Astronomers witness supermassive black hole gorge on a cosmic meal before ‘burping’ radio jets 300 days later
Using the NASA X-ray spacecraft Swift combined with radio observations, astronomers have observed a supermassive black hole burping radio jets 300 days after a heavy cosmic meal. The team was…
Hubble Spots a Suspected Second-Generation Planet
Diligent sleuthing by astronomers has broken open a cold case in the data archive of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. In a study published Monday in Nature Astronomy, researchers report uncovering…
The moon could turn astronauts into ‘walking, high voltage capacitors’ that accidentally zap spacecraft
NASA is asking for ideas to stop static electricity from zapping astronauts or critical hardware during moon missions. The agency opened a “Lunar Grounding Challenge” to avoid situations where an…
NASA’s SpaceX CRS-35 Mission to Launch Health Research
NASA experiments focused on human and plant health and drug-resistant organisms will travel to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s 35th Commercial Resupply Services mission for the agency from Cape…
The ‘Halloween Fireballs’ are coming. Here’s what to expect from the Taurids this year
They don’t produce anything like the torrent of “shooting stars” associated with August’s Perseids or December’s Geminids, but the Taurid meteor showers have something else going for them — fireballs.…
Primordial Helium Further Confirms Our Understanding Of The Big Bang
Most helium in the Universe is primordial helium, formed during the Big Bang. But a fraction of helium was formed by long-dead stars. Distinguishing between the two allows astronomers to…
Jena-Optronik is proud to partner with MDA Space for its first ASTRO HP mission.
MDA Space, a global leader in communications satellites, Earth and space observation, space exploration and infrastructure, will utilize Jena-Optronik’s ASTRO HP star sensor on a LEO mission. This milestone underscores…
How Will Water Flow on the Moon?
Growing fresh food on the Moon is going to be crucial if astronauts there are ever going to eat anything other than freeze-dried rations. Since husbanding animals on the lunar…
Astronomers Detect Potential ‘Second Generation’ Planet Around Dying Stellar White Dwarf
Potential ‘Second generation’ planet detection around a dying stellar white dwarf opens a whole new chapter of exoplanetary science.
Honda Wants to Put a Robotic Lab Assistant on Future Commercial Space Stations
As I’m writing this I’m able to stare out into my driveway at my trusty Honda Odyssey. Most of the public’s association with Honda is through their “mobility” products –…