Category: Planetary Science
Solar flares may be 6.5 times hotter than previously thought
A solar limb flare with a comparatable scale of Earth. Credit: Created by Alexander Russell (University of Andrews) using open-source SunPy Python package and data from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory…
Astronomers discover one of the most massive binary stars in the galaxy
NGC 3603 is a starburst region located 22,000 light years away from the Sun, it’s the closest region of this kind known in our Galaxy Credit: ESO A research team…
Webb captures dusty wisps round a planet-forming disk
Webb’s view of planet-forming disc IRAS 04302+2247. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, M. Villenave et al. For this new Picture of the Month feature, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope…
Is there life on Saturn’s moon? Where there’s water, there’s a chance
Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Credit: NASA At first glance, Saturn’s moon Enceladus seems rather unremarkable: it is much smaller than the Earth’s moon and is far away and completely covered in…
NASA aeroshell material takes extended space trip
Robert Mosher, HIAD materials and processing lead at NASA Langley, holds up a piece of webbing material, known as Zylon, which comprise the straps of the HIAD. Credit: NASA/Joe Atkinson…
GJ 1132 b doesn’t have an atmosphere, according to new JWST data
Artist’s impression of exoplanet GJ 1132 b and its host M-dwarf star. Credit: Dana Berry, Skyworks Digital, CfA Astronomers sometimes find conflicting data when trying to answer a question. This…
