The Hera Mission Team Speculates about What it would be Like to Walk on an Asteroid
The Hera asteroid mission team from the ESA has caught a glimpse of its final destination. In a risky but ultimately successful attempt to change…
Astronomy
For the First Time, Researchers Successfully Trained a Machine Learning Model in Space
Training a machine learning model in space would be an incredible achievement. On board a satellite in space, scientists trained a machine learning model. This…
Intelsat Galaxy 37/Horizons-4 Satellite Launched Successfully
Intelsat, the operator of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial network and a leading provider of in-flight connectivity, announced the successful launch of Galaxy…
Starburst Galaxy
A starburst galaxy is one that has an unusually high rate of star production when compared to the galaxy’s long-term average rate of star formation…
Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies
Dwarf elliptical galaxies (dEs) are smaller elliptical galaxies than regular elliptical galaxies. This is a form of galaxy that belongs to the larger category of…
Astronomers have Discovered Gravitational Waves Coming from Pairs of Supermassive Black Holes Using a Detector the Size of a Galaxy
Gravitational waves are ripples in space and time that are produced when black holes and other incredibly huge, dense objects spin around one another. These…
Our Galaxy’s Neutrino Picture Reveals High-Energy Particles from the Milky Way
With the unaided eye, the Milky Way galaxy appears as a hazy strip of stars that stretches from horizon to horizon in the night sky.…
What’s New in Space for August 2023?
We’ve lost Venus and Mars from the evening sky in August, but we’ll have excellent views of Saturn all night. This month, Saturn approaches opposition,…
The Milky Way was First Ever Glimpsed Through the Lens of Neutrino Particles
We have now seen the Milky Way galaxy through the lens of neutrinos thanks to data gathered by an observatory in Antarctica. It’s the first…
NASA’s’shout Re-Establishes Contact With Voyager 2
The Voyager mission team at NASA has regained connection with Voyager 2 after losing contact with the spacecraft, which has been operational for nearly 46…
The Discovery of the “Sandwich” Provides a Fresh Theory for Planet Creation
Planet formation is the process by which planets are created from the dust and gas surrounding a young star in a protoplanetary disk. This process…
Unintentional Electromagnetic Emission from Big Satellite Constellations is Confirmed by New Radio Data
The Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) telescope was used by researchers from a number of top academic institutions, including the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy…
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