Credit: FermiLab, Reidar HahnData of the Southern Sky taken from the Dark Energy Camera in Chile is helping scientists increase their understanding of what dark energy is and why the universe is expanding ever faster.…
Will satellites destroy our view of space?
Countries with the most satellites in space. Image: Statista Summary: Space clutter is already a problem and as we look ahead to Space 2.0 and Space 3.0, it’s going to get worse. Original author and…
Hubble Studies Gamma-Ray Burst with the Highest Energy…
Shown in this artist's conception, gamma-ray bursts are the most powerful explosions in the universe. They emit most of their energy in gamma rays, light which is much more energetic than the visible light we…
ESA studies human hibernation for space travel
Fictional image of hibernating astronauts. Source: ESA. Summary: The European Space Agency (ESA) investigated how real-life crew hibernation would impact a space mission to Mars. Original author and publication date: Deborah Byrd - November 19,…
China now launches more rockets than anyone in…
The 49th Beidou navigation satellite was successfully launched by a Long March 3b carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China on November 5, 2019. Source: Ars Technica Summary: Through Sunday (November…
China completes Mars lander test ahead of 2020…
This undated handout picture released by the China National Space Administration on November 14, 2019 shows a view of an exploration lander for China's Mars mission before a hovering and obstacle avoidance test at a…
NASA’s Hubble Captures a Dozen Galaxy Doppelgangers
Credit: NASA, ESA, and E. Rivera-Thorsen (Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics Oslo, Norway) Summary: Warped Space Creates Cool Kaleidoscope View of Far-Away Galaxy Original author and publication date: Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) - November 7,…
Black hole breakthrough: ‘Another population out there’ as…
Illustration of supermassive black hole. Source: Ohio State University Summary: A black hole has been discovered by astronomers who believe the rare dead star can unlock the question of whether there is life outside Earth.…
AI Copernicus ‘discovers’ that Earth orbits the Sun
Physicists have designed artificial intelligence that thinks like the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus by realizing the Sun must be at the centre of the Solar System.Credit: NASA/JPL/SPL Summary: A neural network that teaches itself the laws…