Breaking and reconnecting magnetic field lines at the event horizon unleash the energy from a black hole’s magnetic field, speeding particles that cause intense flares, according to researchers at the Flatiron Institute and its partners. The discoveries point to fascinating ...
Astronomers have identified a strange planet not present in our solar system orbiting other stars. It is neither too large nor too tiny but falls between the Earth’s and Neptune’s radii. Dense “super-Earths,” more prominent than Earth, are found near ...
Liftoff will occur over a three-hour window beginning at 2:10 p.m. EST (1910 GMT). 12 p.m. ET UPDATE: NEW LAUNCH TIME Astra is now aiming for a 2:10 p.m. EST (1910 GMT) launch from Florida today, the company’s initial East ...
Recent research finds that flowers found wholly preserved in globs of amber grew at the foot of dinosaurs, implying that certain blooming plants in South Africa today have stayed unmodified for 99 million years. The two blooms flowered initially in ...
NASA has said that it intends to decommission the International Space Station in 2031 by crashing it into an uninhabited section of the Pacific Ocean. Satellites, like every other technology, do not endure forever. Whether their mission is to watch ...
Curtin University is researching a chunk of a Martian meteorite found on Earth in the Moroccan Sahara Desert in 2011 and initially reported in 2013. According to experts from Australia’s Curtin University, scientists are one step closer to knowing when ...
The NASA TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission just discovered something significant: our own sun is remarkably well-behaved in comparison to its counterparts elsewhere in the cosmos. (Image courtesy of NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory and Getty Images.) According to Universe Today, ...
Satellite radar interferogram covering June 19, 2020, to August 13, 2021, and depicting ground motion in the direction of the satellite. Small pulses of magma collecting around 4 miles (7 km) below the earth surface are thought to be responsible ...
A black hole’s structure is straightforward in the grand scheme of things. All you need to know is the black hole’s mass, electric charge, and spin to determine the structure of space and time surrounding it. However, things get complicated ...
The sky full of wonders is going to be very generous to viewers this month. Grab a telescope or wake up at dawn and have a moment of beauty looking at the sky. Orion’s Other Nebulae! Outside of the iconic ...
What the Rise of Oxygen on Early Earth Tells us about Life on other Planets, and How it Have Evolved
Deeper knowledge of Earth’s atmosphere could help us find signs of life outside of our solar system. How did the Earth have enough oxygen to support animal life? In a study by McGill University, they found that oxygen levels rose ...
In the bigger picture, this experiment can lead people to understand better the Earth’s changing climate and the increasing pace of ice melting throughout our world. However, understanding why ice takes different shapes is a matter of intense curiosity for ...
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station do spine scans, heart checks, and breathing tests. During a spacewalk on January 19, 2022, Russian spacewalkers Pyotr Dubrov and Anton Shkaplerov worked on the Prichal module. The International Space Station’s main scientific activities ...
The launch of an Italian satellite and SpaceX’s next Starlink fleet mission have been postponed multiple times. Due to inclement weather, SpaceX postponed two back-to-back rocket launches from Florida on Saturday (Jan. 29). Bad weather resulted in previous delays in ...
Is this a close-up of a tree stump or an orbital view of a crater? At first look, it may not be easy to tell. However, this picture of a crater on Mars supplies planetary scientists with much the same ...
An international team of researchers from the University of Bern and the University of Geneva and the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) examined the atmosphere of one of the most extreme known planets. The findings of this hot, ...
According to a recent paper in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Science, a few specialized bacteria survive circumstances similar to those of Mars’ early past, which may be due to a variety of adaptations. The hydrothermal crater lake of Costa ...
A new study by a biologist at the Université de Montréal aims to explain how squirrels save energy while hibernating and what implications this knowledge may carry for the future of space flight. Matthew Regan’s study of the thirteen-lined ground ...
Black holes remain one of the most elusive and mysterious types of space objects. It couldn’t be otherwise when we’re talking about space objects that defy even the laws of physics themselves. Nobody knows for sure what happens with matter ...
How much does a space ticket cost? That is dependent on who you book with, how you want to get there, and whether or not you are fortunate. It is critical to distinguish between sub-orbital and orbital space tourism. While ...
On Wednesday, U.S. government scientists announced a crucial step forward in the long journey toward making nuclear fusion — the mechanism that generates power to stars – a viable energy source for humanity. Using the world’s most giant laser, the ...
Scientists must first find out how, or if it’spossible for humans to procreate in space before they plan on colonizing other planets. A self-sustaining human population outside of Earth is a goal of space industry leaders like Elon Musk and ...
Last year, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet spent six months onboard the International Space Station, and the view of Earth from there was both terrifying and stunning. He had a unique view of our globe since he spent a lot of ...
Webb Telescope has completed its million-mile voyage. Now comes the tricky part. On January 8, 2022, nearly 500,000 kilometers behind our planet, possibly humankind’s most significant technical feat came to completion. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was deployed entirely ...
Researchers say the “Doomsday Glacier” is irreversibly melting and may come apart in decades. A recent interview with atmospheric scientist David Holland of New York University exposes truths about the melting Thwaites Glacier. Axios said this morning that the West ...