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NASA selects space science cubesat mission
Space News - 31 Mar 2020 03:59
NASA announced March 30 it will fund the development of a cluster of six cubesats that will fly in formation above geostationary orbit to study solar storms. SpaceNews.com
Optical telescopes obtain long-term monitoring results of flux variability in blazars
Phys.org - 31 Mar 2020 15:54
Blazars are a special kind of rare active galactic nuclei. They are currently the most likely candidates for high-energy neutrinos. Their relativistic jets may be the origin area of super-high-energy cosmic rays and neut...
SpaceX unveils users' guide for giant Starship rocket
SPACE.com - 31 Mar 2020 23:55
SpaceX just released a users' guide for Starship, the reusable spaceship-rocket combo the company is developing to help colonize Mars.
SpaceX Almost Ready to Start Testing its Third Starship Prototype. Let's Hope it Doesn't Explode
Universe Today - 31 Mar 2020 22:44
Musk recently posted photos of the latest Starship prototype, which were recently assembled and shipped to Boca Chica to begin testing. The post SpaceX Almost Ready to Start Testing its Third Starship Prototype. Let’s ...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope full mirror deployment a success
Phys.org - 31 Mar 2020 22:28
In a recent test, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope fully deployed its primary mirror into the same configuration it will have when in space.
'Cosmos: Possible Worlds' brings the search for ET down to Earth
SPACE.com - 31 Mar 2020 22:00
In "Cosmos: Possible Worlds," host Neil deGrasse Tyson explores themes of science as an instrument of hope and tenacity, and as a means by which the human race can realize its true potential.
The Milky Way's satellites help reveal link between dark matter halos and galaxy formation
PTTU - 31 Mar 2020 21:43
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory:
139 Minor Planets Found in our Solar System
Discover - 31 Mar 2020 21:30
A new method for hunting minor planets uncovered more than a hundred small, distant worlds. And the novel technique could even help resolve the mystery of Planet Nine.
See how coronavirus has changed society in this video of before-and-after satellite views
SPACE.com - 31 Mar 2020 21:20
The coronavirus pandemic continues around the world, satellites in space are revealing a radical shift in human behavior.
NASA, Japan add 2 more astronauts to SpaceX's 1st operational Crew Dragon flight
SPACE.com - 31 Mar 2020 20:37
The passenger list for SpaceX's first operational crewed mission is now complete.
Hubble finds best evidence for elusive mid-sized black hole
Phys.org - 31 Mar 2020 20:23
Astronomers have found the best evidence for the perpetrator of a cosmic homicide: a black hole of an elusive class known as "intermediate-mass," which betrayed its existence by tearing apart a wayward star that passed t...
This Galaxy is the Very Definition of "Flocculent"
Universe Today - 31 Mar 2020 19:34
I know you’re Googling “flocculent” right now, unless you happen to be a chemist, or maybe a home brewer. You could spend each day of your life staring at a different galaxy, and you’d never even come remotely cl...
Astronomers spot ancient effects from a supermassive black hole's jets
SPACE.com - 31 Mar 2020 19:30
Astronomers have gleaned their first insight to what the jets blasting off of supermassive black holes may have done to surrounding gas in the young universe.
Science Release: Hubble Finds Best Evidence for Elusive Mid-Size Black Hole
PTTU - 31 Mar 2020 19:00
Hubble Space Telescope News:
Electron-eating neon causes star to collapse
Phys.org - 31 Mar 2020 18:11
An international team of researchers has found that neon inside a certain massive star can consume the electrons in the core, a process called electron capture, which causes the star to collapse into a neutron star and p...
U.S. Air Force to transfer 23 units to the Space Force
Space News - 31 Mar 2020 18:11
The plan is to transfer 23 units and 1,840 Air Force billets within the next three to six months SpaceNews.com
#NASAatHome - Let NASA Bring the Universe to Your Home
NASA Breaking news - 31 Mar 2020 16:41Scientists reveal photochemical rationale of SH(X)/H2S abundance ratios in interstellar medium
Phys.org - 31 Mar 2020 15:53
Research group led by Prof. YUAN Kaijun and Prof. YANG Xueming from the Dalian Institue of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed the photochemical rationale of SH(X)/H2S abundance ratios in ...
Warped space-time to help WFIRST find exoplanets
Phys.org - 31 Mar 2020 15:51
NASA's Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) will search for planets outside our solar system toward the center of our Milky Way galaxy, where most stars are. Studying the properties of exoplanet worlds will help...
Weekly Space Hangout: April 1, 2020 - Dr. Robert B. Hayes and Radiation Shielding in Space
Universe Today - 31 Mar 2020 15:19
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier ) Pam Hoffman (EverydaySpacer.com / @EverydaySpacer) Michael Rodruck (@michaelrodruck) Announcements: This w...
Study determines burst properties of the most recurring transient magnetar
Phys.org - 31 Mar 2020 15:00
Using NASA's Fermi and Swift spacecraft, astronomers have investigated SGR J1935+2154, the most recurring transient magnetar known to date. The new research sheds more light on the burst properties of this object. The st...
The Most Mercurial Field of All
Scientific American - 31 Mar 2020 15:00
Ultracold atomic systems are pushing the boundaries of known physics and may even set the stage for quantum computing --