NASA’s planetary radar tracks two large asteroid close approaches

The Goldstone Solar System Radar, part of NASA’s Deep Space Network, made these observations of the…

New models suggest Milky Way is not as packed with stars as previously thought

The half-light radius of the Milky Way in comparison with that of local disk galaxies. Credit:…

Astronomers observe a strong shock front in galaxy cluster SPT-CLJ 2031-4037

The exposure corrected image of SPT J2031. Credit: Diwanji et al., 2024. Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray…

SpaceX retools problem booster for overnight launch from Space Coast

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain SpaceX is rolling a booster that was part of a scrubbed launch…

NASA Stennis achieves primary success for historic in-space mission

NASA Stennis Autonomous Systems Laboratory Project Engineer Travis Martin monitors successful data delivery from the center’s…

New satellite aims to show how AI advances Earth observation

ESA’s Φsat-2 is a dedicated Artificial Iintelligence (AI) mission which will fully explore the benefits and…

NASA’s NEOWISE infrared heritage will live on

Observed by NASA’s WISE mission, this image shows the entire sky seen in infrared light. Running…

Cosmic simulation reveals how black holes grow and evolve

This still from the simulation shows a supermassive black hole, or quasar, surrounded by a swirling…

Energetics of compressive waves in the solar corona

Left: Available power per unit mass (erg/g/s) using perpendicular velocity fluctuations. The solid and dashed lines…

New study shows mysterious solar particle blasts can devastate the ozone layer, bathing Earth in radiation for years

Credit: Harrison Haines from Pexels The remarkable aurora in early May this year demonstrated the power…