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…
Category: Space
NASA’s Roman telescope to use rare events to calculate expansion rate of universe
This Hubble Space Telescope image shows the powerful gravity of a galaxy embedded in a massive cluster of galaxies, producing multiple images of a single distant supernova far behind it.…
Newly discovered carbon monoxide-runaway gap can help identify habitable exoplanets
The presence of a CO runaway gap can help in the identification of Earth-like planets. Credit: Tokyo Tech The search for habitable exoplanets involves looking for planets with similar conditions…
What is dark energy? Inside our accelerating, expanding universe
The history of the universe is outlined in this infographic. Credit: NASA Some 13.8 billion years ago, the universe began with a rapid expansion we call the Big Bang. After…
NASA to Study Effects of Radio Noise on Lunar Science
In February 2024, Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 mission will launch to the Moon’s South Polar region, as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services, or CLPS, initiative. This mission is part of…
Asteroid that impacted near Berlin identified as a rare aubrite
Aubrite meteorite from asteroid 2024 BX1, photographed at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin by Laura Kranich, a Freie Universität MSc student and member of the Arbeitskreis Meteore, who participated in…
Webb Reveals Structure in 19 Spiral Galaxies
A new treasure trove of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope images showcases near- and mid-infrared portraits of 19 face-on spiral galaxies. This new set of exquisite images shows stars,…
Shrinking Moon Causing Moonquakes and Faults Near Lunar South Pole
As NASA continues to make progress toward sending astronauts to the lunar South Pole region with its Artemis campaign, data from a NASA-funded study is helping scientists better understand this…
Antarctic volcano may hold clues to life on Mars
The volcano has been active for thousands of years, erupting most recently in 1967, 1969 and 1970, devastating British and Chilean bases and forcing the evacuation of an Argentine base.…
