Category: Space
Trying to communicate with whales is like talking to extraterrestrials
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Communicating between species isn’t something that only has to take place between space-faring civilizations. There are plenty of species here on our home planet that communicate…
Breakthrough Listen scans entire galaxies for signals from extremely advanced civilizations
Sky map of galaxy targets. The colored squares indicate whether the full source is covered by the GBT beam at all four bands (see Table 1), three bands, two, one,…
Biggest solar flare in years temporarily disrupts radio signals on Earth
This photo provided by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare, as seen in the bright flash in the upper right, on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023.…
Discovery of two planetary systems around sun-like stars
Figure 1: The small panel on the top left shows an illustration of NASA’s TESS space telescope, responsible for the first identification of the exoplanets TOI-2141b and TOI-1736b. The background…
When Is an Aurora Not an Aurora?
The shimmering green, red and purple curtains of the northern and southern lights — the auroras — may be the best-known phenomena lighting up the nighttime sky, but the most…
NASA’s IXPE Marks Two Years of Groundbreaking X-ray Astronomy
On Dec. 9, astronomers and physicists commemorated two years of landmark X-ray science by NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) mission. A gif of IXPE deploying in space before starting…
NASA Sensor Produces First Global Maps of Surface Minerals in Arid Regions
The mission has also demonstrated a range of additional capabilities in its 17 months in orbit, including detecting plumes of methane and carbon dioxide being emitted by landfills, oil facilities, and other…
NASA’s Webb Stuns With New High-Def Look at Exploded Star
Like a shiny, round ornament ready to be placed in the perfect spot on a holiday tree, supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A) gleams in a new image from NASA’s…
NASA’s MAVEN Observes the Disappearing Solar Wind
In December 2022, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) mission observed the dramatic and unexpected “disappearance” of a stream of charged particles constantly emanating off the Sun, known as…
