Whether she’s shuttling between meetings at Yale’s Wright Lab or conferring with colleagues around the world, Laura Newburgh’s thoughts of late rarely stray far from the Simons Observatory in northern Chile. Simons Observatory. Image credit: Simons…
Category: Astronomy
ABL Space System’s 2nd RS1 rocket destroyed during preflight testing
ABL Space Systems will have to wait a while to conduct its second-ever orbital launch. The California-based startup has been prepping its RS1 rocket for a test flight, which will…
Researchers find ‘Ice World’ exoplanet in the Habitable Zone of a nearby star
A McMaster researcher is part of an international team that has found evidence of a potentially habitable icy exoplanet beyond our solar system. LHS 1140 b may be a world…
Researchers send 3D printer into space
Imagine a crew of astronauts headed to Mars. About 140 million miles away from Earth, they discover their spacecraft has a cracked O-ring. But instead of relying on a dwindling…
A new explanation for Jupiter’s great, shrinking ‘Spot’
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot — the biggest windstorm in the solar system — is shrinking, and a new study may help explain why. Hubble image of Jupiter. Image Credit: NASA,…
Untangling the entangled: Quantum study shines fresh light on how neutrinos fuel supernovae
Researchers used quantum simulations to obtain new insights into the nature of neutrinos — the mysterious subatomic particles that abound throughout the universe — and their role in the deaths…
Webb Telescope finds plethora of carbon molecules around young star
An international team of astronomers, including scientists from the University of Arizona, has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to study the disk of gas and dust around a young,…
Fresh wind blows from historical supernova
A mysterious remnant from a rare type of supernova recorded in 1181 has been explained for the first time. Two white dwarf stars collided, creating a temporary “guest star,” now…
Researchers detect water frost on Solar system’s tallest volcanoes
A research team unveiled that Mars’ Tharsis volcanoes have on and off patches of water frost, challenging previous assumptions about the Martian climate and helping shed light on how water…
XL-Calibur telescope launched to study black holes
Scientists from Washington University in St. Louis have launched a balloon-borne telescope to unlock the secrets of astrophysical black holes and neutron stars, some of the most extreme objects in…
