Astronomers have discovered the most distant black hole yet seen in X-rays, using NASA telescopes. The black hole is at an early stage of growth that had never been witnessed…
Category: Astronomy
The Oldest Known X-ray Quasar Identified
Yale’s Priyamvada Natarajan and colleagues have identified the oldest known X-ray quasar — offering compelling proof of a concept Natarajan helped pioneer. Astronomers have found the oldest-known X-ray quasar in…
Space Program Pumps Up Turbomachinery
These turbopumps are used in the NewtonThree engine from the first stage of Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket. Produced by Barber-Nichols and similar in design and principle to pumps originally made…
Black Holes Feed Faster Than Expected
A Northwestern University-led study supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation is changing the way astrophysicists understand the feeding habits of supermassive black holes. Black holes eat faster than previously expected New finding might…
Remains of Ancient Planet Lie Deep Within Earth
In the 1980s, geophysicists made a startling discovery related to a hypothetical ancient planet: two continent-sized blobs of unusual material were found deep near the center of the Earth, one…
Giant Planets Cast a Deadly Pall
Giant gas planets can be agents of chaos, ensuring nothing lives on their Earth-like neighbors around other stars. New studies show, in some planetary systems, the giants tend to kick…
Webb Sees Crab Nebula In New Light
Although the Crab Nebula is one of the best-studied supernova remnants, questions about its progenitor, the nature of the explosion, and the composition of its ejecta still remain unanswered. The…
Device for Analyzing Deep Space Could Detect Tumors, Air Particles
An improved version of a device that enables scientists to study the hot matter in remnants of exploded stars in deep space and distant galaxy clusters is now available for…
Mystery of the Martian core solved
Mars’s liquid iron core is smaller and denser than previously thought. Not only is it smaller, but it is also surrounded by a layer of molten rock. This is what…
Gearing up for EarthCARE – Technology Org
ESA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency are gearing up for a momentous milestone in Earth observation as the launch of the EarthCARE satellite approaches. Following years of rigorous development…
