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Illustration depicting the flow of the solar wind from the Sun. Both GLIDE and Solar Cruiser will help scientists study the solar wind and its effects on communications is space and on Earth. Image Credit: NASA NASA has announced the selection of two new SmallSat missions – the Global Lyman-alpha Imagers of the Dynamic […] 
Artist’s conception of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (WFIRST). Image Credit: NASA NASA’s upcoming next-generation space telescope, the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), now has a brand new name: the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (or just the Roman Space Telescope for short). It is named in honor of Nancy Grace Roman, […] 
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket stands poised to launch the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter from Cape Canaveral, on a mission in collaboration with NASA to explore the sun and its poles up-close. Photo: ULA More than two decades since it was first conceived as a logical “next step” from the hugely […] 
Artist’s conception of the Spitzer Space Telescope. Image Credit: NASA/JPL In just a few days from now, one of NASA’s greatest space telescope missions will come to an end. The Spitzer Space Telescope will cease operations on Jan. 30, 2020, after 16 years in service. The news was announced during a special live program […] 
The CHIME radio telescope in south-western British Columbia, Canada. CHIME has detected eight new repeating Fast Radio Bursts. Photo Credit: CHIME Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are one of the most mysterious phenomena in astronomy. They are extremely brief radio signals coming from deep space, beyond our galaxy, and so far, scientists still don’t know […] 
This is it! The first-ever image taken of a black hole shows light being around the black hole itself by its intense gravity. Photo Credit: Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration Today was a historic day in astronomy, as scientists unveiled the first-ever images of a black hole. Such an achievement has been dreamt of for […] 
Artist’s conception of the two supermassive black holes in orbit around each other. Image Credit: Joshua Valenzuela/UNM Black holes are some of the most bizarre and mysterious phenomena in the Universe – they have captivated the imaginations of scientists and the public alike, and have been featured in many science fiction movies and […] 
A breathtaking Hubble image of Saturn in ultraviolet light, showing the planet’s southern hemisphere and the southern face of its rings. A new study has proposed utilising the observing capabilities of Hubble together with the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope, for capturing stereoscopic 3-D images of planets in the Solar System. Image Credit: […] 
A new theoretical study has shown that Earth may be surrounded by long and very dense hair-like filaments of dark matter, which could potentially be directly observed by dedicated space-based dark matter detectors. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech When hunting for dark matter, where would the best place to search for it be? The answer […] 
The first of 18 mirrors being installed in the James Webb Space Telescope, in the clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Photo Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) just took a big step toward reality with the successful installation of the first of its many flight mirrors. This […] |
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