Credit: CC0 Public Domain A study published in Nature has established a new benchmark in modeling the universe’s most extreme events: the collisions of black holes and neutron stars. This…
Category: Planetary Science
S.Africa’s vast radio telescope draws new generation to the cosmos
The MeerKAT radio telescope is made up of 64 giant white dishes that stand in a semi-desert region in South Africa. When Lungelo Zondi first learned about stars and galaxies…
Space weather can dramatically alter a planet’s fate
This artist’s illustration shows TRAPPIST-1e, a well-known rocky exoplanet in the habitable zone of a red dwarf star. New research examines how stellar flaring could alter the evolution of atmospheres…
Soviet-era spacecraft plunges to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbit
This photo provided by researcher Jane Greaves shows the planet Venus, seen from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Akatsuki probe in May 2016. Credit: J. Greaves/Cardiff University/JAXA via AP A…
Stormy waves traversing the Earth’s core provide new hints into future planetary exploration
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The detection of energy signals from strong winter storms in the North Atlantic Ocean that travel through Earth’s core could enhance understanding of our solar system,…
AI-powered digital elevation models reveal moon’s lobate scarps near Chang’e-6 landing site
Spatial distribution of lobate scarps at the northwest of the Chang’e-6 landing area shown on the LROC WAC image. Credit: AIR A research team led by Prof. Di Kaichang from…
NASA telescopes tune into a black hole prelude and fugue
The first sonification features WR124, an extremely bright, massive star. Here, the star is shown in a short-lived phase preceding the possible creation of a black hole. Credit: NASA NASA…
Key portion of Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope clears thermal vacuum test
This photo captures the installation of the test solar panels for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which took place in March. One panel is lifted in the center of…
NASA’s IXPE reveals X-ray-generating particles in black hole jets
This artist’s concept depicts the central region of the blazar BL Lacertae, a supermassive black hole surrounded by a bright disk and a jet oriented toward Earth. Credit: NASA/Pablo Garcia…
