The second issue was that in some observations, there were no periodic signals at all. Because we have enough archival […]
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A bold satellite rescue mission came together in record time, but will it work?
“I consider this a success already, just from the fact that we’re even going to try this.” The Link spacecraft […]
Did a medieval flying monk spot Halley’s comet, twice? It’s complicated
Early in the 11th century, a young Benedictine monk named Eilmer jumped from the 150-foot tower of his abbey in […]
“Little red dot” in early Universe is a naked supermassive black hole
These models placed the black hole’s mass at about 50 million times that of the Sun, which is in line […]
JWST maps the weather on a hot gas giant 700 light-years away
Cloudy with a chance of excessive heat The differences seen here could be throwing off how we study planetary atmospheres. […]
Gravitational lens shows a galaxy just 800 million years post-Big Bang
Early galaxy has elements produced by the Universe’s first supernovae. For decades, astronomers looking through telescopes like Hubble have been […]
Eight months early and under budget, the Roman Telescope is ready to launch
Spy satellite hardware has been repurposed to scan the Universe in the infrared. GREENBELT, Md.—On Tuesday, NASA invited the press […]
New 3D map of Universe could solve dark energy mystery
Latest data must still be analyzed but could help determine if dark energy is constant or varies over time. Credit: […]
LIGO data hints at supernovae so powerful they leave nothing behind
Skip to content LIGO data hints at supernovae so powerful they leave nothing behind Pair instability supernovae create a “mass […]
A unique NASA satellite is falling out of orbit—this team is trying to rescue it
Katalyst Space Technologies must launch the Swift rescue mission by this summer. NASA’s Swift observatory is unwrapped after shipment to […]