Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Space junk and meteoroids are falling to Earth every year, posing a growing risk as they re-enter the atmosphere at high speeds. Researchers are using infrasound…
Category: Planetary Science
How to catch the Eta Aquarid meteor shower, debris of Halley’s comet
This photo provided by NASA shows an Eta Aquarid meteor streaking over northern Georgia on April 29, 2012. Credit: B. Cooke/Marshall Space Flight Center/NASA via AP, File Halley’s comet swings…
New telescope images uncover ‘Green Monster’ in Cassiopeia A
Cassiopeia A (Cas A) is a supernova remnant located about 11,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia. It spans approximately 10 light-years. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO, NASA/JPL/Caltech/NuStar; Optical: NASA/STScI/HST; IR:…
3 astronauts return to Earth after 6 months on China’s space station
Chinese astronauts Wang Haoze, from left, Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong wave as they attend the see-off ceremony for the Shenzhou-19 mission at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern…
Astronomers discover explosive outflow in star-forming complex using ALMA data
The 1.3 mm continuum map of G34 is depicted in the colorscale. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2504.15748 The study found that half of the identified streamers are receding, reaching radial…
P160C fires up successfully, a new chapter for Ariane 6 and Vega launchers
Credit: European Space Agency The P160C qualification motor was successfully tested on 24 April at the European Spaceport in French Guiana, on the solid-propellant booster test stand (BEAP) operated by…
Multi-spacecraft radio observations trace the heliospheric magnetic field
Overview of a type III burst observed by four spacecraft. (a) Dynamic spectra. (b) Time profiles at four frequencies with intensity scaled to 1 au. (c) Intensity peaks from panel…
A dark nebula harboring a nest of newly formed stars
A celestial shadow known as the Circinus West molecular cloud creeps across this image taken with the Department of Energy-fabricated 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera (DECam)—one of the most powerful digital…
Webb helps scientists better understand solar system’s origins
Credit: CC0 Public Domain University of Central Florida (UCF) scientists and their collaborators discovered new insights into the formation of distant icy objects in space beyond Neptune, offering a deeper…
