AvatarLensmanFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo22 amazing facts about space and astronomyskyatnightmagazine.com - Nicky JennerSpace is vast, and filled with weird and wonderful things, including amazing facts about it. Some of the bizarre inhabitants and phenomena of our …
AvatarLensmanAvatarAvatarWebb telescope makes unexpected find in outskirts of our solar systemverified_publisherMashable - Mark KaufmanThese ice worlds aren't dead. In our solar system's proverbial "no man's land," a deep space realm beyond the planets, scientists detected unexpected activity. This remote area, inhabited by ice-clad worlds like Pluto (a dwarf planet), is called the Kuiper Belt, a donut-shaped region surrounding much …
AvatarLensmanAvatarAvatarMeet Helios, a new class of space tug with some real muscleverified_publisherArs Technica - Eric Berger"Just give us a sip. We'll take our 14 tons and we'll be glad to pay for it." In recent years there have been a number of modest "tugs" brought online …
AvatarLensmanFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo“Barbenheimer Star” Loaded With Heavy Metals Is Unlike Anything Scientists Have Seen Or Expectediflscience.comAstronomers have detected a star with such curious composition they conclude it must have been enriched by a supernova that didn’t accord with our …
AvatarLensmanFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoNasa mission lines up to 'touch the Sun'bbc.co.uk - By Jonathan AmosIt promises to be a remarkable moment in the history of space exploration. A year from now, on 24 December, Nasa's Parker Solar Probe will race past the Sun at the astonishing speed of 195 km/s, or 435,000 mph. No human-made object will have moved so fast nor, indeed, got so close to our star - just …
AvatarLensmanFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoAncient neutron stars make elements not yet known to humanscosmosmagazine.com - Matthew Ward AgiusMove over uranium, the Milky Way’s oldest stars have bigger and better elements to make.A group of researchers from across the United States, Canada …
AvatarLensmanFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoMeet the Giant Telescope That May Find Life Elsewherediscovermagazine.com - Katie LiuThe four-year fabrication of the Giant Magellan Telescope’s seventh and final mirror has begun. This is what you should know about the next …
AvatarLensmanFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoLocate the Andromeda Galaxy and see it through a telescopeskyatnightmagazine.com - Pete LawrenceYou can see the Andromeda Galaxy best in autumn, at its highest in the south around 8pm, but it is visible from the northern hemisphere throughout …
AvatarLensmanAvatarAvatarEarliest Black Hole Ever Spotted at The Dawn of Time And It's Already Hugeverified_publisherScienceAlert - Michelle StarrA supermassive black hole smack-bang in the Cosmic Dawn has broken the record for the earliest black hole we've ever seen. It's been spotted in a …
AvatarLensmanFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoSierra Space's first spaceplane capable of visiting the ISS rolls outverified_publishernewatlas.com - By David SzondySierra Space has rolled out its first Dream Chaser spaceplane, called "Tenacity," that will be used to ferry cargo to and from the International …
AvatarLensmanAvatarAvatarSci-fi inspired tractor beams are real, and could solve a major space junk problemLive Science - By Harry BakerResearchers are developing a real-life tractor beam, with the goal of pulling defunct satellites out of geostationary orbit to alleviate the space …
AvatarLensmanFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoNeutron Star Collision Unleashes Explosion One Million Times Brighter Than Our Galaxyverified_publisherfuturism.com - Frank LandymoreWe may have found the source of some the universe’s heaviest elements. Cosmic Forge In March, astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope observed …