SpaceX Launches And Lands A Falcon 9 Rocket Booster A Record 10th Time
SpaceX has launched another Star 60 Starlink satellite – orbiting 180 in two weeks – but the launch on Sunday morning was even more significant as it…
Astronomy
Astronomers Measured Powerful Stratospheric Winds in Jupiter’s Atmosphere
Winds in Jupiter’s middle atmosphere have now been directly measured by astronomers. The researchers discovered incredibly powerful winds with speeds of up to 1450 kilometers…
V382 Carinae – a Yellow Hypergiant Star
V382 Carinae, also named x Carinae, is a yellow hypergiant star. It is visible to the eye and is seen in the Carina constellation. It…
Warp Drives: Physicists Give Chances Of Faster-Than-Light Space Travel A Boost
The closest star to Earth is Proxima Centauri. It is about 4.25 light-years away, or about 25 trillion miles (40 trillion kilometers). The fastest spacecraft, the…
NML Cygni – a Red Hypergiant Star
NML Cygni, also known as V1489 Cygni is a red hypergiant star. It is a red supergiant in the constellation Cygnus. It is one of…
HR 5171 – a Yellow Hypergiant Star
HR 5171 is a yellow hypergiant star and the largest of its type. It is a triple star system in the constellation Centaurus, either 5,000…
S Doradus – a Blue Hypergiant Star
S Doradus is a blue hypergiant star found in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Its temperature can fall to lower than 7,000 degrees Kelvin in big…
Super Weird Supernova Had A Surprisingly Cool Star Before Exploding
A star on the verge of becoming a supernova may be metaphorically cool but literally very hot. Misleadingly, however, a star, which later turned into…
Eta Carinae – a Superbright Hypergiant Star
Eta Carinae (η Carinae or η Car) is a superbright hypergiant star in the constellation Carina, about 7,500 to 8,000 light-years from the Sun. It…
Long-wavelength Radio Waves Generated by Cosmic Dark Ages: Lunar Crater Radio Telescope
After years of development, NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program has awarded the Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT) project $500,000 to support additional work as…
Epsilon Eridani – a Star in the Southern Constellation
Epsilon Eridani is a star in the southern constellation Eridanus, just south of the celestial equator. It is also known as eps Eri, 18 Eri…
Hubble Telescope Captures a Huge Structure Giant Star on the Edge of Ruin
The massive structure was formed by one or more massive eruptions around 10,000 years ago. The outer layers of the star were blown into space,…
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