hundreds of Images of Carina Nebula to Reveal Thousands of Stars in Stellar Nursery
Astronomers have combined hundreds of images, including ones in the infrared spectrum, to provide the most detailed view of the Carina Nebula, a stellar nursery…
ESA’s Mars Express MARSIS Radar Explores Martian Oceans
The European Space Agency’s Mars Express has finally returned with some strong evidence of Martian oceans. Using its MARSIS radar, it detected sediments reminiscent of…
Study of X-Shaped Radio Galaxy NGC 326 Shows Outburst History and Active Galactic Nucleus Feedback
A new study of the X-shaped radio galaxy NGC 326, which will be published on February 20th in Astrophysics Journal, tries to explain their morphology…
