[ad_1] A microscopic deformation of the neutron star in the binary star system PSR J1023 + 0038 is deduced. Here, the axis of rotation of the star is perpendicular to the plane of the figure. The extra height of the neutron star in one direction is only a few micrometers, the size of a bacterium, … Read more
[ad_1] By SciTechDaily August 20, 2020 Remains of Kepler’s supernova. Credit: NASA / CXC / Univ of Texas at Arlington / M. Millard et al. Astronomers have used NASA‘s Chandra X-ray Observatory to record blasted material away from the site of an exploded star at speeds in excess of 20 million miles per hour. This … Read more
[ad_1] A private team led by Jeff Bezos’ space flight company Blue origin delivered a mock-up of its crewed lunar lander to NASA for testing. At the end of April, NASA announced that it had provided funding to three business groups – SpaceX, Dynetics and the “national team” led by Blue Origin – to develop … Read more
[ad_1] To put that in comparison, between 2003 and 2016, the ice sheet lost about 255 billion tonnes of ice on average – per year. “We have documented another record breaking year for Greenland,” said Ingo Sasgen, glaciologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research and co-author of the study. “What this … Read more
[ad_1] Ten carved stones discovered in England a few years ago date back to the last Ice Age. The researchers discovered the ten works of art from the Ice Age between 2014 and 2018 in a former home in Varines, in the south-east of Jersey, one of the Channel Islands. A team of archaeologists from … Read more
[ad_1] There are clues to the life of the Ice Age tucked away inside the remains of the period. In a rare new finding, one of those frozen time capsules – a former puppy – had an additional surprise waiting in its womb. Researchers recently discovered the 14,000-year-old mummified canine, which still has intact fur … Read more
[ad_1] NASA and its Russian partner Roscosmos will attempt to track down the source of a tiny leak on the International Space Station this weekend, a leak that has caused a somewhat faster release of air from the ISS from a year. The three crew members currently aboard the station will remain in the Russian … Read more
[ad_1] This lava tube on Earth may look large, but those on the Moon and Mars may be large enough to fit … [+] bases or cities. Wikimedia Commons Lava tubes on the Moon and Mars may be large enough to accommodate downtown-sized groups of astronauts living on these other worlds, according to a new … Read more
[ad_1] North County’s famous Palomar Observatory last weekend photographed an SUV-sized asteroid that NASA says set the record for coming closer to Earth than any near-Earth asteroid known. The NEA – which measured 10 to 20 feet in diameter – passed within 1,830 miles of Earth over the southern Indian Ocean while traveling at 8 … Read more
[ad_1] SpaceX launched 58 new Starlink satellites into Earth orbit last night and managed to grab one of its bonus nose fairings. Fairings cost up to $ 6 million each, so it’s a wise business decision to try and get them back when possible. SpaceX now has more than 650 Starlink satellites in orbit. SpaceX’s … Read more