NASA scientists using virtual reality technology are redefining our understanding about how our galaxy works.
Space
Amateur astronomers discover new form of northern lights
The newly discovered auroral dunes appear as a green-tinged and even pattern of waves resembling a striped veil of clouds or dunes on a sandy beach.
ESA makes oxygen out of moon dust
The European Space Agency ESA opens an oxygen plant to produce oxygen out of Moon dust in the Netherlands
NASA telescope finds its first Earth-sized habitable world
TOI 700 d is the first Earth-size habitable-zone world discovered by TESS.
Artificial astronomers
By examining a wide selection of research works from the last two years, it was very clear that astronomers are using machine learning and AI as powerful discovery tools across a range of fields.
A Galactic Dance
Image of the interacting galaxy pair NGC 5394/5 obtained with NSF’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory’s Gemini North 8-meter telescope on Hawai’i’s Maunakea using the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph in imaging mode.
Astronomers Cast Doubt on the Cosmological Principle
Recent studies incorporating gamma-ray bursts have yielded interesting new results that cast doubt on the validity of the cosmological principle.
Philae Marks the First Ever Soft Landing on a Comet
In 2014, scientists achieved the first ever soft landing on a comet, forever pushing the boundaries of space exploration.
New Information on Binary System After Decade-Long Observation
Astronomers report the results of a decade-long observational study of the gamma-ray loud binary, HESS J0632+057.
A New Method for Accurately Mapping the Auroral Zone
German astronomers report a new method of predicting the oval size and movement of the auroral zone.
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