Spy satellite hardware has been repurposed to scan the Universe in the infrared. GREENBELT, Md.—On Tuesday, NASA invited the press […]
Category: astronomy
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 […]
We keep finding the raw material of DNA in asteroids—what’s it telling us?
Skip to content All your base are belong to… asteroids? This week’s result is just the latest in a growing […]
Perseverance’s radar revealed ancient subsurface river delta on Mars
There may be a river delta hidden under the obvious delta in a Martian crater. When NASA’s Perseverance rover landed […]
Asteroid defense mission shifted the orbit of more than its target
The binary asteroid’s orbit around the Sun was affected by the impact. Italy’s LICIACube spacecraft snapped this image of asteroids […]
Astronomers are filling in the blanks of the Kuiper Belt
Are you out there, Planet X? Next-generation telescopes are mapping this outer frontier. Credit: NASA/SOFIA/Lynette Cook Out beyond the orbit […]
This black hole “burps” with Death Star energy
When AT2018hyz, aka “Jetty,” was first discovered, radio telescopes didn’t detect any signatures of an outflow emission of material within the […]
Researchers spot Saturn-sized planet in the “Einstein desert”
Rogue, free-floating planets appear to have two distinct origins. Most of the exoplanets we’ve discovered have been in relatively tight […]