Star formation burst in the Milky Way 2-3 million years ago
The impact of our Galaxy with a satellite galaxy could be the cause of the creation of more than 50% ...
Tag: Space/Planetary Science
Could this rare supernova resolve a longstanding origin debate?
Although hydrogen is the most-abundant element in the universe, it is almost never seen in Type Ia supernova explosions, except ...
First flights
Experimental cosmologist Philip Lubin's group launches its first iterations of space-traveling 'wafercraft' UC Santa Barbara students sent up, via balloon, ...
World Economic Forum has announced the introduction of a Space Sustainability Rating
The World Economic Forum has announced the introduction of a Space Sustainability Rating (SSR) system to help tackle the problem ...
Particle telescope to probe makeup of cosmic rays and could improve cancer treatment
Credit: Christophe Royon LAWRENCE -- With a recent three-year, $1.4 million grant from NASA, a research team from the University ...
NRL tests sensor on-orbit the ISS to protect space-based assets
Credit: (NASA/Space Test Program-Houston 6) WASHINGTON -- Developed by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Plasma Physics Division, in conjunction with ...
Telescopes in space for even sharper images of black holes
Credit: F. Roelofs and M. Moscibrodzka, Radboud University Astronomers have just managed to take the first image of a black ...
Secrets of the ‘blue supergiant’ revealed
Blue supergiants are the rock-and-roll stars of the universe. They are massive stars that live fast and die young which ...
Hubble spots a stunning spiral galaxy
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, L. Ho et al. Few of the universe's residents are as iconic as the spiral galaxy. ...
When it comes to planetary habitability, it’s what’s inside that counts
Can the geologic and dynamic features that make our home planet habitable can be produced on planets with different compositions?Credit: ...
LIGO and Virgo detect neutron star smash-ups
Issued by the LIGO Laboratory, LIGO Scientific Collaboration, and Virgo Collaboration. On April 25, 2019, the National Science Foundation's Laser ...
Building better life support systems for future space travel
A new investigation aboard the International Space Station tests using the microalgae Chlorella vulgaris as a biological component of a ...
Two neutron stars collided near the solar system billions of years ago
Columbia University and University of Florida study finds sign of cosmic event that created elements that became part of usCredit: ...
Hubble astronomers assemble wide view of the evolving universe
Credit: NASA, ESA, G. Illingworth (University of California, Santa Cruz), and G. Bacon (STScI) Astronomers have put together the largest ...