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Boeing’s Starliner capsule won’t shuttle astronauts home from space this year NASA It’s official: Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams are staying on the International Space Station (ISS) until at least February. This is a major setback for Boeing’s Starliner, the capsule that brought them there, but it doesn’t spell doom for the US space programme. […]
A mosaic of images showcases the star-forming cluster NGC 1333 ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Scholz Astronomers have found six new worlds that look like planets, but formed like stars. These so-called rogue worlds are between five and 15 times the mass of Jupiter, and one of them may even host the beginnings of a […]
The Milky Way may be home to strange black holes from the first moments of the universe, and the best candidates are the three closest black holes to Earth Source link
A radio telescope at the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia J. Seymour/Green Bank Observatory Radio telescopes observing the cosmos face growing challenges because of electromagnetic interference from thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit. Now, experiments involving SpaceX’s Starlink satellites have shown how to virtually eliminate one form of this problem. As these kind […]
Was the Milky Way set rippling by another galaxy? Buradaki/Alamy The Milky Way appears to have a vast ripple spreading out across at least a quarter of its disc. If confirmed, the structure might be a relic from a brush with another galaxy, but not all astronomers are convinced that it actually exists. While illustrations […]
A supernova remnant in the Milky Way galaxy Chandra X-ray Observatory After a star explodes in a supernova, the remnants can reform into more stars again and again. These subsequent generations could be full of elements heavier than helium that astronomers refer to as metals, which could explain why the cosmos is littered with puzzlingly […]
NASA’s Europa Clipper is setting off for one of Jupiter’s icy moons, Europa, to see if it could harbour life. It will perform dozens of close flybys gathering detailed measurements from its suite of sensors to understand the nature of this distant world’s ice shell and the ocean thought to lurk beneath it. Sam Howell […]
Chandra X-ray Observatory NASA/CXC & J. Vaughan On 23 July 1999, just months before I started university, NASA’s space shuttle Columbia launched with precious cargo on board. Not only was it carrying the first crew to be led by a woman, Eileen Collins, but its primary goal was to launch a new flagship space telescope, […]
Jennifer Connelly in “Dark Matter” Apple TV+ To me, one of the best parts of a thriller is the moment when the twist hasn’t been revealed yet, but I have already figured it out. For that reason, I have to recommend Dark Matter, a new series on Apple TV+. Starring Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly […]
Seen against the backdrop of Jupiter’s dramatic, swirling atmosphere, Europa might at first appear a bit drab. With its greyish-white surface, you might even say it resembles a well-worn cue ball in a run-down pool hall. On closer inspection, however, the Jovian system’s fourth-largest moon is shimmering with intrigue from deep within. From what we […]