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PinGeomagnetic storm from a solar flare could disrupt radio communications and create a striking auroraIn Spaceon 27 March 20241 min readSpace weather forecasters have issued a geomagnetic storm watch through Monday, saying an ouburst of plasma from a solar flare...
PinEurope space telescope’s sight restored after de-icing procedureIn Spaceon 26 March 20242 min readThe vision of the Euclid space telescope has been restored following a delicate operation that successfully melted a thin layer...
PinSleeping supermassive black holes awakened briefly by shredded starsIn Spaceon 26 March 20246 min readA new investigation into an obscure class of galaxies known as Compact Symmetric Objects, or CSOs, has revealed that these...
PinAstronomers discover 49 new galaxies in under three hoursIn Spaceon 26 March 20243 min readAn international team of astronomers has discovered 49 new gas-rich galaxies using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa. Their...
PinTiniest ‘starquakes’ ever detectedIn Spaceon 26 March 20245 min readAt a distance of 11.9 light years, Epsilon Indi (ε Indi) is an orange dwarf star (also known as a...
PinAstronauts have surprising ability to know how far they ‘fly’ in spaceIn Spaceon 25 March 20243 min readNew research led by York University finds astronauts have a surprising ability to orient themselves and gauge distance traveled while...
PinStunning James Webb images show birth and death of massive starsIn Spaceon 25 March 20244 min readThe James Webb Space Telescope continues to surprise us with stunning pictures, but of what exactly? Astronomer Nienke van der...
PinModeling M87’s jet: Why do black hole jets shine and pierce the cosmic sky?In Spaceon 25 March 20244 min readAn international team led by Dr. Yuan Feng from Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has investigated...
PinUS Moon lander ‘permanently’ asleep after historic landing: CompanyIn Spaceon 25 March 20242 min readAn uncrewed American lander that became the first private spaceship on the moon has met its ultimate end after failing...
PinNASA touts space research in anti-cancer fightIn Spaceon 24 March 20243 min readExperiments in the weightless environment of space have led to “crazy progress” in the fight against cancer, NASA officials said...
PinLife’s building blocks are surprisingly stable in Venus-like conditions: StudyIn Spaceon 24 March 20246 min readIf there is life in the solar system beyond Earth, it might be found in the clouds of Venus. In...
PinUnveiling the formation of the first galaxiesIn Spaceon 24 March 20244 min readUtilizing high-resolution three-dimensional radiation hydrodynamics simulations and a detailed supernova physics model run on supercomputers, a research team led by...