The Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo space plane Unity and mothership after taking off from New Mexico in July 2021. Space tourism company Virgin Galactic announced Monday that it is resuming flights…
Category: Planetary Science
Star swallows planet in one big gulp
This illustration provided Caltech/IPAC by depicts a planet skimming the surface of its star. Astronomers reported their observations Wednesday, May 3, 2023, of what appears to be a gas giant…
1st lunar eclipse of 2023 dims full moon ever so slightly
Roof decorations depicting mythical sacred beasts are silhouetted near a penumbral lunar eclipse partially blocked by clouds during the early hours of Saturday, May 6, 2023 in Beijing. Credit: AP…
Gas observed moving into a massive galaxy offers evidence of material recycling
Direct imaging on the gas recycling around massive galaxy 11 billion years ago. Credit: Department of Astronomy, Tsinghua University An international team of space scientists has found that observation of…
‘H’ is for hot and huge in Chandra image
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Princeton Univ/C. Bambic et al.; Optical: SDSS; Radio: NSF/NRAO/VLA/ESO; Image processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N.Wolk With a single letter seemingly etched in the X-ray glow around it, a giant black hole…
Pressure required to launch a rock from Mars into space much lower than thought, discovers study
A Martian meteorite, designated Northwest Africa (NWA) 7034 and nicknamed “Black Beauty,” weighing approximately 11 ounces. Caltech researchers have now discovered that the shock pressure necessary to launch rocks from…
New video series captures team working on NASA’s Europa Clipper
Engineers and technicians work on the towering main body of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. A new video series lifts the curtain on the clean…
Environmental groups sue FAA over SpaceX Texas rocket launch
SpaceX’s Starship turns after its launch from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Thursday, April 20, 2023. The Federal Aviation Administration is being sued by wildlife and environmental groups over SpaceX’s…
A supermassive black hole and its jet, all in a single picture
This image shows the jet and shadow of the black hole at the center of the M87 galaxy together for the first time. The observations were obtained with a set…
