[ad_1] Two astronomers at the California Institute of Technology in the United States plotted the probability distribution function of the orbit of Planet Nine – a hypothetical planet that lies beyond Neptune in our solar system and may have a mass six times that of the earth. Caltech astronomers Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin have … Read more
[ad_1] For the fourth time in nine months, SpaceX has docked a Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station with a second Dragon already present in the orbital laboratory with crew. Launched on a Falcon 9 rocket on Saturday after a one-day weather delay, SpaceX’s first improved Cargo Dragon 2 spacecraft gradually increased and changed … Read more
[ad_1] Credit: Illustration: NASA / CXC / M. Weiss; X-ray (inset): NASA / CXC / SAO / D. Schwartz et al. Press image, caption and videos By taking advantage of a natural lens in space, astronomers have captured an unprecedented look at x-rays from a black hole system in the early universe. This magnifier was … Read more
[ad_1] In this July 28 photo, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson looks at the Artemis 1 mission space launch system inside the vehicle assembly building. Credit: NASA / Kim Shiflett The first lunar rocket in NASA’s space launch system could be deployed from the vehicle assembly building to its oceanfront launch complex in Florida, officials told … Read more
[ad_1] The Herbig-Haro HH111 object looks like a Star Wars weapon. ESA / Hubble & NASA, B. Nisini Pagination of Luke Skywalker. A recently released view from the Hubble Space Telescope of a bar of gas glowing against the starry darkness of space puts me in a very Star Wars mood. The European Space Agency … Read more
[ad_1] Over 250 miles above Earth, they can see city lights, mountain ranges, major storms, and melting glaciers. The night lights of Istanbul, Turkey, separated by the Bosphorus Strait and the Golden Horn, on May 10, 2021. Nasa Since the space station orbits the Earth every 90 minutes, astronauts see 16 sunrises and sunsets per … Read more
[ad_1] A new star system 1,400 light years from Earth is revealed in all its dynamic glory in a new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope. The system is called IRAS 05491 + 0247, and it is at the center of a particularly rare and magnificent cosmic interaction known as the Herbig-Haro object. This particular … Read more
[ad_1] The launch next month of the first fully civilian mission to orbit is an ambitious test for a burgeoning space industry’s futuristic dream of sending many more ordinary people into space over the next few years. Why is this important: Businesses and nations envision millions of people living and working in space without having … Read more
[ad_1] What flows in a galaxy On August 30, 2021, astronomers described a process by which clouds of pure hydrogen and gaseous helium are drawn into galaxies, to be used in the making of new stars. Stars convert these very simple elements – hydrogen and helium – into more complex elements, including oxygen, carbon, and … Read more
[ad_1] A dense random package of steel ball bearings, nicknamed “Random Close Packing” by Bernal in 1960. Credit: Credit: BERNAL, J., MASON, J. Packing of Spheres: Co-ordination of Randomly Packed Spheres. Nature 188, 910-911 (1960). 10.1038 / 188910a0 Sphere wrapping, a mathematical problem in which non-overlapping spheres are arranged in a given space, has been … Read more