Collaborate Disseminate
Jonathan O’Callaghan reports via Scientific American: Despite more than a century of efforts to show otherwise, it seems Albert Einstein can still do no wrong. Or at least that’s the case for his special theory of relativity, which predicts that time t… Continue reading Supernova Slowdowns Confirm Einstein’s Predictions of Time Dilation
After Space Shuttle Atlantis’ drive-by repair of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in May of 2009, the end of the STS program meant that the space telescope had to fend …read more Continue reading First Hubble Image Taken in New Single Gyro Pointing Mode
Recently ESA published the results of a proof-of-concept study into monitoring marine litter using existing satellites, with promising results for the Mediterranean study area. For the study, six years of …read more Continue reading Mapping Litter in the Oceans From Space With Existing Satellites
Astronomers are observing the sudden awakening of a giant black hole in the constellation of Virgo. “Decades of observations found nothing remarkable about the distant galaxy in the constellation of Virgo, but that changed at the end of 2019 when astro… Continue reading Astronomers Detect Sudden Awakening of Black Hole For First Time
Although there is a lot of space in Earth orbit, there are also some seriously big man-made objects in those orbits, some of which have been there for decades. As …read more Continue reading Astroscale’s ADRAS-J Satellite Takes Up-Close Photo of Discarded Rocket Stage
When I was a kid, the solar system was simple. There were nine planets and they all orbited in more-or-less circles around the sun. This same sun-and-a-handful-of-planets scheme repeated itself …read more Continue reading The Solar System is Weirder Than You Think
It’s one of Saturn’s 146 moons — just 310 miles in diameter (or 498 kilometers). Yet the European Space Agency plans to send a robot on a one-billion mile trip to visit it. Why?
Because astronomers have discovered Enceladus “possesses geysers th… Continue reading Is There Life on This Saturn Moon? Scientists Plan a Mission to Find Out
Have scientists discovered infrared radiation, evidence of waste heat generated by the energy-harvesting star-surrounding spheres first proposed by British American physicist Freeman Dyson? CNN reports:
[A] new study that looked at 5 million stars in… Continue reading Have Scientists Found ‘Potential Evidence’ of Dyson Spheres?
As humanity’s furthest reach into the Universe so far, the two Voyager spacecraft’s well-being is of utmost importance to many. Although we know that there will be an end to …read more Continue reading Voyager 1 Once Again Returning Science Data From All Four Instruments
The Pentagon announced the first winners of its $5.6 billion National Security Space Launch program, with Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin securing a spot for the first time alongside Elon Musk’s SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA). These companies will com… Continue reading Blue Origin Joins SpaceX, ULA In Winning Bids For $5.6 Billion Pentagon Rocket Program