Astronomers discover a new multi-planet system within our galactic neighborhood. The system lies just 10 parsecs, or about 33 light-years, from Earth. At the heart of the system lies a small and cool M-dwarf star, named HD 260655, and astronomers have found that it hosts at least two terrestrial, Earth-sized...
Astra’s seven attempts to reach orbit included test missions carrying no revenue-generating payloads and two which have been successful – the first in November last year and the second in March.
Collisions between galaxy clusters release enormous amounts of energy unlike anything witnessed since the big bang and provide scientists with physics laboratories that are unavailable here on Earth.
James Webb Telescope was designed to study the first galaxies ever formed, peer through dusty regions of space in search of stars and planetary systems in the process of forming, and examine young galaxies in the distant universe.
Astronomers have recently identified two large as well as mysterious objects blasting out of the brightest black hole in the known universe. The supermassive black hole 3C 273, which is a quasar, was discovered in a 1959 survey of cosmic radio-wave sources. The light emitted by these behemoths is bright...
The project is a source of pride among ordinary Chinese people, and caps President Xi Jinping’s 10 years as leader of the ruling Communist Party.
One of the most mysterious objects for human beings, the concept of the black hole has always puzzled scientists. Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, astronomers now say that an image of a huge, spectacular set of rings around a black hole has been captured. Part...
According to NASA, the first images and spectroscopic observations will be made after each of Webb’s instruments has been calibrated, tested, and given the green light by its science and engineering teams.
This detection of an intergalactic radio source of unknown origin, through a careful search in archival data and its subsequent follow-up activities, is a clear demonstration that the exploration of the radio sky is still rich of discoveries.
Existence of a galaxy without dark matter has been debated over decades. This is the first time that a galaxy without dark matter has been found.
A meteor can enter our atmosphere at speeds ranging from 11 miles per second to 24 miles per second (19 km/s to 39 km/s). When a meteor enters our atmosphere, it becomes a meteorite when it hits the ground.
While Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is currently preparing for its 29th flight, its black-and-white navigation camera has provided dramatic video of its record-breaking 25th flight, which took place on April 8. Covering a distance of 2,310 feet (704 meters) at a speed of 12 mph (5.5 meters per second), it was...
Today, scientists have already developed ways of finding the age of something. There are a lot of different approaches to estimating the age of something, but for animals and plants, most scientists use radiocarbon dating. It’s a technique used by scientists to measure the amount of radioactive carbon-14 present in...
Black holes are the key to understanding how all the universe works. Without them, we would have no understanding of what is happening in space or what will happen when we travel through it. Also, black holes are key to how we understand the Big Bang Theory. There are no...
According to NASA, the lunar eclipse of 15 May, 2022 can be observed from the eastern half of the United States and all of South America will have the opportunity to see every stage of the lunar eclipse, which will begin over North America at 10:27 p.m. EDT on May 15 (2:27 UTC on May 16).