Though a doomed star exploded some 20,000 years ago, its tattered remnants continue racing into space at breakneck speeds – and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has caught the action. Expanding supernova bubble…
Category: Space
Space needs better ‘parking spots’ to stay usable, and an engineer is finding them
“Space is a common resource for humanity,” says David Arnas, a Purdue professor whose research is pointing out more sustainable ways to organize satellites in space. Credit: Purdue University photo/John…
Unexpectedly Calm and Remote Galaxy Cluster Discovered
Cluster is farthest ever spotted not disrupted by violent collisions with other galaxy clusters. Astronomers have discovered the most distant “relaxed” galaxy cluster to date — the farthest cluster ever spotted that…
Estonia’s next satellite, largely built by undergrad students, to fly aboard Vega VV23
ESTCube-2 being carried into vibration testing. The CubeSat was tested against harsh launch vibrations at Stoneridge Electronics in Estonia. More specifically, the satellite undergoes a Quasi-Static Load, Sine and Random…
US TV provider given first-ever space debris fine
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain US authorities have issued a “breakthrough” first-ever fine over space debris, officials said Monday, slapping a $150,000 penalty on a TV company that failed to properly…
Cosmic Web Lights Up in Darkness of Space
Chris Martin, the principal investigator of the Keck Cosmic Web Imager, is seen inspecting the instrument in a clean room at Caltech before it was installed at Keck Observatory. Image…
Indian spacecraft heads towards center of solar system
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain India’s sun-monitoring spacecraft has crossed a landmark point on its journey to escape “the sphere of Earth’s influence”, its space agency said, days after the disappointment…
X-rays Tell Us More About Origins of Visiting Space Rocks
A new study suggests that X-rays might be the key to understanding interstellar objects visiting our Solar system. A research team led by a Yale astronomer has some advice for…
How researchers make sure the LSST Camera is the best it can be
Credit: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Building the world’s largest digital camera ever made for astronomy, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time Camera, is no simple…
