Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An international team of scientists has discovered an unusual Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a low-mass star called TOI-4860, located in the Corvus constellation. The newly discovered gas…
Category: Space
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…
Airbus partners with Voyager Space to build ISS replacement
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Airbus and US space exploration firm Voyager Space announced Wednesday a joint venture to develop Starlab, a commercial alternative to replace the International Space Station (ISS)…
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…
The first supermoon in August rises around the world
The moon rises through clouds over the skyline of lower Manhattan in this view from West Orange, N.J., Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. The first of two supermoons in August graced…
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…
Two intermediate polars investigated by astronomers
TESS light curve of Swift J0939.7-3224 spanning 24 days. Credit: Rawat et al, 2023 By analyzing the long-term, high-cadence continuous photometry from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have…
Optimizing heat exchange flow in microgravity
Interior of CM-HT test section: Test fluid (normal perfluoro hexane or nPFH) is vaporized and pumped through the steel tube embedded in an insulating material section at the entrance and…
