ESA’s Astronaut Support Team has Received Training in Helicopter Underwater Escape

ESA’s Astronaut Support Team has Received Training in Helicopter Underwater Escape

Members of the ESA astronaut support crews practiced helicopter underwater escapes last week. All participants in astronaut landing operations, including flight surgeons and photographers who…
Scientists Strive to Stop Extraterrestrial Pollution that could Endanger Life on Earth

Scientists Strive to Stop Extraterrestrial Pollution that could Endanger Life on Earth

The Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) panel on planetary protection is in charge of developing and maintaining policy for planetary protection-related concerns. An multinational team…
The Primordial Strands of the Cosmic Web

The Primordial Strands of the Cosmic Web

The cosmic web is a large-scale cosmological structure made up of interconnecting filaments and gaps. It formed as a network-like structure as a result of…
Peculiar Galaxy

Peculiar Galaxy

A strange galaxy is one that has an odd size, shape, or composition. Unusual galaxies account for between 5% and 10% of all known galaxies.…
Scientists Examine the Viability of Power Beaming Through Venus’ Atmosphere

Scientists Examine the Viability of Power Beaming Through Venus’ Atmosphere

A group of Caltech researchers reported that they had successfully sent electricity from an orbiting satellite down to Earth a few weeks ago. Even though…
A Novel Method Measures the Strength of Ancient and Active Rivers Outside of Earth Using Remote Images

A Novel Method Measures the Strength of Ancient and Active Rivers Outside of Earth Using Remote Images

In addition to Earth, rivers once ran on two other planets in the solar system: Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, where rivers of liquid methane still…
An Echo Created by Our Galaxy’s Black Hole 200 years ago was discovered

An Echo Created by Our Galaxy’s Black Hole 200 years ago was discovered

Black holes are fascinating objects, but they do not produce echoes in the traditional sense. A black hole is a dense region of space with…
Astronomers Have Identified the Shortest Rapid Radio Bursts Ever Discovered

Astronomers Have Identified the Shortest Rapid Radio Bursts Ever Discovered

Astronomers have discovered the shortest fast radio bursts (FRBs) ever observed, with the shortest lasting only five microseconds – a thousand times shorter than a…
Dwarf Galaxy

Dwarf Galaxy

In comparison to the Milky Way’s 200-400 billion stars, a dwarf galaxy is a small galaxy composed of 1000 to several billion stars. It is…
Most Distant Active Supermassive Black Hole is found by Webb Telescope

Most Distant Active Supermassive Black Hole is found by Webb Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has unquestionably proven to be an effective tool for studying the universe. Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST),…
A Molecular Filament Protected the Young Solar System from a Supernova

A Molecular Filament Protected the Young Solar System from a Supernova

A molecular filament is a long, elongated structure of molecular gas and dust that exists in interstellar space. These filaments, which can be several light-years…
A SpaceX Rocket Punches a Hole in the Atmosphere, as Captured by a Photographer

A SpaceX Rocket Punches a Hole in the Atmosphere, as Captured by a Photographer

After punching a hole in the ionosphere, a SpaceX rocket left behind an aurora-like crimson glow, which a photographer caught. The ionosphere is the topmost…
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