A scanning electron microscope image of a micrometeorite impact crater in a particle of asteroid Bennu material. Credits: NASA/Zia Rahman 5 min read NASA’s Bennu Samples Reveal Complex Origins, Dramatic
A scanning electron microscope image of a micrometeorite impact crater in a particle of asteroid Bennu material. Credits: NASA/Zia Rahman 5 min read NASA’s Bennu Samples Reveal Complex Origins, Dramatic
TAMPA, Fla. — Amazon’s Project Kuiper has clinched its first airline deal, partnering with JetBlue to bring low Earth orbit (LEO) connectivity to about 75 aircraft from 2027 in another
NIRISS/SOSS and NIRSpec/G395H transit spectrum of K2-18b. The spectrum matches that published by M23 after applying a -50 ppm offset to their spectrum. — astro-ph.EP K2-18b, a temperate sub-Neptune, has
The radial gas temperature maps of planets from the 3D AFGKM ExoRad with a global temperature, Tglobal of 800K (left), 1600K (center) and 2400K (right) that orbit different host stars
One of the advantages of having so many telescopes watching large parts of the sky is that, if astronomers find something interesting, there are probably images of it from before
From left to right, Ambassador of Senegal to the United States Abdoul Wahab Haidara, Director General of the Senegalese space agency (ASES) Maram Kairé, NASA Chief of Staff Brian Hughes,
Galaxy clusters are among the largest structures in our universe, consisting of hundreds or thousands of galaxies that have become gravitationally bound together over billions of years. Astrophysicists have long
For just over two years, a scalar magnetometer developed by Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) and the Space Research Institute (IWF) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences has been
Astronomers have discovered what may be a massive star exploding while trying to swallow a black hole companion, offering an explanation for one of the strangest stellar explosions ever seen.
Academy Award-winning “Star Wars” legend Roger Christian, mostly known for his detailed, “lived-in” universe production designs he created for George Lucas’s seminal space opera, is a true cinematic artist whose




