NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare—as seen in the bright flash on the top right area of the sun—on July 2, 2023. The image shows…
Category: Planetary Science
Collaborative research detects nanojets with machine learning algorithms
Northumbria PhD student Ramada Sukarmadji. Credit: Simon Veit-Wilson/Northumbria University A mystery that has baffled astronomers and physicists for decades is a step closer to being solved thanks to a collaboration…
Scientists have finally ‘heard’ the chorus of gravitational waves that ripple through the universe
This undated photo provided by researchers in June 2023 shows the Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico. This and several other telescopes around the world were used to observe the slow…
Europe’s space telescope launches to target universe’s dark mysteries
The Euclid spacecraft, pictured before being sent to Florida, will blast off on a mission to find out more about the ‘dark universe’ Europe’s Euclid space telescope blasted off Saturday…
NASA Goddard acoustics chamber and US marine band turn up the volume
Col. Jason Fettig leads “The President’s Own” Marine Band in a performance inside the acoustic test chamber at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., on May 3. Credit:…
First ‘ghost particle’ image of Milky Way galaxy captured by scientists: Neutrinos detected by IceCube
An artist’s composition of the Milky Way seen with a neutrino lens (blue). Credit: IceCube Collaboration/U.S. National Science Foundation (Lily Le & Shawn Johnson)/ESO (S. Brunier) Our Milky Way galaxy…
Scientists find key evidence for existence of nanohertz gravitational waves
FAST helps find key evidence for the existence of nanohertz gravitational waves with its high sensitivity. Credit: NAOC of CAS A group of Chinese scientists has recently found key evidence…
‘Smiling cat’ Sh2-284 nebula captured in new image
This spectacular picture of the Sh2-284 nebula has been captured in great detail by the VLT Survey Telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. Sh2-284 is a star formation region, and at…
Researchers model and test ground conditions on the moon
On the moon, the landscape covered in what is called regolith—a mixture of dust, larger particles, and fragments. Credit: NASA From 1967 to 1972, the American space agency NASA conducted…
