One of the most vivid portraits of “reborn” black hole activity—likened to the eruption of a “cosmic volcano” spreading almost 1 million light-years across space—has been captured in a gigantic
One of the most vivid portraits of “reborn” black hole activity—likened to the eruption of a “cosmic volcano” spreading almost 1 million light-years across space—has been captured in a gigantic
HCN and millimeter dust continuum emission from the disc of HD 163296 as observed with ALMA. The left panel shows the absolute peak intensity of HCN J = 3 →
This story is republished from Eos. Read the original article. Water ice molecules are among the most common in the cosmos and influence the interior and exterior of many planetary
Photographs of the microclimate monitoring systems that were implemented in the study: (A) Air temperature and humidity sensor in a 12 cm diameter radiation shield. (B) Light sensor mounted ~10 cm above
Astronomers have discovered a vast, dense cluster of massive galaxies just 1 billion years after the Big Bang, each forming stars at an intense rate from collapsing clouds of dust.
Meteorite heading through Earth’s atmosphere — Grok via Astrobiology.com Climate change is inducing a global atmospheric contraction above the tropopause (~10 km), leading to systematic decrease in neutral air density.
Rick Tumlinson founded SpaceFund, a venture capital firm investing in space startups, the Earthlight Foundation, and New Worlds. He also co-founded the Space Frontier Foundation, and is a founding board
Design of the space exposure unit and assemblage of samples for the space exposure experiment (A) The space exposure unit with a UV-blocking filter installed. A UV-blocking filter, which only
NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List — Grok via Astrobiology.com The abstract in PubMed or at the publisher’s site is linked when available and will open in a new window. This
I have to confess, despite spending years gazing at the night sky, telescope at the ready, tracking planets and hunting for deep sky objects, I only actually saw the Man






