First look: NASA’s James Webb space telescope fully stowed
Credit: Credits: ArianeSpace.com NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been successfully folded and stowed into the same configuration it will ...
Tag: Stars/The Sun
TRAPPIST-1 planetary orbits not misaligned
First scientific result by the new spectrograph on the Subaru telescopeCredit: NAOJ Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope have determined that ...
Hayabusa2 reveals more secrets from Ryugu
Ryugu's interaction with the sun changes what we know about asteroid historyCredit: © 2020 Morota et al. In February and ...
£1.2 million awarded to improve our understanding of the Sun
Researchers from Northumbria University have been awarded £1.2m to help advance our understanding of the Sun and its impact on ...
NASA’s Webb Telescope to unravel riddles of a stellar nursery
Credit: Credit: ESO/M.McCaughrean et al. (AIP) A bustling stellar nursery in the picturesque Orion Nebula will be a subject of ...
Astronomers capture rare images of planet-forming disks around stars
Credit: Jacques Kluska et al. An international team of astronomers has captured fifteen images of the inner rims of planet-forming ...
‘Elegant’ solution reveals how the universe got its structure
A direct, observation-based test of one of the pillars of cosmologyCredit: Photograph by Yuri Beletsky, courtesy of the Carnegie Institution ...
Examining heart extractions in ancient Mesoamerica
New findings on procedures and meanings of human heart sacrifices in MesoamericaCredit: CINVESTAV Unidad Mérida Sacrificial rituals featuring human heart ...
Hungry galaxies grow fat on the flesh of their neighbours
Modelling shows big galaxies get bigger by merging with smaller onesCredit: Gupta et al/ASTRO 3D/ IllustrisTNG collaboration. Galaxies grow large ...
Hubble observes aftermath of massive collision
The Hubble Space Telescope offers insight into the nature of exoplanet Fomalhaut bCredit: ESA/NASA, M. Kornmesser What astronomers thought was ...
Milky Way could be catapulting stars into its outer halo, UCI astronomers say
Findings may change fundamental thinking about star system formation, dynamicsCredit: Courtesy of Sijie Yu / UCI Irvine, Calif., April 20, ...
T2K insight into the origin of the universe
Credit: Kamioka Observatory, ICRR (Institute for Cosmic Ray Research), The University of Tokyo Lancaster physicists working on the T2K major ...
New research helps explain why the solar wind is hotter than expected
Credit: Courtesy of Cary Forest / UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- When a fire extinguisher is opened, the compressed carbon dioxide ...
Beacon in space: BRITE Constellation observes complete nova eruption for the first time
The recordings of a complete nova eruption are unique worldwideCredit: © Nova_by K. Ulaczyk, Warschau Universität Observatorium Since the beginning ...
Scientists discover supernova that outshines all others
Credit: Aaron Geller (Northwestern University) A supernova at least twice as bright and energetic, and likely much more massive than ...
Piercing the dark birthplaces of massive stars with Webb
Credit: Credits: NASA, JPL-Caltech, and S.V Ramirez (NExSCI/Caltech) High-mass stars, which are eight or more times the mass of our ...
Researchers discover new information on interstellar magnetic field in solar neighborhood
Credit: Vilppu Piirola An international research team led by the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Turku, ...
Peking University professor Tian Hui wins Karen Harvey Prize
Credit: School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University American Astronomical Society (AAS) Solar Physics Division (SPD) recently announced the ...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope full mirror deployment a success
Credit: Credits: NASA/Chris Gunn In a recent test, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope fully deployed its primary mirror into the ...
Scientist recreates icy space conditions to understand makeup of molecular clouds
Northern Arizona University planetary scientist prepares for launch of James Webb Space TelescopeCredit: Photo courtesy of Northern Arizona University Icy ...
