Space News
Polarized optical emission from tidal disruption found to be caused by colliding streams of material from a star
Phys.org - 14 May 2023 16:10
A team of space scientists from Finland, Greece and the U.S. has found evidence showing that polarized optical emissions observed during a tidal disruption event were caused by colliding streams of material from a destro...
South Korean moon probe snaps pic of fellow lunar orbiter (photo)
SPACE.com - 14 May 2023 12:00
The ShadowCam imager aboard South Korea's Danuri moon orbiter recently captured a photo of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter as the two spacecraft zipped past each other.
ChatGPT on Mars: How AI can help scientists study the Red Planet
SPACE.com - 14 May 2023 12:00
While ChatGPT + AI is a powerful tool that can augment new discoveries, it can't yet replace the human-driven process of synthesizing new information to generate new insights into science.
How fast is the universe really expanding? Multiple views of an exploding star raise new questions
Phys.org - 14 May 2023 18:40
How did we get here? Where are we going? And how long will it take? These questions are as old as humanity itself, and, if they've already been asked by other species elsewhere in the universe, potentially very much olde...
Astroscale and Momentus offer concept for reboosting Hubble
Space News - 14 May 2023 18:01
Two companies have disclosed details about how they could raise the orbit of the Hubble Space Telescope as NASA evaluates that and other concepts offered to the agency. The post Astroscale and Momentus offer concept for ...
Flip-flopping magnetic fields hint at a solution for puzzling fast radio bursts from space
Phys.org - 14 May 2023 17:20
Fast radio bursts--intense, milliseconds-long flashes of radio energy from outer space--have puzzled astronomers since they were first spotted in 2007. A single burst can emit as much energy in its brief life as the Sun ...
The Earth's Magnetosphere Could be Used as a Gravitational Wave Observatory
Universe Today - 14 May 2023 17:09
The magnetospheres of Earth and Jupiter might be used to observe high-frequency gravitational waves. The post The Earth's Magnetosphere Could be Used as a Gravitational Wave Observatory appeared first on Universe Today.
Astronomers puzzled by 'largest' ever cosmic explosion
Phys.org - 14 May 2023 15:30
Astronomers said on Friday they have identified the "largest" cosmic explosion ever observed, a fireball 100 times the size of our Solar System that suddenly began blazing in the distant universe more than three years ag...
50 years ago, Skylab launched into orbit. See what it meant to an astronaut on a space station now.
SPACE.com - 14 May 2023 14:29
Stephen Bowen remembers seeing Skylab fly overhead. At eight years old, Bowen's experience fueled his interest in spaceflight. Little did he know where that would take him 50 years later.