Wind from black holes may influence development of surrounding galaxies

An artist’s impression of a quasar wind (in light blue) being launched off of the accretion…

‘Flares’ and ‘echoes’ from the Milky Way’s monster black hole

Michigan State University researcher Grace Sanger-Johnson found nine previously undiscovered X-ray flares from Sagittarius A*, the…

Human bodies mostly recover from space, tourist mission shows

Jared Isaacman, Hayley Arceneaux, Christopher Sembroski and Sian Proctor were the first all-civilian crew on an…

Plato camera integration begins

Credit: European Space Agency The activities to integrate Plato’s cameras have started in OHB’s Space Center…

Short commercial space flights may not have big impact on health

The first all-civilian space mission is shedding light on the potential health risks facing private astronauts.…

ALMA observations reveal new insights into planet formation in binary star systems

Credit: S. Dagnello, NSF/AUI/NRAO At the 244th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), researchers unveiled…

NASA’s asteroid sample mission gives scientists around the world the rare opportunity to study an artificial meteor

Earth is constantly bombarded by fragments of rock and ice, also known as meteoroids, from outer…

Origins of fast radio bursts come into focus through polarized light

Artist’s rendition of how the angle of polarized light from an FRB changes as it journeys…

How did a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way come to be? Physicists offer an explanation

Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC Crater 2, located approximately 380,000 light years from Earth, is one of the largest…

China announces first astronaut candidates from Hong Kong, Macau

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain China on Tuesday announced the first astronaut candidates from its special administrative…