The Sun’s atmosphere is called the corona. It consists of an electrically charged gas known as plasma with a temperature of around one million degrees Celsius. Its temperature is an…
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Solar Orbiter: Solution to a 65-Year-Old Solar Mystery
The Sun’s atmosphere is called the corona. It consists of an electrically charged gas known as plasma with a temperature of around one million degrees Celsius. Its temperature is an…
Webb Confirms Accuracy of Universe’s Expansion Rate Measured by Hubble, Deepens Mystery of Hubble Constant Tension
The rate at which the universe is expanding, known as the Hubble constant, is one of the fundamental parameters for understanding the evolution and ultimate fate of the cosmos. However,…
Signs of life? Why astronomers are excited about CO2 and methane in the atmosphere of an alien world
Credit: NASA / CSA / ESA / J. Olmsted (STScI) / Science: N. Madhusudhan (Cambridge University) Are we alone? This question is nearly as old as humanity itself. Today, this…
Possible hints of life found on distant planet. How excited should we be?
The exoplanet K2-18b might host a water ocean. Credit: NASA, CSA, ESA, J. Olmsted (STScI), Science: N. Madhusudhan (Cambridge University) Data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has shown…
One American, two Russians blast off in Russian capsule to International Space Station
In this photo released by Roscosmos space corporation, from left, NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara, Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, crew members of the new mission to the International…
Methane and CO2 Found in Habitable-Zone Exoplanet
An international team of astronomers led by the University of Cambridge has used data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to discover methane and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of K2-18…
Webb snaps supersonic outflow of young star
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s high resolution, near-infrared look at Herbig-Haro 211 reveals exquisite detail of the outflow of a young star, an infantile analog of our Sun. Herbig-Haro objects…
Primary instrument for NASA’s Roman completed, begins tests
After completing final integration, Ball Aerospace technicians transport the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s Wide Field Instrument (WFI) into Ball’s largest thermal vacuum chamber to begin environmental testing at a…
“1,000 Year-Old Alien Corpses” in Mexico: Simple Reason Why This is Not True
Recently, a news story about the alleged ancient ‘alien remains’ dating back 1,000 years appeared on multiple online websites. But if you are skeptical about this particular ‘discovery‘, you are…
