Not all asteroids are alike. Some of them, known as “active” asteroids, sport comet-like tails of gas and dust. Studying active asteroids could reveal clues to how the solar system…
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Key test drive of Orion on NASA’s Artemis II to aid future missions
Credit: NASA Astronauts will test drive NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the first time during the agency’s Artemis II test flight next year. While many of the spacecraft’s maneuvers like big…
Astronomers discover a rare eclipsing X-ray binary
OGLE IV, Swift UVOT, and Swift XRT light curves for Swift J010902.6-723710. Credit: Gaudin et al, 2024 An international team of astronomers reports the detection of a rare eclipsing Be/X-ray…
Astrophysicist’s research could provide a hint in the search for dark matter
Credit: NASA, ESA, and D. Coe (NASA JPL/Caltech and STScI) Dark matter is one of science’s greatest mysteries. It doesn’t absorb, reflect or emit light, so we can’t see it.…
As Voyager 1’s mission draws to a close, one planetary scientist reflects on its legacy
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For nearly 50 years, NASA’s Voyager 1 mission has competed for the title of deep space’s little engine that could. Launched in 1977 along with its…
Explaining a Supernova’s ‘String of Pearls’
Physicists often use the Rayleigh-Taylor instability to explain why fluid structures form in plasmas, but research from the University of Michigan suggests that that may not be the full story…
What the climate of Arrakis can tell us about the hunt for habitable exoplanets
Credit: BFA / Warner Bros Frank Herbert’s Dune is epic sci-fi storytelling with an environmental message at its heart. The novels and movies are set on the desert planet of…
Our survey of the sky is uncovering the secrets of how planets are born
Discs giving birth to new planets, seen by the Very Large Telescope. Credit: ESO/C. Ginski, A. Garufi, P.-G. Valegård et al. When we look out to the stars, it is…
Businesses are ready for April’s total solar eclipse with celestial-themed doughnuts and beer
A donut with toppings representing an eclipse is displayed at the Donut Dude shop on Friday, March 8, 2024, in Liberty Township, Ohio. Businesses are capitalizing on the April 8,…
