As stars like our sun swell in size with age, they can become large enough to engulf their inner planets. In May of this year, astronomers used the Zwicky Transient…
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Astronomers observe subpulse drifting and nulling of pulsar PSR J0026–1955
Each pulse stack (pulse phase vs. pulse number) represents the variety of subpulse drifting sequences shown by PSR J0026–1955 at 400 MHz (using uGMRT). Bright yellow diagonally arranged pixels around…
Hubble views a galactic monster
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, H. Ebeling The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a monster in the making in this observation of the exceptional galaxy cluster eMACS J1353.7+4329, which lies…
Crowds cheer as India launches a lander and rover to explore the moon’s south pole
Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-3, the word for “moon craft” in Sanskrit, blasts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India, Friday, July 14, 2023. The Indian spacecraft blazed its…
Fiberview Camera And Success of DESI Early Data Release
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is designed to create a 3-D sky map that will allow researchers to measure the effects of dark energy on the universe’s expansion. The Yale…
Cheops Shows Scorching Exoplanet Acts Like a Mirror
Exoplanet LTT9779 b orbiting its host star. Image credit: Ricardo Ramírez Reyes (Universidad de Chile) Aside from the Moon, the brightest object in our night sky is planet Venus, whose…
Japan rocket engine explodes during test: official
Credit: JAXA A Japanese rocket engine exploded during a test on Friday, an official said, in the latest blow to the country’s space agency. The Epsilon S—an improved version of…
Dynamical dark energy might explain strange 21-cm signal
An artist’s representation of what the first stars to light up the universe might have looked like in the Cosmic Dawn. Credit: NASA/WMAP Science Team Dark energy may evolve in…
19th Northrop Grumman Mission Carries Experiments to International Space Station
Scientific investigations launching to the International Space Station on the 19th Northrop Grumman commercial resupply services mission for NASA include studies of fire suppression, gene therapy, atmospheric monitoring, and other experiments along with space-flown…
Webb Space Telescope reveals moment of stellar birth, dramatic close-up of 50 baby stars
The first anniversary image released Wednesday, July 12, 2023, by Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach, shows NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope displaying a star birth like it’s…
