‘Ominous milestone for the planet’: Arctic Ocean’s 1st ice-free day could be just 3 years away, alarming study finds (Image Credit: Space.com) The Arctic Ocean could have its first ice free day as soon as 2027, an alarming new study reveals. Arctic sea ice has been melting at an unprecedented rate of […]
We are fast approaching the sun’s ‘battle zone’ — and it could be even worse than solar maximum, experts warn (Image Credit: Space.com) Solar maximum has only just officially begun. But now, some scientists are warning that the sun’s activity won’t actually peak until after this explosive phase is over and we […]
The strange new worlds scientists discovered in 2024 (Image Credit: Mashable) Astronomers detected hundreds more new worlds beyond the solar system this year and worked to better understand what makes them tick. The number of confirmed exoplanets — planets that don’t orbit the sun — is up to 5,788, according to NASA, […]
Evidence of a black hole visiting Earth may be hiding in your house (Image Credit: Mashable) Bang! Astronomers suspect that in the first second after the universe formed, the very first black holes also formed. These tiny though profoundly dense objects — think of an atom-sized particle wielding the mass of a […]
Europe’s troubled Vega-C rocket to launch after delays (Image Credit: Phys.org) The Vega-C rocket was grounded for two years while the nozzle of the Zefiro 40 rocket motor — which caused the failure — was redesigned. The first launch of Europe’s new Vega-C rocket since a failed flight two years ago has […]
China plans to retrieve Mars samples by 2031 (Image Credit: Phys.org) The launch of the Tianwen-1 mission, Wenchang City, south China’s Hainan Province, July 23, 2020. Credit: CFP China’s growing presence in space has been undeniable since the turn of the century. Between sending the first “taikonaut” to space in 2003 (Yang […]
Some black holes at the centers of galaxies have a buddy, but detecting these binary pairs isn’t easy (Image Credit: Phys.org) Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Every galaxy has a supermassive black hole at its center, much like every egg has a yolk. But sometimes, hens lay eggs with two yolks. In a […]
Here’s how interstellar objects and rogue planets can be trapped in the solar system (Image Credit: Phys.org) Illustration of an interstellar object approaching our solar system. Credit: Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. daSilva When ‘Oumuamua traversed our solar system in 2017 it was the first confirmed Interstellar Object (ISO) to do so. Then in 2019, […]
European satellites launched to create artificial solar eclipses in a tech demo (Image Credit: Phys.org) This image provided by the European Space Agency shows a pair of probes creating an artificial total solar eclipse through formation flying. Credit: European Space Agency via AP A pair of European satellites rocketed into orbit Thursday […]
A rare Venus solar transit helps unravel exoplanet atmospheres (Image Credit: Phys.org) In June 2012, Hinode probe (of JAXA and NASA), dedicated to the study of the sun, observed the planet Venus transiting in front of our star. Credit: JAXA/NASA/Lockheed Martin In the next decade, researchers will start probing the atmosphere of […]
