Monthly Archives: December 2020
Observations shed more light on the atmosphere of white dwarf GD 424

Observations shed more light on the atmosphere of white dwarf GD 424 Astronomers have performed spectroscopic observations of a newly…

New supercluster discovered by astronomers

New supercluster discovered by astronomers By analyzing the data from the eROSITA Final Equatorial Depth Survey (eFEDS), an international team…

Periodic and phase-locked modulation in the pulsar PSR B1929+10 investigated with FAST

Periodic and phase-locked modulation in the pulsar PSR B1929+10 investigated with FAST Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST),…

Using AI to count and map craters on the moon

Using AI to count and map craters on the moon A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in China,…

Why radio astronomers need things quiet in the middle of a Western Australia desert

Why radio astronomers need things quiet in the middle of a Western Australia desert A remote outback station about 800km…

If a planet has a lot of methane in its atmosphere, life is the most likely cause

If a planet has a lot of methane in its atmosphere, life is the most likely cause The ultra-powerful James…

Japanese spacecraft’s gifts: Asteroid chips like charcoal

Japanese spacecraft’s gifts: Asteroid chips like charcoal They resemble small fragments of charcoal, but the soil samples collected from an…

Earthlings and astronauts chat away, via ham radio

Earthlings and astronauts chat away, via ham radio The International Space Station cost more than $100 billion. A ham radio…

A blazar in the early Universe

A blazar in the early Universe The supersharp radio ‘vision’ of the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA)…

How nearby galaxies form their stars

How nearby galaxies form their stars Stars are born in dense clouds of molecular hydrogen gas that permeates interstellar space…

Recently discovered comet seen during 2020 total solar eclipse

Recently discovered comet seen during 2020 total solar eclipse As Chile and Argentina witnessed the total solar eclipse on Dec….

NASA’s Webb sunshield successfully unfolds and tensions in final tests

NASA’s Webb sunshield successfully unfolds and tensions in final tests Lengthened to the size of a tennis court, the five-layer…

Russia lifts UK telecom satellites into orbit

Russia lifts UK telecom satellites into orbit A Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Vostochny cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East…

Multi-messenger astronomy offers new estimates of neutron star size and universe expansion

Multi-messenger astronomy offers new estimates of neutron star size and universe expansion A combination of astrophysical measurements has allowed researchers…

Unique prediction of ‘modified gravity’ challenges dark matter theory

Unique prediction of ‘modified gravity’ challenges dark matter theory An international group of scientists, including Case Western Reserve University Astronomy…

Researchers identify where giant jets from black holes discharge their energy

Researchers identify where giant jets from black holes discharge their energy The supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies…

Solar eclipse plunges southern Chile, Argentina into darkness

Solar eclipse plunges southern Chile, Argentina into darkness Thousands of people turned their heads to the sky to watch a…

‘Lost connection’ hampers Virgin Galactic’s test flight (Update)

‘Lost connection’ hampers Virgin Galactic’s test flight (Update) A Virgin Galactic test flight Saturday ended prematurely as the spacecraft’s rocket…

Chile awaits total eclipse of the sun as Covid restrictions rise

Chile awaits total eclipse of the sun as Covid restrictions rise Chileans will turn their eyes to the sky on…

Festive treat for stargazers as Geminid meteors peak

Festive treat for stargazers as Geminid meteors peak Stargazers across the northern hemisphere could see as many as 70 meteors…

Hubble pins down weird exoplanet with far-flung orbit that behaves like the long-sought ‘Planet Nine’

Hubble pins down weird exoplanet with far-flung orbit that behaves like the long-sought ‘Planet Nine’ A planet in an unlikely…

Neighbourhood watch: What the mission to map the Milky Way is revealing about satellite galaxies

Neighbourhood watch: What the mission to map the Milky Way is revealing about satellite galaxies Our Milky Way is not…

Study confirms dark coating can reduce satellite reflectivity

Study confirms dark coating can reduce satellite reflectivity Observations conducted by the Murikabushi Telescope of Ishigakijima Astronomical Observatory confirmed that…

Asteroid Ryugu dust delivered to Earth; NASA astrobiologists prepare to probe it

Asteroid Ryugu dust delivered to Earth; NASA astrobiologists prepare to probe it On Dec. 6 local time (Dec. 5 in…

Japan’s capsule with asteroid samples retrieved in Australia

Japan’s capsule with asteroid samples retrieved in Australia A Japanese capsule carrying the world’s first asteroid subsurface samples shot across…

Japan awaits capsule’s return with asteroid soil samples

Japan awaits capsule’s return with asteroid soil samples Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft successfully released a small capsule on Saturday and sent…

Hayabusa 2: Returning asteroid sample could help uncover the origins of life and the solar system

Hayabusa 2: Returning asteroid sample could help uncover the origins of life and the solar system What is your idea…

Supercomputer simulations could unlock mystery of Moon’s formation

Supercomputer simulations could unlock mystery of Moon’s formation Astronomers have taken a step towards understanding how the Moon might have…

Chaotic early solar system collisions resembled ‘asteroids’ arcade game

Chaotic early solar system collisions resembled ‘asteroids’ arcade game One Friday evening in 1992, a meteorite ended a more than…

Mapping stellar nurseries in the Milky Way

Mapping stellar nurseries in the Milky Way An international team of Astronomers from the Cosmostatistics Initiative (COIN) identified nearly 120,000…

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