09 January 2017
X-rays from a 'missing link' neutron star could shed light on magnetar mystery
... radio wavelengths, in a pattern consistent with other magnetars. "Our recent observations show that this object contains a bit of the 'astrophysical DNA' of two different families of neutron stars," said Tom Prince, an astrophysicist at JPL/Caltech...
28 February 2017
The future is here: Elon Musk announces commercial flights to the Moon
..., but this would be approximately a week long mission – and it would skim the surface of the moon, go quite a bit farther out into deep space, and then loop back to Earth. I’m guessing probably distance wise, maybe...
28 June 2017
The existence of orbiting supermassive black holes finally confirmed
...resolution and precision in the astrometry to actually see the orbit happening," said UNM Professor Greg Taylor. "It's a bit of a triumph in technology to have been able to do this." The Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) is a system made up of 10 radio...
19 January 2018
Chinese study proposes using lasers to clear out space debris
... record with space debris. In 2007, a Chinese anti-satellite missile test resulted in the creation of over 3000 bits of space debris, which eventually caused severe damage to a Russian satellite. Most of this debris cloud will be in orbit...
09 March 2018
Juno gives insight into Jupiter's epic winds
... field, scientists have been able to establish that the winds reach a depth of around 3,000 kilometres; quite a bit more than previous estimates had calculated. "Since Jupiter is basically a giant ball of gas, the initial expectation...
04 July 2018
Majority of asteroids come from a handful of ancient planets
... Jupiter and Mars known as the inner asteroid belt, which is also the main location for wayward bits of smaller rock that find their way to Earth as meteorites. Knowing what asteroids are made of not only...
