Astronomy

Dispelling the Mystery of Vortex Rings in Nuclear Fusion and Supernovae

Dispelling the Mystery of Vortex Rings in Nuclear Fusion and Supernovae

Understanding how whirling, ring-shaped disturbances, known as vortex rings, form could aid nuclear fusion researchers in compressing fuel more efficiently, bringing it closer to being…
Day of Light Duty During Spacewalk Safety Training and Axiom Mission Prep

Day of Light Duty During Spacewalk Safety Training and Axiom Mission Prep

The Expedition 69 crew split up on Wednesday, with four astronauts taking a break and three cosmonauts working on cargo transfers and lab maintenance. The…
Huge Geyser on Saturn’s Moon Found by the James Webb Telescope Shoots Water Hundreds of kilometers Into Space

Huge Geyser on Saturn’s Moon Found by the James Webb Telescope Shoots Water Hundreds of kilometers Into Space

Scientists observed Saturn’s ice moon Enceladus shooting a “huge plume” of aqueous vapor far into space – a plume that likely contains many of the…
Sending Astronauts to Mars by 2040 is an “Audacious Goal,” But NASA is Still Attempting it

Sending Astronauts to Mars by 2040 is an “Audacious Goal,” But NASA is Still Attempting it

NASA officials said that while astronauts may orbit Mars by 2033, landing on the Red Planet by the end of the decade would be an…
Two 120-foot Space Rocks Racing Toward Earth are Being Tracked by NASA Telescopes

Two 120-foot Space Rocks Racing Toward Earth are Being Tracked by NASA Telescopes

Asteroids are leftovers of our solar system’s early development. They primarily revolve in the asteroid belt, which is positioned between the orbits of Mars and…
Mars has a Thicker Crust than Earth and a Radioactive Heat Source

Mars has a Thicker Crust than Earth and a Radioactive Heat Source

Mars’ crust, its outermost planetary layer, is substantially thicker than the Earth’s crust or even the Moon’s crust. This is according to the most recent…
Blue Origin has been chosen by NASA to provide the second Artemis Lunar Lander

Blue Origin has been chosen by NASA to provide the second Artemis Lunar Lander

NASA has chosen Blue Origin of Kent, Washington to create a human landing system for the organization’s Artemis V mission to the Moon. NASA will…
Lucy Spacecraft Adjusts Course for November Steroid Flyby

Lucy Spacecraft Adjusts Course for November Steroid Flyby

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft performed a trajectory correction maneuver on May 9 to put the spacecraft on track for a near collision with the tiny main…
Could Radio Telescopes Detect Dark Photon Dark Matter Directly?

Could Radio Telescopes Detect Dark Photon Dark Matter Directly?

Dark matter, or anything in the universe that does not emit, absorb, or reflect light, cannot be detected directly with traditional telescopes or other imaging…
Cosmonauts Complete Their Five-Hour ISS Spacewalk

Cosmonauts Complete Their Five-Hour ISS Spacewalk

12 May (UPI) — Dmitri Petelin and Sergey Prokopyev, Russian cosmonauts, completed a five-hour spacewalk aboard the International Space Station on Friday. The cosmonauts began…
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