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UrduThe NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has once again captured comet 2I/Borisov streaking through our solar system on its way back into interstellar space. At a breathtaking speed of over 175 000 kilometres per hour, Borisov is one of the fastest…
Tag: COMETS/ASTEROIDS
Interstellar comet 2I — Borisov swings past sun
When astronomers see something in the universe that at first glance seems like one-of-a-kind, it’s bound to stir up a lot of excitement and attention. Enter comet 2I/Borisov. This mysterious visitor from the depths of space is the first identified…
New NASA image provides more details about first observed interstellar comet
UCLA’s David Jewitt leads analysis of data from Hubble Space Telescope
Hubble watches interstellar comet Borisov speed past the sun
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has once again captured comet 2I/Borisov streaking through our solar system on its way back into interstellar space. At a breathtaking speed of over 175 000 kilometres per hour, Borisov is one of the fastest…
NRL-camera aboard NASA spacecraft confirms asteroid phenomenon
WASHINGTON – A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory-built camera mounted on the NASA Parker Solar Probe revealed an asteroid dust trail that has eluded astronomers for decades. Karl Battams, a computational scientist in NRL’s Space Science Division, discussed the results from…
NRL-camera aboard NASA spacecraft confirms asteroid phenomenon
WASHINGTON – A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory-built camera mounted on the NASA Parker Solar Probe revealed an asteroid dust trail that has eluded astronomers for decades. Karl Battams, a computational scientist in NRL’s Space Science Division, discussed the results from…
Stardust from red giants
Around 4.5 billion years ago, an interstellar molecular cloud collapsed. At its centre, the Sun was formed; around that, a disc of gas and dust appeared, out of which the earth and the other planets would form. This thoroughly mixed…
SwRI-built instrument confirms solar wind slows farther away from the Sun
Research could help predict when New Horizons spacecraft will cross the termination shock
SwRI-built instrument confirms solar wind slows farther away from the Sun
Research could help predict when New Horizons spacecraft will cross the termination shock
New Horizons team, mission principal investigator Stern receive Sir Arthur Clarke Award
Award recognizes international space achievement for New Horizons’ exploration of Pluto and Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth
New Horizons team, mission principal investigator Stern receive Sir Arthur Clarke Award
Award recognizes international space achievement for New Horizons’ exploration of Pluto and Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth
Wolfe Creek Crater younger than previously thought
Wolfe Creek Crater, one of the world’s largest meteorite craters, is much younger than previously thought. Wolfe Creek Crater is situated on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert in northern Western Australia. It is the second largest crater on…
How LISA pathfinder detected dozens of ‘comet crumbs’
LISA Pathfinder, a mission led by ESA (the European Space Agency) that included NASA contributions, successfully demonstrated technologies needed to build a future space-based gravitational wave observatory, a tool for detecting ripples in space-time produced by, among other things, merging…
How LISA pathfinder detected dozens of ‘comet crumbs’
LISA Pathfinder, a mission led by ESA (the European Space Agency) that included NASA contributions, successfully demonstrated technologies needed to build a future space-based gravitational wave observatory, a tool for detecting ripples in space-time produced by, among other things, merging…
SwRI demonstrates balloon-based solar observatory
Low-cost option breaks down barriers to solar research
Cascades of gas around young star indicate early stages of planet formation
Astronomers see gestating baby planets, reveal the source of their formative atmospheres
Hubble observes new interstellar visitor
On 12 October 2019, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope provided astronomers with their best look yet at an interstellar visitor — Comet 2I/Borisov — which is believed to have arrived here from another planetary system elsewhere in our galaxy. This…
Hubble observes 1st confirmed interstellar comet
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has given astronomers their best look yet at an interstellar visitor — comet 2I/Borisov — whose speed and trajectory indicate it has come from beyond our solar system. This Hubble image, taken on Oct. 12, 2019,…
Scientists observe year-long plateaus in decline of type Ia supernova light curves
This is a surprising finding as astronomers had expected that the light curve would not only continue decreasing but even experience a sharp drop, rather than flattening into a plateau. The discovery is a huge step forward for astronomers as…
Saturn surpasses Jupiter after the discovery of 20 new moons
And you can help name them!
L-chondrite breakup might have contributed to Ordovician biodiversification
An international team shared their results in Science Advances
SwRI scientist part of team characterizing near-Earth objects
NASA studying population to understand impact risks, potential exploration
Telescope seeking new planets launches via football field-sized balloon
Instrument designed and built by UMass Lowell targets Earth-like objects in space hidden by stars’ glare
Many gas giant exoplanets waiting to be discovered
There is an as-yet-unseen population of Jupiter-like planets orbiting nearby Sun-like stars, awaiting discovery by future missions
SwRI-led PUNCH mission to image Sun’s outer corona enters Phase B
PUNCH team begins work on preliminary flight design for 2023 mission
Dust from a giant asteroid crash caused an ancient ice age
About 466 million years ago, long before the age of the dinosaurs, the Earth froze. The seas began to ice over at the Earth’s poles, and the new range of temperatures around the planet set the stage for a boom…
A Goldilocks zone for planet size
Research redefines lower limit for planet size habitability
Study reveals ‘radical’ wrinkle in forming complex carbon molecules in space
Unique experiments at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source shine a light on a new pathway for carbon
Best of both worlds: Asteroids and massive mergers
University of Arizona researchers are using the Catalina Sky Survey’s near-Earth object telescopes t