WASHINGTON — SpaceX launched a Crew Dragon spacecraft on a private astronaut mission to the International Space Station June 25 after weeks of delays.
A Falcon 9 lifted off at 2:31 a.m. Eastern from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch…
Category: 2. Space
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NASA to Welcome Fourth Private Astronaut Mission to Space Station
As part of NASA’s efforts to expand access to space, four private astronauts are in orbit following the successful launch of the fourth all private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.
A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft lifted off at…
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This Seemingly Normal Galaxy Is Hiding a Cosmic Monster
This stunning Hubble view of spiral galaxy UGC 11397 captures more than graceful arms and glowing stars—it hides a ravenous supermassive black hole, cloaked in dust but blazing in X-rays. Although invisible in regular light, its energetic core…
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What Happens When a Black Hole Devours a Neutron Star: Star Quakes and Monster Shock Waves
Two of the universe’s most extreme objects—black holes and neutron stars—can spiral into cosmic collisions that crack crusts, unleash monster shock waves, and momentarily mimic pulsars. Scientists at Caltech have used advanced simulations…
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The Brightest Star Deaths Ever Seen – Outshining Supernovae for Years
A brilliant new class of cosmic explosions has been uncovered—so powerful they outshine anything scientists have ever seen. Dubbed “extreme nuclear transients” or ENTs, these events occur when supermassive black holes devour giant stars….
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Mojave lichen defies death rays—could life thrive on distant exoplanets?
The question of whether Earth is alone in harboring life has captivated humanity for millennia. In recent years, scientists have turned to Earth-like planets in other solar systems that may show the most promise, but many revolve around stars…
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Evidence for a sub-Jovian planet in the young TWA 7 disk
JWST observations and data reduction and analysis
Data
Coronagraphic observations were performed with the 4QPM_1140 coronagraph paired with the F1140C filter. The details of the observations are given in Extended Data Table 1. We obtained two roll…
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Promising Mars Landing Site for Humans Identified with Near-Surface Ice
What are the most ideal landing sites on Mars for the first human missions that can provide maximum survivability while also exhibiting the potential for finding life beyond Earth? This is what a recent study…
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A VLBI Software Correlator for Fast Radio Transients
One major goal in fast radio burst science is to detect fast radio bursts (FRBs) over a wide field of view without sacrificing the angular resolution required to pinpoint them to their host galaxies. Wide-field detection and localization…
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Stellar Obliquity of the Ultra-short-period Planet System HD 93963
We report an observation of the Rossiter–McLaughlin (RM) effect of the transiting planet HD 93963 Ac, a mini-Neptune planet orbiting a G0-type star with an orbital period of Pc = 3.65 days, accompanied by an inner super-Earth planet with Pb =…
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