Earlier this year, astronomers used microlensing and the Hubble Space Telescope to detect, for the first time, a rogue black hole that is about 5,000 lightyears away from Earth. Now, with more precis… [+5497 chars]
Title: Measurements of cosmic expansion and growth rate of structure from voids in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey between redshift 0.07 and 1.0 Authors: Alex Woodfinden, Seshadri Nadathur, Will J. P… [+5362 chars]
NASA's Europa Clipper mission is one step closer to starting its journey to Jupiter's icy moon. The main body of Europa Clipper is an aluminum cylinder that clocks in at 10 feet (3 meters) tall an… [+1642 chars]
A software glitch has caused the delay of Psyche, a NASA mission to explore a metal-rich asteroid. Two small probes are being included in the launch, but the postponement means they might not be able… [+5061 chars]
Sometimes the discovery of new physics demands insane levels of energy. Big machines. Fancy equipment. Countless hours of sifting through reams of data. And then sometimes the right combination of m… [+3707 chars]
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In early June, the main body of NASA’s upcoming Europa Clipper spacecraft completed construction and was shipped to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California soon after. The arri… [+6778 chars]
Climate change implies long-term changes in temperature and weather. These changes may be natural. Nonetheless, it is commonly speculated that human actions are the fundamental cause of climate chang… [+1161 chars]
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A comet exploded in 2007 in space, causing the biggest detonation in astronomical history. The remains of this comet called 17P/Holmes have been floating through space. This year, Earthlings will be … [+2738 chars]
As the saying goes, there is always a first time for everything. It may not be as impressive as the subsequent attempts, but the first time marks a turning point in anyone's life, even for an organiz… [+2964 chars]
