To study the sun, scientists use a specialized telescope called a coronagraph. This instrument mimics a solar eclipse by using a occulting disk to block out the sun’s bright light.
To study the sun, scientists use a specialized telescope called a coronagraph. This instrument mimics a solar eclipse by using a occulting disk to block out the sun’s bright light.
A member of the space crop production team prepares materials for Veggie seed pillows inside the Space Systems Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. NASA/Cory S Huston When the
When was the last time you stood under a truly dark sky? Today, the LED glare of streetlights, security lamps and car headlights overwhelms starlight for most of us. More
Thanks to a theory put forward by Albert Einstein over 100 years ago and a happy coincidence, astronomers have discovered radiation being pumped out from the core of a quasar
Mass-radius diagram of the well-characterized small planet population (Mp 40M⊕,Rp 4R⊕, mass error better than 25%, radius error better than 8%) from the PlanetS catalogue (Otegi et al. 2020; Parc
Get ready stargazers! In just one week, Earth’s shadow will roll across the lunar surface, giving rise to a spectacular ‘blood moon’ total lunar eclipse on Sept. 7-8. A total
Shows the 0th order of CTIS images 11770-11800 overlaid on a corresponding RGB image during flight. The red arrow illustrates the motion of the balloon. – physics.ins-det Stratospheric High Altitude
Conception of LabSat bio-nanosatellite with five basic functional blocks of lab-payload to conduct a biological experiment.– Nature There is an increase in demand for bio-nanosatellites and biomedical methodologies as a
Heads up aurora chasers! A powerful solar storm is on its way and could supercharge the skies with northern lights just in time for the Labor Day holiday. A long-duration
The WISPIT 2 system as seen by the Magellan Telescope in Chile and the Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona. The protoplanet WISPIT 2b appears as a purple dot in a