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AXIS mission selected as NASA Astrophysics Probe competition finalist Boston MA (SPX) Oct 30, 2024 The MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (MKI) is a project lead for one of two finalist missions recently selected for NASA's new Probe Explorers program. Working with collaborators at the University of Maryland and Goddard Space Flight Research Center, the team will produce a one-year concept study to launch the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) in 2032. Erin Kara, associate professor of physics and astrophysicist at MIT, is the deputy principal investigator for AXIS. Th ... read more |
After pause, NASAs Voyager 1 back communicating with mission team Washington DC (SPX) Oct 30, 2024 On Oct. 24, NASA reconnected with the Voyager 1 spacecraft after a brief pause in communications. The spacecraft recently turned off one of its two radio transmitters, and the team is now working to ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 30, 2024 Astrophysical events like the collapse of a massive star's iron core, known as a core-collapse supernova, the consumption of stellar remains by black holes, and runaway nuclear fusion on white dwarf ... more Paris, France (SPX) Oct 31, 2024 The European Space Agency's Ariel mission has officially entered its assembly phase at Airbus Defence and Space in Toulouse, France. The structural model of the Ariel spacecraft, designed to advance ... more Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 31, 2024 A recent study from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) has mapped significant variations in temperature across the Local Hot Bubble (LHB), a low-density region surrounding o ... more |
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Available on Amazon Books Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 28, 2024 At the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory, positioned 13,000 feet above sea level on Mexico's Sierra Negra volcano, scientists have uncovered unprecedented levels of gamma-ray energy f ... more |
Centaurus A's black hole jet shown in unprecedented detail Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2024 Researchers from the University of Michigan have uncovered new insights into black hole jets by analyzing over two decades of data from NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory. This investigation provides ... more Boston MA (SPX) Oct 25, 2024 A team led by researchers at MIT has discovered that a distant interstellar cloud contains an abundance of pyrene, a type of large, carbon-containing molecule known as a polycyclic aromatic hydrocar ... more London, UK (SPX) Oct 24, 2024 Recent observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have confirmed a galaxy model proposed in 2005 by a professor at the University of Portsmouth, providing answers to a long-standing deb ... more Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 27, 2024 Pipelines, sprinklers, and other infrastructure in oxygen-free settings are at risk from Microbially Induced Corrosion (MIC). This process, caused by microorganisms, leads to the degradation of iron ... more |
Surprising discoveries in grain boundary structure could advance material durability Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 30, 2024 Most industrial materials feature a polycrystalline structure, where atoms form a regular lattice within different crystals. These crystals, separated by grain boundaries, vary in orientation. "Th ... more Available on Amazon Books |
Ultra-compact spectrometer offers the capabilities of much larger devices Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 24, 2024 Spectrometers, which analyze light by breaking it down into different spectra, have a long history dating back to the 17th century. Now, UC Santa Cruz researchers ... more Boston MA (SPX) Oct 24, 2024 Many black holes detected to date appear to be part of a pair. These binary systems comprise a black hole and a secondary object - such as a star, a much denser neutron star, or another black hole - ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 24, 2024 Emory University chemist Fang Liu has been awarded $875,000 by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for her research on enhancing light-driven electron transfer, also known as photoredox catalysis. T ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 23, 2024 NASA has revealed the first look at a full-scale prototype for six telescopes that will enable, in the next decade, the space-based detection of gravitational waves - ripples in space-time caused by ... more |
New imaging technique reveals 3D views of the Universe Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 23, 2024 Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities College of Science and Engineering have pioneered a new method that converts two-dimensional (2D) radio images into three-dimensional (3D) "Pse ... more Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 23, 2024 Quantum processes, once considered instantaneous, are now being understood in terms of time, thanks to advanced research and simulations. A team from TU Wien, in collaboration with researchers in Ch ... more Stanford CA (SPX) Oct 22, 2024 Just like we use photos to reflect on memories of our past, astrophysicists want to use images of far-off galaxies to understand what the universe was like in its juvenile years. But current imaging ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 22, 2024 A collaborative effort between Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) seeks to explain mysterious surface features observed on airless celestial bodies, such ... more |
Betelgeuse may have an orbiting companion star Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 22, 2024 Betelgeuse, the tenth-brightest star in the night sky, may not be on the verge of a supernova explosion, as previously thought. A new study indicates that the star's fluctuating brightness is likely ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 22, 2024 A century after Edwin Hubble's pivotal discovery of galaxies beyond the Milky Way, the Gemini North telescope has captured a mesmerizing image of the Perseus Cluster, one of the largest galaxy clust ... more Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 21, 2024 Physicists from the universities of Amsterdam, Princeton, and Oxford have uncovered evidence that extremely light particles, known as axions, may form large clouds around neutron stars. These partic ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 18, 2024 Recent observations from NASA's IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) mission have provided new insights into the shape of black hole coronae, previously only understood through theoretical mode ... more |
Available on Amazon Books Boston MA (SPX) Oct 18, 2024 A quasar is the extremely bright core of a galaxy that hosts an active supermassive black hole at its center. As the black hole draws in surrounding gas and dust, it blasts out an enormous amount of ... more |
Near-Earth Microquasar found to emit powerful gamma radiation Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 18, 2024 For decades, astronomers have focused on distant galaxies as the source of high-energy electromagnetic radiation. However, new observations from the HAWC observatory have revealed that microquasars ... more Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 17, 2024 Neutrons, essential components of atomic matter, have differing decay behaviors based on their environment. Within stable atomic nuclei, neutrons can persist indefinitely. However, when they are fre ... more Paris, France (SPX) Oct 17, 2024 On 15 October 2024, ESA's Euclid space mission unveiled the first segment of its vast cosmic map, showcasing millions of stars and galaxies. Presented at the International Astronautical Congre ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 17, 2024 An enduring mystery surrounding the first discovered brown dwarf, Gliese 229B, has finally been unraveled by astronomers from Caltech. Despite having been studied extensively since its discovery in ... more |
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