Credit: European Space Agency Teams from ESA, France’s space agency CNES and ArianeGroup successfully completed the disconnection and retraction of the Ariane 6 cryogenic systems on 30 January 2024. These…
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Stunning Spiral Galaxies Seen in New James Webb Space Telescope Images
A set of highly detailed images of 19 nearby spiral galaxies from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have been publicly released. The suite of extraordinary images will provide several…
Starving Mass Monster – Technology Org
With the upgraded GRAVITY instrument at the Very Large Telescope Interferometer of the European Southern Observatory, a team of astronomers led by the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics has…
An X-ray Image of Half the Universe
First eROSITA sky-survey data release makes public the largest ever catalogue of high-energy cosmic sources. X-ray astronomy has an eventful 60-year history of exploring the extremes of the universe, from…
Dream Chaser spaceplane passes vibration test
The first vessel of a planned line, Tenacity, was completed at the company’s factory in Louisville, Colorado in November and then shipped to NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky,…
Discovery of a Planet Too Big for Its Sun Throws Off Solar System Formation Models
The discovery of a planet that is far too massive for its sun is calling into question what was previously understood about the formation of planets and their solar systems,…
First eROSITA sky-survey data release makes public the largest ever catalog of high-energy cosmic sources
This image shows half of the X-ray sky projected onto a circle (so-called Zenit Equal Area projection) with the center of the Milky Way on the left and the galactic…
Spying for Signs of Life Among Exoplanet Atmospheres
New research suggests that the next generation of advanced telescopes could sharpen the hunt for potential extraterrestrial life by closely scrutinizing the atmospheres of nearby exoplanets. Artist’s concept showing a…
Earth’s atmospheric glow can be seen from the International Space Station
Credit: NASA, ESA/Andreas Mogensen This high exposure photograph revealed Earth’s atmospheric glow against the backdrop of a starry sky in this image taken from the International Space Station on Jan.…
Space Shuttle Endeavour hoisted for installation in vertical display at Los Angeles science museum
Space Shuttle Endeavour is lifted into the site of the future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, in Los Angeles. Credit: AP Photo/Ashley Landis NASA’s…
