Investigating the Supersoft X-ray Light Curve’s Origin
Researchers led by Ph.D. candidate Zhao Weitao and Prof. Meng Xiangcun from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Yunnan Observatories reproduced the supersoft X-ray source’s quasi-periodic…
Astronomy
After a Half-year Absence, SpaceX Returns Astronauts to Earth
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (doing business as SpaceX) is a Hawthorne, California-based American spacecraft manufacturer, space launch provider, and satellite communications corporation. Elon Musk founded…
DART Shortened The Asteroid’s Orbit By 32 Minutes
NASA’s DART mission has significantly altered Dimorphos’s orbit, according to two weeks of monitoring of the Didymos/Dimorphos system. This is the first time humans have…
The Brightest Flash ever Seen has Awed Astronomers
Astronomers have witnessed the brightest flash of light ever seen, which occurred 2.4 billion light years away from Earth and was most likely caused by…
Galileo Used A False Name To Disrespect Another Philosopher’s Astronomical Claims
Natural philosophers had treatises where they could still make fun of each other’s theories and viewpoints before scientists had subtweets and call-out blogs. It turns…
Massive Stars Emit Warning Sounds before Going Supernova
Astronomers have devised an ‘early warning’ system to sound the alert when a massive star is about to end its life in a supernova explosion.…
A New Abiotic Pathway for Oxygen Formation
Researchers have now found evidence that double-ionised sulphur dioxide contribute to the formation of oxygen molecules. This could, in particular, explain the presence of oxygen…
Composition of Gas Giants is not determined by the Host Star
A surprising analysis of the composition of gas giant exoplanets and their host stars shows that there isn’t a strong correlation between their compositions when…
The Iconic Voyager 1 Spacecraft has been in Orbit for 45 Years
The venerable Voyager 1 spacecraft from NASA has reached an important milestone. The Voyager 1 probe was launched 45 years ago, on September 5, 1977,…
Voyager 1 has been in Interstellar Space for Ten Years
Humanity has spent the last decade exploring interstellar space. NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft was 11 billion miles (18 billion kilometers) from the sun on August…
Data Shows Evidence of Molecular Absorption in a Hot Neptune’s Atmosphere
A rare hot Neptune exoplanet was recently discovered by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), and a team of international scientists just studied the spectrum…
The Milky Way may be Teeming With Planets Like Earth that have Oceans and Continents
Astronomers have long searched the vast universe for evidence of extraterrestrial civilizations. But liquid water is a must for life to exist on a planet.…
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