An asteroid discovery algorithm — designed to uncover near-Earth asteroids for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s upcoming 10-year survey of the night sky — has identified its first “potentially hazardous” asteroid,…
Category: Astronomy
Searching for Extraterrestrial Life — By Keeping an Eye on Exploding Stars
In a new study, Yale undergrad Andy Nilipour used supernovae to narrow the search for extraterrestrial alien civilizations. When you’re searching the skies for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence, it’s not…
A Magnetic Field Mystery in Space
A new Yale study proposes a way that collisions between asteroids might lead to the formation of metal asteroids able to generate and record magnetism. An artist’s illustration of a…
Euclid Space Telescope Launches Exciting New Possibilities
Lift off, the first of July. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Euclid spacecraft soared skyward over Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, marking an endeavor 10 years in the making, involving…
EURIALO – Safe Aviation Ensured From Space
The EURIALO civilian space system will be designed for continuous, global and independent air traffic monitoring, and will thus significantly enhance airspace safety once constructed. An airplane. Image credit: Tobias…
What does a ‘Twinkling’ Star Sound Like? Take a Listen
Many people know that stars appear to be twinkling because our atmosphere bends starlight as it travels to Earth. But stars also have an innate “twinkle” — caused by rippling…
Webb Telescope Sees Jupiter Moons in New Light
With its sensitive infrared cameras and high-resolution spectrometer, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is revealing new secrets about Jupiter’s Galilean satellites, in particular Ganymede, the largest moon, and Io,…
Water Discovered in Rocky Planet-Forming Zone Offers Clues on Habitability
James Webb Space Telescope observations find water for the first time in the inner disk around a young star with giant planets. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, the MPIA-led…
Webb Snaps Highly Detailed Infrared Image of Actively Forming Stars
Young stars are rambunctious! NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the “antics” of a pair of actively forming young stars, known as Herbig-Haro 46/47, in high-resolution near-infrared light. To…
Why Does Matter Exist? Roundness of Electrons May Hold Clues
JILA physicists make record-breaking measurement of a key electron property, related to the possible existence of all matter. In the first moments of our universe, countless numbers of protons, neutrons…
