There is more to the “marvelous” asteroid Dinkinesh and its newly discovered satellite than first meets the eye, as NASA’s Lucy mission revealed. As NASA’s Lucy spacecraft continued to return data…
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NASA’s Juno: Jupiter’s Winds Penetrate in Cylindrical Layers
The Juno mission finding offers deeper insights into the long-debated internal structure of the gas giant Jupiter. Gravity data collected by NASA’s Juno mission indicates Jupiter’s atmospheric winds penetrate the…
Scientists uncover aurora-like radio emission above a sunspot
Scientists uncover prolonged radio emissions above a sunspot, akin to those previously seen in the polar regions of planets and certain stars, which may reshape our understanding of intense stellar…
Scientists find 14 new transient objects in space by peering through the ‘Christmas Tree Galaxy Cluster’
A color composite image of MACS0416 using the data from four sets of images taken by JWST of the galaxy cluster over a period of 126 days, or about four…
SpaceX hopes for second Starship flight test next week
The SpaceX Starship lifts off from the launchpad during a flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on April 20, 2023. SpaceX is hoping to re-launch Starship, the most…
First release of images demonstrates Euclid space telescope’s potential
Euclid’s strength lies in its diversity: this small section of Euclid’s large image plane shows a detail of the Perseus galaxy cluster. Clearly recognizable are both the various types and…
Record-Smashing Black Hole Born in Universe’s Infancy
An international team of astrophysicists, including Princeton’s Andy Goulding has discovered the most distant supermassive black hole ever found, using two NASA space telescopes: the Chandra X-ray Observatory (Chandra) and the James…
Scientists Find 14 New Transient Objects in Space by Peering Through a Galaxy “magnifying glass”
MU researcher Haojing Yan and a team of scientists make the discovery by studying the “Christmas Tree Galaxy Cluster” using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. An international team of scientists,…
NASA’s Mars fleet will still conduct science while lying low
NASA’s Perseverance rover captured this view of the location where it will be parked for several weeks during Mars solar conjunction, a period when engineers stop sending commands to spacecraft…
World-First Zero Space Debris Charter Goes Live
More satellites were launched in the last few years than the entire six decades of space exploration. 130 million pieces of space debris larger than a millimetre orbit Earth, threatening…
