Galaxy is the smallest ever discovered at this distance—around 500 million years after the Big Bang. Supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation and using first-of-their-kind observations from the James Webb Space Telescope,…
Category: Space
Virgin Galactic resumes spaceflights after two year pause
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo space plane Unity and mothership seen separating above Spaceport America, New Mexico in July 2021 — the company has resumed spaceflights after a nearly two-year hiatus. Virgin…
New methods will allow for better tests of Einstein’s general theory of relativity using LIGO data
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity describes how the fabric of space and time, or spacetime, is curved in response to mass. Our sun, for example,…
Mars terrain recreation at ESA
Credit: ESA-Remedia A downward view of ESA’s rock-strewn recreation of the Red Planet, is designed to put prototype planetary rovers through their paces. Officially part of the Planetary Robotics Laboratory…
Understanding boiling for better nuclear industry and space missions
PhD candidate at MIT Florian Chavagnat seeks to answer fundamental questions about heat transfer in boiling that will shape the success of nuclear power plants — and extended missions in…
How do you recognize the atmosphere of extraterrestrial lava worlds?
An artist’s conception of star scorching its nearby exoplanet. New research shows that aging red giant stars, far from destroying life, could warm frozen worlds into habitable homes. Credit: ESO/L.…
10-Month Voyage Proves Solar Cell Material Survives, Thrives in Space
Dr. Lyndsey McMillon-Brown was hoping to see anything but mustard yellow. When the NASA research electrical engineer clicked open the photo of a small solar cell material sample – a…
NASA Harnesses US Navy Spinning Device to Simulate Spaceflight
A view of the cockpit of the Kraken, a device that can be configured to disorient those strapped inside. The parallel tracks on the left and right allow the cockpit…
Global team to simulate message from extraterrestrial intelligence to Earth
L-R (clockwise): The Allen Telescope Array, Green Bank Telescope and Medecina Radio Astronomical Station. Credit: Allen Telescope Array: Joe MarfiaGreen Bank Telescope: Jay YoungMedecina Radio Astronomical Station: Medecina Radio Astronomical…
Juice’s RIME antenna breaks free: Jupiter’s explorations to go on with fewer troubles
More than three weeks after efforts began to deploy Juice’s ice-penetrating Radar for Icy Moon Exploration (RIME) antenna, the 16-metre-long boom has finally escaped its mounting bracket. Illustration of the…
