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The motion of bubbling gas on the surface of the star R Doradus ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/W. Vlemming Giant bubbles of hot gas more than 75 times the size of our sun have been observed on the surface of a nearby star, which researchers say may lead to better solar computer simulations. Wouter Vlemmings and his colleagues […]
This Juno image from February (right) reveals a new volcano that wasn’t there in a Galileo image from 1997 (left) Galileo/JunoCam/NASA A fresh volcano with lava flows spanning hundreds of kilometres has appeared on Jupiter’s moon Io. It has formed in the 27 years between flybys of two spacecraft. Astronomers first took detailed photos of […]
Five satellites due to launch this week could be brighter than most stars, and astronomers fear the growth of such constellations could have a catastrophic impact Source link
Polaris Dawn launch SpaceX SpaceX has launched its Polaris Dawn mission to attempt the first ever civilian spacewalk, and one of the riskiest spacewalks ever attempted. The four crew will now spend up to five days in orbit around Earth, with the spacewalk – or extravehicular activity (EVA) – of two members occurring on the […]
Using images captured by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express spacecraft, researchers have created a cloud atlas of Mars, to better understand the climate of the Red Planet Source link
Asteroid 2024 RW1 seen over the Philippines Allan Madelar/Facebook The surprise discovery of asteroid 2024 RW1, mere hours before it hit Earth harmlessly this week, may have you wondering whether we are at risk of larger space rocks coming out of nowhere and wreaking devastation. Thankfully, our ability to track asteroids is on the rise, […]
Astronauts Suni Williams (left) and Butch Wilmore (right) give a news conference aboard the International Space Station Associated Press/Alamy After any problem with a rocket launch or mission, experts echo the same refrain: space is hard. As progress in the space industry accelerates, that mantra is becoming more relevant, not less, but that is because […]
The comet Neowise and the Milky Way galaxy Adventure_Photo/Getty Images One of my favourite memories of July 2020 is standing outside on a clear summer evening looking at a beautiful comet, known as C/2020 F3, or Neowise, through a shaky pair of binoculars. It was a strange period, to say the least, but stargazing made […]
Greg Eghigian’s After the Flying Saucers Came and Luis Elizondo’s Imminent both show how our fascination with UFOs goes beyond simple curiosity Source link