Astronauts are Going to Attach a “Robot Hotel” to the Outside of the International Space Station The Robotic Tool Stowage (RiTS) unit recently launched for the ISS, where it will be integrated and provide a home for the station’s robotic helpers. The post Astronauts are Going to Attach a “Robot Hotel” to the Outside of […]
LIGO Will Squeeze Light To Overcome The Quantum Noise Of Empty Space LIGO is so sensitive it can hear the quantum fluctuations of a vacuum. But by squeezing light it can make them a bit more quiet. The post LIGO Will Squeeze Light To Overcome The Quantum Noise Of Empty Space appeared first on Universe […]
A Microorganism With a Taste for Meteorites Could Help us Understand the Formation of Life on Earth A new study by a team astrobiologists shows how certain types of extreme bacteria thrive on meteors, which could reveal things about the origins of life on Earth. The post A Microorganism With a Taste for Meteorites Could […]
There’s a New Record for the Most Massive Black Hole Ever Seen: 40 Billion Solar Masses Astronomers have spotted a 40 billion solar mass black hole in the Abell 85 cluster of galaxies. They found the behemoth using spectral observations with the Very Large Telescope (VLT.) There are only a few direct mass measurements for […]
Scientists reveal potential new class of X-ray star system research A scientist at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian has announced the discovery that mass in triple star systems takes on the characteristics of recipient stars before mass is actually transferred, which may allow scientists to re-examine previously labeled binary star systems for […]
Evidence suggests some super-puffs might be ringed exoplanets A pair of researchers from the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science and the California Institute of Technology have reported evidence that some super-puff exoplanets might be ringed exoplanets. Anthony Piro and Shreyas Vissapragada have written a paper describing their theory and the evidence supporting it […]
New clues about the origin of stellar masses An international team led by the Astrophysics Department-AIM Laboratory of CEA-Irfu has just obtained new clues about the origin of star mass distribution, combining observational data from the large interferometer ALMA and the APEX radio telescope operated by the European Austral Observatory (ESO) and the Herschel Space […]
Astronomers probe the nature of a peculiar pulsar wind nebula Using ESA’s XMM-Newton spacecraft, astronomers have investigated the nature of a peculiar pulsar wind nebula (PWN) in the supernova remnant (SNR) CTB 87. Results of the study, presented in a paper published November 26, shed more light on the morphology and spectral properties of this […]
IKEA’s New Collection is Inspired by the Challenges of Living on Mars The Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) is a simulated Martian habitat in Utah. It’s owned by the Mars Society, and it’s the society’s second such station. The MDRS is a research facility, and while there, scientists must live as if they were on […]
Looking for exoplanet life in all the right spectra A Cornell senior has come up with a way to discern life on exoplanets loitering in other cosmic neighborhoods: a spectral field guide. phys.org Go to Source
Luca Parmitano Takes the Wheel and Test Drives a Rover From Space. ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano just completed the second round of tests where he remotely-controlled a rover on Earth from the ISS. The post Luca Parmitano Takes the Wheel and Test Drives a Rover From Space. appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go […]
First Giant Planet around White Dwarf Found Researchers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have, for the first time, found evidence of a giant planet associated with a white dwarf star. The planet orbits the hot white dwarf, the remnant of a Sun-like star, at close range, causing its atmosphere to be stripped away and form […]
Artist’s animation of the Sun becoming a red giant ESO Video Casts Go to Source
Artist’s animation of the WDJ0914+1914 system ESO Video Casts Go to Source
ESOcast 212 Light: First Giant Planet around White Dwarf Found ESO Video Casts Go to Source
Weekly Space Hangout: December 4, 2019 – Dr. Becky Smethurst’s “Space: 10 Things You Should Know” Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Brian Koberlein (BrianKoberlein.com / @BrianKoberlein) Sondy Springmann (@sondy) Michael Rodruck (@michaelrodruck) Tonight we air Fraser’s pre-recorded interview with Dr. Becky Smethurst from Tuesday, November 26th. Dr. Smethurst is a research fellow at […]
Landslides Work Differently on Mars, and Now We Might Know Why Some landslides, both here on Earth and on Mars, behave in a puzzling way: They flow a lot further than friction should allow them too. They can also be massive, including a well-preserved one in Valles Marineris that is the same size as the […]
NASA’s exoplanet-hunting mission catches a natural comet outburst in unprecedented detail Using data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers at the University of Maryland (UMD), in College Park, Maryland, have captured a clear start-to-finish image sequence of an explosive emission of dust, ice and gases during the close approach of comet 46P/Wirtanen in […]
Using Balloons to Launch Rockets LEO Aerospace is developing a “Rockoon” system that will provide commercial launch services for microsatellites, as well as a platforms for conducting everything from scientific research to emergency rescues. The post Using Balloons to Launch Rockets appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source
Gas giant composition not determined by host star A surprising analysis of the composition of gas giant exoplanets and their host stars shows that there isn’t a strong correlation between their compositions when it comes to elements heavier than hydrogen and helium, according to new work led by Carnegie’s Johanna Teske and published in the […]
