Two independent Satellite Critical Design Review boards have confirmed that the Galileo Second Generation satellite designs…
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NASA’s planet hunter satellite observes smaller object in a black hole pair directly for the first time
The black holes in orbit around each other. Both black holes have jets associated with them:…
Observations explore the halo of Centaurus A
Archival optical image (at 468 nm wavelength) of NGC 5128 taken with the UK Schmidt Telescope…
Chinese astronomers discover a high-velocity star ejected from globular cluster Messier 15
3D representation of the backward orbits of J0731+3717 and the globular cluster Messier 15. Credit: Huang…
Would astronauts’ kidneys survive a roundtrip to Mars?
Credit: Mikhail Nilov from Pexels The structure and function of the kidneys is altered by space…
Researchers explore how the immune system goes awry during space travel and the implications for human aging on Earth
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As long as humans have been traveling into space, astronauts have experienced…
On the top of immense volcanoes, a briefly icy landscape
CaSSIS image of a clear, slightly bluish area due to frost in the volcanic crater (caldera)…
Landing on Pluto may only be a hop, skip and jump away
Artist’s depiction of the Pluto Lander mission design. Credit: B. Goldman / Global Aerospace Corporation There…
Scientists spot more Milky Way-like galaxies in early universe, advancing our understanding of how galaxies were formed
Some of the spiral galaxies studied by the researchers in the study. Credit: Vicki Kuhn University…
Combined X-ray surveys and supercomputer simulations track 12 billion years of cosmic black-hole growth
Researchers have provided the best modeling to date of the growth of the supermassive black holes…