A slowly rotating stellar halo was the clue to a major and unknown event in the Milky Way’s history that saw the spiral disc flip over by more than 90 degrees.
Africa’s first space exploration mission aims to send a trio of spherical probes to the lunar south pole aboard China’s Chang’e 8 lander in 2029.
“These are among the best moments in science: seeing something new, unexpected.”
“That’s the first time that’s ever been done.”
Using the Chandra X-ray spacecraft, astronomers have seen a jet from a feeding supermassive black hole churning gas surrounding a galaxy nicknamed the “red potato.”
The Madison Square Park Conservancy unveiled its moon tree at a smoky birthday party.
“It doesn’t require any new technology development, which is almost unheard of for solving a LIGO instrumentation problem.”
The subsurface findings could transform how scientists study volcanoes across the solar system — including those on Earth.
Tune in today, July 24, at 1:30 p.m. ET for a LIVE This Week In Space taping to mark the 50th anniversary of the Viking landings on Mars.
Astronomers have found strong evidence for a Jupiter-mass object orbiting a brown dwarf, potentially marking the first convincing detection of a moon beyond our solar system.