Astronomy

ULA wants to upgrade Vulcan Centaur rocket into a ‘space interceptor’ to defend satellites

United Launch Alliance (ULA) envisions its new, powerful Vulcan Centaur rocket as playing a key role in defending satellites from potential threats in...

Is the Universe a Fractal?

For decades cosmologists have wondered if the large-scale structure of the universe is a fractal: if it looks the same no matter the...

See a dead Chinese satellite burn up as a brilliant fireball in the night sky (video)

A brilliant fireball lit up the night sky over some southern states in the United States this weekend, but that was no meteor....

Quantum Correlations Could Solve the Black Hole Information Paradox

The black hole information paradox has puzzled physicists for decades. New research shows how quantum connections in spacetime itself may resolve the paradox,...

SpaceX launches 21 Starlink internet satellites from Florida, lands rocket at sea (photos)

SpaceX launched 21 Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast early Monday morning (Dec. 23) and landed the returning rocket on a ship...

M87 Releases a Rare and Powerful Outburts of Gamma-ray Radiation

In April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration made history when it released the first-ever image of a black hole. The image captured...

What time is NASA’s Parker Solar Probe closest sun flyby ever on Christmas Eve?

A NASA spacecraft is about to give astronomers an epic early Christmas present with the closest ever flyby of the sun on Dec....

Where’s the Most Promising Place to Find Martian Life?

New research suggests that our best hopes for finding existing life on Mars isn’t on the surface, but buried deep within the crust. Several...

Planes, drones or UFOs: What are people seeing in the New Jersey sky?

The recent sightings of puzzling unidentified aircraft in New Jersey and other states have triggered yet another round of unanswered questions — and...

Can Entangled Particles Communicate Faster than Light?

Entanglement is perhaps one of the most confusing aspects of quantum mechanics. On its surface, entanglement allows particles to communicate over vast distances...

SpaceX launching 30 satellites on Bandwagon-2 rideshare mission early Dec. 21

SpaceX plans to launch 30 satellites to orbit early Saturday morning (Dec. 21).A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from California's...

AASWomen for December 20, 2024

AAS Committee on the Status of Women Issue of December 20, 2024 eds: Jeremy Bailin, Nicolle Zellner, Sethanne Howard, and Hannah Jang-CondellThis week's issues:1. CSWA...

The Mysterious Case of the Resurrected Star

The star HD 65907 is not what it appears to be. It’s a star that looks young, but on closer inspection is actually...

NASA’s Hubble and Chandra telescopes discover a strange ‘sideways’ black hole in a cosmic crime scene (image)

Probing a distant galaxy like a "cosmic crime scene" with the Hubble Space Telescope after a "tip-off" from the Chandra X-ray telescope, NASA...

Mars orbiters witness a ‘winter wonderland’ on the Red Planet (photos)

This Firm Says It’s 6 Years Away From Making Energy From Fusion

New molecule-creation method a ‘powerful tool’ to accelerate drug synthesis and discovery