The Name N159 Doesn’t Do This Brilliant Star-Forming Region Justice
This ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week captures all the glory of the star-forming region N159. It’s in the Large Magellanic Cloud, and is dwarfed by its much larger neighbour, the…
An Orbiting Satellite Triad Reveals Motions Inside Earth
Our planet’s liquid iron outer core is slowly giving up its secrets to a trio of satellites launched by ESA in 2013. Called Swarm, the three probes have been studying…
NASA Uses Mineralogical Marker to Understand Ancient Martian Climate
5 Min Read NASA Uses Mineralogical Marker to Understand Ancient Martian Climate This composite image looking toward the higher regions of Mount Sharp was taken on September 9, 2015, by…
James Webb Space Telescope discovers a black hole that formed before its host galaxy. Scientists aren’t sure how
Observations of “Little Red Dot” ancient galaxies by the James Webb Space Telescope could answer the question: which comes first, the black hole or its galaxy? The shocking answer could…
Just Like Stars, Open Clusters Can Form Binary Pairs
Open star clusters are prevalent stellar structures in the Milky Way. Astronomers think their could be 100,000 of them. But they’re not all the same: some are binary clusters, and…
Setting up a permanent lunar presence needs investment in biology
In December 1972, Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt spent 75 hours on the lunar surface during Apollo 17. They drove a rover, conducted three spacewalks and collected samples across the…
Revolv Space enters in-orbit servicing market with Infinite Orbits deal
WARSAW, Poland — The Italian-Dutch company Revolv Space has announced that French in-orbit services provider Infinite Orbits has selected its Solar Array Drive Assemblies (SADAs), the devices used to manage…
Germany pushes European military space command initiative
AMSTERDAM — A senior German military official said Europe needs a coordinated approach to military space operations and proposed the creation of a European Space Component Command hosted by Germany…
Astrophotographer spends 115 hours capturing Horsehead Nebula in striking detail with backyard telescope
The Horsehead Nebula cuts a dark silhouette against glowing clouds in the constellation Orion.
Astrophysical Calibration Could “Autotune” Gravitational Wave Detection
The LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA (LVK) detector network has a new trick up its sleeve to improve the instruments’ sensitivity to gravitational waves: it’s called Astrophysical Calibration and it plays a role similar…