Category: 2. Space

Chinese Academy of Sciences. “New study maps star-forming clumps across the galaxy using ammonia data.” Nanowerk, 23 May 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/space/newsid=66897.php.

Chinese Academy of Sciences. (2025, May 23). New study…

A new study of diffuse dwarf galaxies is challenging the prevailing galaxy formation model within the standard Cold Dark Matter (CDM) framework, leading to a proposed new model of dark matter.

…

In the cold, distant reaches of the Solar System, far beyond Pluto, astronomers have just identified what could be a new dwarf planet.

It’s called 2017 OF₂₀₁, a rock that appears to be some 700 kilometers (435 miles) across, large enough to…

WASHINGTON — The Senate is set to vote on confirming Jared Isaacman’s nomination to be NASA administrator in early June.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) filed cloture on Isaacman’s nomination May 22, a procedural move that…

The stately and inclined spiral galaxy NGC 3511 is the subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The galaxy is located 43 million light-years away in the constellation Crater (The Cup). From Hubble’s vantage point in orbit…

This section first presents the observation model for the BDS-3 ISLs. It then evaluates the quality of the ISL signals. During the assessment of ISL signal quality, a comprehensive comparison of the differences among various links is conducted to…