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World’s first wooden satellite launched into space (Image Credit: Phys.org) LignoSat, a satellite made from wood and developed by scientists at Kyoto University and Sumitomo Forestry, shown during a press conference in May, 2024. The world’s first wooden satellite has blasted off on a SpaceX rocket, its Japanese developers said Tuesday, part of a resupply […]
The first 3D view of the formation and evolution of globular clusters (Image Credit: Phys.org) Image gallery of the 16 globular clusters analyzed in order of difference in the kinematic properties observed between the multiple stellar populations. Credit: ESA/Hubble – ESO – SDSS A study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics marks a significant milestone in […]
How many additional exoplanets are in known systems? (Image Credit: Phys.org) The seven planetary systems considered. Credit: arXiv (2024). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2411.00245 One thing we’ve learned in recent decades is that exoplanets are surprisingly common. So far, we’ve confirmed nearly 6,000 planets, and we have evidence for thousands more. Most of these planets were discovered using […]
Globular cluster Gran 5 hosts two stellar populations, study finds (Image Credit: Phys.org) 4′ × 4′ field on the VVV DR4 image of Gran 5. The seven spectroscopic target stars are marked by green circles. The yellow circle represents the half-light radius (0.94′) of Gran 5. Credit: Lim et al., 2024. Using the Gemini-South telescope, […]
Study of Venus’s Haasttse-baad Tessera suggests formation by two large impacts (Image Credit: Phys.org) Geologic map (modified after López & Hansen, 2020) and inverted Magellan synthetic aperture radar of the study area. Detailed map areas A–D indicated with rectangles (Figures 2-5); global inset shows study area location (rectangle); GT, Gegute Tessera; NP, Niobe Planitia; HT, […]
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe to glimpse Venus’ surface tomorrow before historic sun encounter (Image Credit: Space.com) On Wednesday (Nov. 6), NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will complete its seventh swing past Venus— the spacecraft’s final maneuver around the amber planet that will nudge it onto a trajectory that will take it within 3.8 million miles of […]
Design an interstellar ‘generation ship’ to spend decades among the stars with Project Hyperion competition (Image Credit: Space.com) Human technology has allowed us to extend the scope of our curiosity beyond the confines of our home world and into the solar system. But it’s not hard to imagine that one day humans will want to […]
Astronomers spot unusually synchronized star formation in ancient galaxy for 1st time (Image Credit: Space.com) Astronomers have spotted thousands of young stars huddled around the center of an ancient galaxy, all of which formed nearly simultaneously 4 million years ago. This observation marks the first time such synchronized star formation has been spotted in an […]
NASA’s Chandra X-ray telescope sees ‘knots’ blasting from nearby black hole jets (Image Credit: Space.com) Astronomers have scoured decades-old data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, finding bright, lumpy features dotting a jet of energy spit out by a nearby black hole. Puzzlingly, the “knots” clock a faster speed when seen in X-rays than they do […]
New Space Force ‘Mission Deltas’ Handle Missile Warning, Domain Awareness (Image Credit: airandspaceforces) Nov. 5, 2024 | By Greg Hadley Share Article The Space Force has officially expanded its concept for combining operations, sustainment, cyber, and intelligence functions all under one roof, dropping the “provisional” tag from units that kicked off the […]
