Space News
Future Gravitational Wave Observatories Could See the Earliest Black Hole Mergers in the Universe
Universe Today - 18 Sep 2024 03:46
In February 2016, scientists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) confirmed they made the first-ever detection of gravitational waves (GWs). These events occur when massive objects like neutr...
Boeing to demonstrate air-space sensor fusion for U.S. military operations
Space News - 19 Sep 2024 01:55
Kay Sears: 'We're going to connect the E-7 to the Foo Fighter network and the MEO missile warning and tracking layer' The post Boeing to demonstrate air-space sensor fusion for U.S. military operations appeared first on ...
LEO takes center stage for communications at sea
Space News - 19 Sep 2024 01:48
Ship owners are increasingly relegating geostationary satellites to the backseat and turning to low Earth orbit networks for primary communications at sea, according to a panel of multi-orbit maritime service providers. ...
The Early Universe Had a Lot of Black Holes
Universe Today - 19 Sep 2024 01:13
The Hubble Deep Field and its successor, the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field, showed us how vast our Universe is and how it teems with galaxies of all shapes and sizes. They focused on tiny patches of the sky that appeared t...
'Transformers One' is an end of summer sensation certain to please fans (review)
SPACE.com - 19 Sep 2024 00:59
Paramount's new all-CG animated 'Transformers' film delivers a dynamic origin story for the shapeshifting robots from outer space.
New cosmic distance catalog could unlock the mysteries of universe formation
Phys.org - 19 Sep 2024 00:42
A new catalog providing information on millions of distant galaxies, which determines their distances with unprecedented precision over a field of view and depth never before explored, has been published today.
Webb Telescope provides another look into galactic collisions
Phys.org - 19 Sep 2024 00:38
An interaction between an elliptical galaxy and a spiral galaxy, collectively known as Arp 107, seems to have given the spiral a happier outlook thanks to the two bright "eyes" and the wide semicircular "smile." The regi...
NASA Deputy Administrator Talks Future of Agency in Silicon Valley
NASA Breaking news - 19 Sep 2024 00:34
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy spent time at NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley, on Sept. 16, 2024, engaging with center leaders and employees to discuss strategies that could drive meaningf...
Could you find what a lunar crater is made of by shooting it?
Phys.org - 19 Sep 2024 00:06
Americans are famously fond of their guns. So it should come as no surprise that a team of NASA scientists has devised a way to "shoot" a modified type of sensor into the soil of an otherworldly body and determine what i...
The largest volcano on Mars may sit above a 1,000-mile magma pool. Could Olympus Mons erupt again?
SPACE.com - 19 Sep 2024 00:00
A low-density, weak-gravity region has been found below Olympus Mons and the Tharsis volcanoes, while Mars' northern hemisphere is littered with puzzling high-gravity structures beneath the surface.
NASA Shares Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Remarks
NASA Breaking news - 18 Sep 2024 23:48
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson released his remarks as prepared for Wednesday's Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in Washington. The awards recognized the women who contributed to the space race, including...
Giant Leaps Start at Johnson for NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 Commander Nick Hague
NASA Breaking news - 18 Sep 2024 23:41
As the hub of human spaceflight, NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston holds a variety of unique responsibilities and privileges. Those include being the home of NASA's astronaut corps. One of those astronauts - Nick Ha...
Hubble Examines a Busy Galactic Center
NASA Breaking news - 18 Sep 2024 23:39
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy IC 4709 located around 240 million light-years away in the southern constellation Telescopium. Hubble beautifully captures its faint halo and swirling...
AI is on the hunt for dark matter
SPACE.com - 18 Sep 2024 23:12
The secrets of dark matter might be hiding in the immense cosmic crashes that are colliding galaxy clusters.
United Launch Alliance prepares for crucial certification flight as U.S. Space Force watches closely
Space News - 18 Sep 2024 22:47
Brig. Gen. Panzenhagen: Following Vulcan's Cert-2 mission, "We will need some time to make sure that everything was clean" The post United Launch Alliance prepares for crucial certification flight as U.S. Space Force wat...
SETI Scientists Scan TRAPPIST-1 for Technosignatures
Universe Today - 18 Sep 2024 22:45
If there's an advanced civilization in the TRAPPIST-1 system living on multiple worlds, there's a way to eavesdrop on their conversation from world to world. Researchers directed the Allen Telescope Array at the TRAPPIST...
Earth had Saturn-like rings 466 million years ago, new study suggests
SPACE.com - 18 Sep 2024 22:22
Earth may have had a Saturn-like ring system long ago, created from the debris of a passing asteroid that our planet tore apart.
Scientists have found evidence of past extreme solar storms--they could be disastrous for technology-based society
Phys.org - 18 Sep 2024 21:30
In September 1859, the same year that Darwin published "On the Origin of Species," telegraph systems across Europe and North America stopped working and started sparking, leading to fires in some cases.
NASA, US Department of Education to Launch STEM Project in Washington
NASA Breaking news - 18 Sep 2024 21:15
Media are invited to the kickoff event of a collaboration between NASA and the U.S. Department of Education at 4 p.m. EDT Monday, Sept. 23, at the Wheatley Education Campus in Washington. The interagency project, 21st Ce...
A Star Was Kicked Out of a Globular Cluster by an Intermediate-Mass Black Hole
Universe Today - 18 Sep 2024 21:09
Astronomers have solid evidence for the existence of stellar-mass black holes and supermassive black holes. However, evidence for Intermediate Black Holes (IMBHs) is more elusive. Their existence remains hypothetical. Ho...
'Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy' is a fabulous multiverse frolic (review)
SPACE.com - 18 Sep 2024 21:00
A review of Disney+ miniseries, "Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy."
Magnifying deep space through the 'Carousel Lens'--rare alignment offers unique opportunity to study cosmology
Phys.org - 18 Sep 2024 20:57
In a rare and extraordinary discovery, researchers have identified a unique configuration of galaxies that form the most exquisitely aligned gravitational lens found to date. The Carousel Lens is a massive cluster-scale ...