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…
Category: Astronomy
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…
IXPE Untangles Theories Surrounding Historic Supernova Remnant
NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) telescope has captured the first polarized X-ray imagery of the supernova remnant SN 1006. The new results expand scientists’ understanding of the relationship between…
Webb’s First Detection of Heavy Element from Star Merger
A team of scientists has used multiple space and ground-based telescopes, including NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, and NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, to observe…
NASA’s SpaceX CRS-29 Flies Research to Space Station
The 29th SpaceX commercial resupply services (CRS) mission for NASA carries scientific experiments and technology demonstrations, including studies of enhanced optical communications and measurement of atmospheric waves. The uncrewed SpaceX…
Microsecond Burst Hiding in Telescope Archives
An international team of researchers led by Dutch Ph.D. candidate Mark Snelders (ASTRON and University of Amsterdam) has sifted through telescope archives and discovered radio pulses from the distant universe…
Commercial Space: NASA Has an App for That
Software two decades in the making helps private space companies providing commercial space services save time, money. Parker Solar Probe is providing scientists with new information about the Sun, thanks…
Quartz Crystals in Clouds of Hot Gas Giant
Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have detected evidence of quartz nanocrystals in the high-altitude clouds of WASP-17 b, a hot Jupiter exoplanet 1,300 light-years from Earth. Artist’s rendering…
Pulsars May Make Dark Matter Glow
The central question in the ongoing hunt for dark matter is: what is it made of? One possible answer is that dark matter consists of particles known as axions. A…
Intense Jet Stream in Jupiter’s Atmosphere Discovered by Webb
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a fast-moving jet stream in Jupiter’s atmosphere blowing twice as fast as the visible cloud layers below it, creating wind shears that far…
