Giant gas planets can be agents of chaos, ensuring nothing lives on their Earth-like neighbors around other stars. New studies show, in some planetary systems, the giants tend to kick…
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NASA’s Lucy spacecraft swoops past first of 10 asteroids on long journey to Jupiter
This image from a video animation provided by NASA depicts the Lucy spacecraft approaching an asteroid. On Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, Lucy encountered the first of 10 asteroids on its…
Astronomers now know how far the Earth is from 200 galaxies
CREDIT: NASA, ESA, CSA, STSCI On July 11, 2022, the very first image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was released to the general public. It’s called Webb’s…
NASA C-130 makes first-ever flight to Antarctica for GUSTO balloon mission
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility C-130 aircraft delivered the agency’s Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO) payload to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, on Oct. 28, 2023. The GUSTO mission will launch on…
Webb Sees Crab Nebula In New Light
Although the Crab Nebula is one of the best-studied supernova remnants, questions about its progenitor, the nature of the explosion, and the composition of its ejecta still remain unanswered. The…
NASA X-ray telescopes reveal the ‘bones’ of a ghostly cosmic hand
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Stanford Univ./R. Romani et al. (Chandra); NASA/MSFC (IXPE); Infared: NASA/JPL-Caltech/DECaPS; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Schmidt) In 1895, Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays and used them to image the bones in…
Device for Analyzing Deep Space Could Detect Tumors, Air Particles
An improved version of a device that enables scientists to study the hot matter in remnants of exploded stars in deep space and distant galaxy clusters is now available for…
Mystery of the Martian core solved
Mars’s liquid iron core is smaller and denser than previously thought. Not only is it smaller, but it is also surrounded by a layer of molten rock. This is what…
Mouse embryos grown in space for first time: Japan researchers
The mice embryos were thawed and grown on the International Space Station. Mouse embryos have been grown on the International Space Station and developed normally in the first study indicating…
Gearing up for EarthCARE – Technology Org
ESA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency are gearing up for a momentous milestone in Earth observation as the launch of the EarthCARE satellite approaches. Following years of rigorous development…
