Following the landing of the balloon-borne solar observatory Sunrise III in the Canadian Northwest Territories, the recovery team has now reached the landing site. Sunrise III has touched down in…
Category: Astronomy
Dark Matter Flies Ahead of Normal Matter in Mega Galaxy Cluster Collision
Astronomers have untangled a messy collision between two massive clusters of galaxies in which the clusters’ vast clouds of dark matter have decoupled from the so-called normal matter. The two…
Researchers explore the effects of stellar magnetism on potential habitability of exoplanets
Interest in Earth-like planets orbiting within the habitable zone of their host stars has surged, driven by the quest to discover life beyond our solar system. But the habitability of…
At new observatory, Yale expertise helps probe the ‘infant universe’
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…
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,…
