News Feature Channel: Space and Astronomy

Varda Announces Third Mission Launch, the Company's Second Launch This Year

Varda Space Industries Inc. — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 15:55:34 EST

Varda Announces Third Mission Launch, the Company's Second Launch this Year

Physics Professor Aims on Setting Science Right

Rutgers University-New Brunswick — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 18:25:23 EST

For the past several years, Vitaly Podzorov, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, voluntarily has worked as part of a research integrity community to detect signs of potential scientific misconduct in peer-reviewed research papers. Working via PubPeer, an online platform established in 2012 to allow scientists to discuss research after publication, Podzorov and postdoctoral associate Vladimir Bruevich have posted detailed analyses and post-publication reviews on studies covering material science, solid-state physics and electronics.

Instalan exitosamente la camara digital mas grande del mundo en el Observatorio Rubin

Vera C. Rubin Observatory — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 19:35:43 EST

Con este componente, el observatorio instalado en Chile, pronto estara listo para capturar mas imagenes que cualquier otro observatorio en la historia

NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Installs LSST Camera on Telescope

Vera C. Rubin Observatory — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 19:30:24 EST

Using the largest digital camera in the world, Rubin Observatory will soon be ready to capture more data than any other observatory in history

NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Installs LSST Camera on Telescope

Department of Energy, Office of Science — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 10:25:16 EST

NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science, has achieved a major milestone with the installation of the LSST Camera on the telescope.

Descubren planetas orbitando una estrella cercana a la Tierra

NSF's NOIRLab — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 18:30:43 EST

Utilizando la ayuda del telescopio Gemini Norte, la mitad boreal del Observatorio Internacional Gemini que financia en parte la Fundacion Nacional de Ciencias de Estados Unidos y que opera NOIRLab de NSF, un equipo de astronomos descubrio cuatro exoplanetas mas pequenos que la Tierra, orbitando la estrella de Barnard, el sistema estelar con una sola estrella mas cercano. Uno de los planetas encontrados mediante la tecnica de velocidad radial corresponde al exoplaneta menos masivo que se haya descubierto hasta ahora, lo que marca un nuevo punto de referencia para el descubrimiento de planetas mas pequenos alrededor de estrellas cercanas.

Planetary System Found Around Nearest Single Star

NSF's NOIRLab — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 18:30:13 EST

Using in part the Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, partly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and operated by NSF NOIRLab, astronomers have discovered four sub-Earth exoplanets orbiting Barnard's Star, the nearest single star system to Earth. One of the planets is the least massive exoplanet ever discovered using the radial velocity technique, indicating a new benchmark for discovering smaller planets around nearby stars.

NASA's Webb Peers Deeper into Mysterious Flame Nebula

Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:05:02 EST

The Flame Nebula, a star-forming region in the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, has a long history of observation from telescopes such as NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. However, the smallest stars within its dark and dusty heart have largely been hidden from view.

Expert Explains Latest Spacex Starship Explosion Debris, Progress

Virginia Tech — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 19:05:55 EST

On the evening of Thursday, March 6, a SpaceX Starship test ended when the upper stage rocket failed and exploded, raining down debris over parts of the Caribbean. Virginia Tech aerospace engineer Ella Atkins explains both the progress and fallout from the incident.

NASA Webb Wows With Incredible Detail in Actively Forming Star System

Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 18:00:30 EST

High-resolution near-infrared light captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope shows extraordinary new detail and structure in Lynds 483 (L483).

AI Reveals New Way to Strengthen Titanium Alloys and Speed Up Manufacturing

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 17:55:23 EST

Producing high-performance titanium alloy parts -- whether for spacecraft, submarines or medical devices -- has long been a slow, resource-intensive process. Even with advanced metal 3D-printing techniques, finding the right manufacturing conditions has required extensive testing and fine-tuning. What if these parts could be built more quickly, stronger and with near-perfect precision? A team comprising experts from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, and the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering is leveraging artificial intelligence to make that a reality.

Runaway Stars Reveal Hidden Black Hole in Milky Way's Nearest Neighbor

Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 13:00:25 EST

Astronomers have discovered strong evidence for the closest supermassive black hole outside of the Milky Way galaxy. This giant black hole is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of the nearest galactic neighbors to our own.

Astronomer Finds Gas Giant Exoplanets Formed Earlier Than Previously Thought

Ohio State University — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:25:21 EST

A fresh look at past data reveals that exoplanets with masses similar to Jupiter formed much sooner than previously thought, according to new research.

Gemini South Observes Ultra-Hot Nova Erupting With Surprising Chemical Signature

NSF's NOIRLab — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 11:00:00 EST

Using the Gemini South telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, partly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and operated by NSF NOIRLab, and the Magellan Baade Telescope, astronomers have for the first time observed a recurring nova outside of the Milky Way in near-infrared light. The data revealed highly unusual chemical emissions as well as one of the hottest temperatures ever reported for a nova, both indicative of an extremely violent eruption.

Gemini Sur captura una violenta explosion de una nova ultra caliente con una sorprendente firma quimica

NSF's NOIRLab — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 11:00:00 EST

Mediante el telescopio Gemini Sur, una de las dos instalaciones del Observatorio Internacional Gemini, financiado en parte por la Fundacion Nacional de Ciencias de EE. UU. y operado por NOIRLab de NSF, y el Telescopio Magallanes Baade, los astronomos observaron por primera vez una nova recurrente fuera de la Via Lactea en luz infrarroja cercana. Los datos revelaron emisiones quimicas muy inusuales, asi como tambien una de las temperaturas mas altas jamas registradas para una nova, ambos indicios de una erupcion extremadamente violenta.

Mysterious X-ray Signal Points to Destroyed Planet, Chandra Finds

Chandra X-ray Observatory — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:35:21 EST

After tracking a puzzling X-ray signal from a dying star for decades, astronomers may have finally explained its source: The old star might have destroyed a nearby planet. Dating back to 1980, X-ray missions have picked up an unusual reading from the center of the Helix Nebula. Using today's most powerful X-ray missions, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's (European Space Agency's) XMM-Newton, they now have a much clearer picture of this decades-long enigma.

NASA's Hubble Finds Kuiper Belt Duo May Be Trio

Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:00:47 EST

The Kuiper Belt object known as 148780 Altjira, already known to be a binary system shows signs of containing a third member in new Hubble observations.

Heat from the Sun Affects Seismic Activity on Earth

American Institute of Physics (AIP) — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:00:00 EST

In the journal Chaos, researchers in Japan explore the likelihood that Earth's climate, as affected by solar heat, plays a role in seismic activity. Using mathematical and computational methods, they analyzed earthquake data alongside solar activity records and surface temperatures on Earth and observed that when they included Earth surface temperatures into their model, the forecasting became more accurate, especially for shallow earthquakes. The findings suggest the transfer of solar heat to the surface of the Earth does affect seismic activity, however minutely, and that incorporating solar activity predictions into detailed Earth temperature models may help issue earthquake forecasts.

Expert Available: Success for Firefly- Blue Ghost Lunar Landed on the Moon

George Washington University — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 19:15:21 EST

Success for Firefly- Blue Ghost Lunar Landed on the Moon ...

EMBARGOED: Water, the key ingredient for life, found to have formed shortly after the Big Bang

University of Portsmouth — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 11:00:00 EST

Scientists from the University of Portsmouth have discovered that water was already present in the Universe 100-200 million years after the Big Bang.