Category: Space
Record-Breaking Black Hole Discovered by NASA Telescopes
Astronomers have discovered the most distant black hole yet seen in X-rays, using NASA telescopes. The black hole is at an early stage of growth that had never been witnessed…
The Oldest Known X-ray Quasar Identified
Yale’s Priyamvada Natarajan and colleagues have identified the oldest known X-ray quasar — offering compelling proof of a concept Natarajan helped pioneer. Astronomers have found the oldest-known X-ray quasar in…
Civilizations could use gravitational lenses to transmit power from star to star
Gravitational lens GAL-CLUS-022058s. Credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble Space Telescope In 1916, famed theoretical physicist Albert Einstein put the finishing touches on his theory of general relativity, a geometric theory for how gravity…
Space Program Pumps Up Turbomachinery
These turbopumps are used in the NewtonThree engine from the first stage of Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket. Produced by Barber-Nichols and similar in design and principle to pumps originally made…
Endeavour assembly at Science Center starts with lifting 52-ton rockets into place
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The space shuttle Endeavour’s twin giant rockets will be hoisted by crane next week and affixed into place atop the craft’s aft skirts in a first…
Black Holes Feed Faster Than Expected
A Northwestern University-led study supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation is changing the way astrophysicists understand the feeding habits of supermassive black holes. Black holes eat faster than previously expected New finding might…
Remains of Ancient Planet Lie Deep Within Earth
In the 1980s, geophysicists made a startling discovery related to a hypothetical ancient planet: two continent-sized blobs of unusual material were found deep near the center of the Earth, one…
HAARP artificial airglow may be widely visible in Alaska
HAARP’s Ionospheric Research Instrument is a phased array of 180 high-frequency antennas spread across 33 acres. Credit: UAF/GI photo by JR Ancheta. Alaskans and visitors may be able to see…
