Category: Astronomy & Space
NASA tests technology, practices Artemis moonwalks in Arizona desert by StuffsEarth
NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Andre Douglas push a tool cart loaded with lunar tools through the San Francisco Volcanic Field north of Flagstaff, Arizona, [Read more about this post…]
Some clever ways to search for primordial black holes by StuffsEarth
Illustration of colliding black holes. Credit: Caltech / R. Hurt (IPAC) Primordial black holes (PBHs) have recently received much attention in the physics community. One [Read more about this post…]
Why are auroras so hard to predict? And when can we expect more? by StuffsEarth
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain On Saturday evening before Mother’s Day, Australians witnessed a rare celestial spectacle: a breathtaking display of aurora australis, also known as [Read more about this post…]
Researchers chart Orion Nebula like never before by StuffsEarth
Looking near the heart of the Orion Nebula, this JWST image captures the Orion Bar. The Orion Bar is the fairly straight, diagonal feature that [Read more about this post…]
Research reveals the cause of diffuse aurora formation dominated by chorus waves by StuffsEarth
Van Allen Probe A and DMSP 16 observations. Credit: Science Bulletin (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2023.12.009 Recently, a research team led by Prof. Lu Quanming and Prof. [Read more about this post…]
Scientists help unravel life’s cosmic beginnings by StuffsEarth
CM functions of the C–ND3 and C2–NH3 reactions. Credit: Nature Astronomy (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41550-024-02267-y Knowledge about the early forms of life in the universe that [Read more about this post…]
Dazzling auroras fade from skies as sunspot turns away by StuffsEarth
The once-in-20-years solar storm triggered auroras that stunned the world, but the light shows have since tapered off. The spectacular auroras that danced across the [Read more about this post…]
Discovery of biomarkers in space—conditions on Saturn’s moon Enceladus simulated in the laboratory by StuffsEarth
On Oct. 9, 2008, just after coming within 25 kilometers (15.6 miles) of the surface of Enceladus, NASA’s Cassini captured this stunning mosaic as the [Read more about this post…]
Scientists discover huge magnetic toroids in the Milky Way halo by StuffsEarth
Magnetic fields in the halo of the Milky Way have a toroidal structure, extending in the radius range of 6,000 light-years to 50,000 light-years from [Read more about this post…]
What deadly Venus can tell us about life on other worlds by StuffsEarth
Earth and Venus. Why are they so different and what do the differences tell us about rocky exoplanet habitability? Credit: NASA Even though Venus and [Read more about this post…]
