Old European satellite plunges harmlessly through the atmosphere over the Pacific

This photo provided by the European Space Agency shows the European Remote Sensing 2 satellite (ERS-2)…

Study investigates chemical composition of metal-poor star HD 1936

The evolutionary status of HD 1936. Credit: Çalışkan et al, 2024 Using the Ankara University Kreiken…

New realistic computer model will help robots collect moon dust

Small Funnel Flow—The same experiments were set up in, both, simulation and reality to see if…

Black hole fashions stellar beads on a string

Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) view of the SDSS J1531+3414 galaxy cluster (hereafter SDSS 1531)…

Einstein telescope E-TEST prototype passes its first series of tests

Temperature of the prototype components during the first E-TEST campaign at CSL experiment (solid lines) and…

Why do we need leap years? Astrophysicists explain this month’s extra date

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain This year is a leap year. Many people will know this means…

Possible atmospheric destruction of a potentially habitable exoplanet

Equatorial slices of the magnetic field (nT is nanoteslas) for space inside and at Trappist-1e (left)…

A long voyage to Mars in a confined space could raise stress levels and make the journey more challenging

Crew members in space will spend lots of time together during future missions to Mars. Credit:…

Private US spacecraft enters orbit around the moon ahead of landing attempt

This image from video provided by SpaceX via NASA TV shows Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander separating…

Smallest star ever observed is part of an exotic binary system

Phase-folded RV curve and double-band light curves for J0526. Top, RV curve derived from Keck/LRIS and…