WFIRST will add pieces to the dark matter puzzle
Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Lotz and the HFF Team (STScI) The true nature of dark matter is one of ...
Tag: Space/Planetary Science
Even ‘Goldilocks’ exoplanets need a well-behaved star
Rice University team models stellar activity on Milky Way neighbors to judge impact on planetsCredit: Alexander Group/Rice University HOUSTON - ...
Astronomers catch wind rushing out of galaxy
Researchers observe huge outflow of gas extending far beyond a galaxy for the first timeCredit: Image by: Jim Geach, David ...
DESI points 5,000 robotic ‘eyes’ at the sky to explore dark energy
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument begins final testing, setting the stage for a 5-year survey that will analyze the light ...
DESI’s 5000 eyes open as Kitt Peak Telescope prepares to map space and time
Installation of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument nears completionCredit: DESI Collaboration; Legacy Surveys; NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA; NSF's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory ...
UV satellite will open new view on exploding stars and black holes
DESY to build 100-megapixel camera for Israeli space telescopeCredit: DESY, Sven Stein A new space telescope will open up an ...
Study underscores changes in brain structure, function in long-duration space missions
Credit: Sarah Pack A new study demonstrates for the first time that changes in cognitive performance correlate with changes in ...
Hubble captures cosmic face
This new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures two galaxies of equal size in a collision that appears ...
An overlooked piece of the solar dynamo puzzle
Researchers demonstrate particular form of magnetic instabilityCredit: NASA / SDO A previously unobserved mechanism is at work in the Sun's ...
X-ray scout sees first light
Observations with eRosita promise a breakthrough in our understanding of the energetic universeCredit: T. Reiprich (Univ. Bonn), M. Ramos-Ceja (MPE), ...
SwRI-led Lucy mission completes critical design review
NASA mission to the Trojan asteroids enters construction phaseCredit: NASA/Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- Oct. 21, 2019 -- The ...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope clears critical sunshield deployment testing
Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn The sunshield for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has passed a test critical to preparing the observatory ...
University of Hawaii team unravels origin, chemical makeup of Titan’s dunes
Credit: University of Hawaii A team led by a University of Hawaii at Manoa chemistry professor and researcher has been ...
Stormy cluster weather could unleash black hole power and explain lack of cosmic cooling
Credit: Hubble and Chandra Image: NASA, ESA, CXC, STScI, and B. McNamara (University of Waterloo); Very Large Array Telescope Image: ...
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