An improved quantification of the intergalactic medium and cosmic filaments (Image Credit: Phys.org) Smoothed 0.3–1.2 keV eROSITA count rate map of the analysis footprint. The missing pixels show source-masked regions. Credit: Astronomy & Astrophysics (2024). DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202450933 Much of the mass in the universe lies not in stars or galaxies, but in […]
Scientists reveal possible role of iron sulfides in creating life in terrestrial hot springs (Image Credit: Phys.org) Scanning transmission electron microscopy reveals characteristics of the iron sulfide (mackinawite) catalyst. Credit: NIGPAS An international team of scientists has published a study highlighting the potential role of iron sulfides in the formation of life […]
Astronomers investigate the evolution of a supersoft X-ray source (Image Credit: Phys.org) Optical monitoring of RX J0513.9−6951. Credit: arXiv (2024). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2411.14273 Using ESA’s XMM-Newton satellite and NASA’s Chandra spacecraft, German astronomers have observed a supersoft X-ray source designated RX J0513.9−6951. Results of the observations, published on the arXiv preprint server, shed […]
Happy Thanksgiving from space! What Turkey Day dinner looks like for NASA astronauts on ISS (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) The four NASA astronauts currently living on the International Space Station (ISS) just wished all of us all a happy Thanksgiving. Nick Hague, Don Pettit, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have beamed home […]
2 space telescope designs will battle it out to become NASA’s next cosmic imager (Image Credit: Space.com) The teams behind two potential new space telescopes have embarked on their final design studies as they go head-to-head to see which will be the first of NASA’s new “Probe” class of mission. PRIMA, the […]
Happy Thanksgiving from space! NASA astronauts beam home Turkey Day message (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) The four NASA astronauts currently living on the International Space Station (ISS) just wished all of us all a happy Thanksgiving. Nick Hague, Don Pettit, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have beamed home a Turkey Day message […]
China to launch next-generation Beidou satellites in 2027 (Image Credit: Space News) Join our newsletter to get the latest military space newsevery Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. HELSINKI — China has announced a strategic roadmap for advancing its Beidou positioning and navigation system by 2035, in a move which could […]
Japan’s priceless asteroid Ryugu sample got ‘rapidly colonized’ by Earth bacteria (Image Credit: Space.com) Scientists have discovered that a sample of the asteroid Ryugu was overrun with Earth-based life forms after being delivered to our planet. The research shows how successful terrestrial micro-organisms are at colonization, even on extraterrestrial materials. The samples […]
NASA’s Europa Clipper probe deploys 1st science instruments en route to Jupiter (Image Credit: Space.com) NASA’s Europa Clipper mission has successfully deployed two of its science instruments as it makes its way to the Jupiter system. Launched on Oct. 14, the Europa Clipper spacecraft is currently en route to study Jupiter’s icy […]
SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on 400th successful Falcon 9 flight (video, photos) (Image Credit: Space.com) SpaceX just notched a big spaceflight milestone. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 of the company’s Starlink satellites lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday (Nov. 26) at 11:41 p.m. EST (0441 GMT […]
