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Parabolic Arc
13 Jul 2019, 19:20 UTC
India is aiming for the moon for the second time with the most ambitious space mission the nation has ever attempted. On Monday, the GSLV-Mk III booster is set to launch the Chandrayaan 2 mission, which includes an orbiter, lander and rover.
India Aims for the Moon on Monday in Nation’s Most Ambitious Space Mission Yet
13 Jul 2019, 19:20 UTC
India is aiming for the moon for the second time with the most ambitious space mission the nation has ever attempted. On Monday, the GSLV-Mk III booster is set to launch the Chandrayaan 2 mission, which includes an orbiter, lander and rover.
All About Space
12 Jul 2019, 09:58 UTC
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have observed an unexpected thin disc of material encircling a supermassive black hole at the heart of the spiral galaxy NGC 3147, located 130 million light years away.
Hubble spots a strange thin disc at the core of a nearby galaxy
12 Jul 2019, 09:58 UTC
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have observed an unexpected thin disc of material encircling a supermassive black hole at the heart of the spiral galaxy NGC 3147, located 130 million light years away.
SPACE.com
11 Jul 2019, 20:07 UTC
Eris was one of the first dwarf planets to be discovered in the solar system. It is almost the same size as Pluto, and its discovery directly led to the former ninth planet's demotion. Eris also has a moon, Dysnomia, which was discovered not long after Eris.
Eris: The First Dwarf Planet
11 Jul 2019, 20:07 UTC
Eris was one of the first dwarf planets to be discovered in the solar system. It is almost the same size as Pluto, and its discovery directly led to the former ninth planet's demotion. Eris also has a moon, Dysnomia, which was discovered not long after Eris.
AAS Nova
11 Jul 2019, 08:56 UTC
When the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) discovered its first merging black holes, astronomers were surprised: these black holes were much larger than we had expected! A new study looks at what these observations might tell us about black holes in star clusters.
Exploring a Black-Hole Mass Conundrum
11 Jul 2019, 08:56 UTC
When the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) discovered its first merging black holes, astronomers were surprised: these black holes were much larger than we had expected! A new study looks at what these observations might tell us about black holes in star clusters.
ABC
11 Jul 2019, 08:23 UTC
It's been half a century since the magnificent Apollo 11 Moon landing, yet many people still don't believe it actually happened. Conspiracy theories about the event dating back to the 1970s are in fact more popular than ever.
Moon landing footage would have been impossible to fake
11 Jul 2019, 08:23 UTC
It's been half a century since the magnificent Apollo 11 Moon landing, yet many people still don't believe it actually happened. Conspiracy theories about the event dating back to the 1970s are in fact more popular than ever.
SPACE.com
11 Jul 2019, 02:35 UTC
A European Vega rocket suffered a "major anomaly" while launching a satellite for the United Arab Emirates late Wednesday (July 10), leading to the loss of the rocket and its payload, according to Arianespace, which built the booster.
Vega Rocket Suffers 'Major Anomaly' During Launch of UAE Satellite
11 Jul 2019, 02:35 UTC
A European Vega rocket suffered a "major anomaly" while launching a satellite for the United Arab Emirates late Wednesday (July 10), leading to the loss of the rocket and its payload, according to Arianespace, which built the booster.
Starts With a Bang!
10 Jul 2019, 14:24 UTC
Dark matter is one of the biggest mysteries in all of modern science. Everywhere we look on large cosmic scales — from low-mass galaxies to the largest galaxy clusters, from the cosmic microwave background to the cosmic web that traces the Universe’s structure — we can see the imprints and effects of its presence.
This Is How Mastering Dark Matter Could Take Us To The Stars
10 Jul 2019, 14:24 UTC
Dark matter is one of the biggest mysteries in all of modern science. Everywhere we look on large cosmic scales — from low-mass galaxies to the largest galaxy clusters, from the cosmic microwave background to the cosmic web that traces the Universe’s structure — we can see the imprints and effects of its presence.
NASASpaceFlight.com
10 Jul 2019, 08:33 UTC
Since its launch last year, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has completed two perihelion – closest approach to the Sun – sweeps past our parent star. While an independent mission, the Parker Solar Probe is being used in tandem with ongoing and newly approved missions to provide a better understanding of how the Sun generates the stream of charged particles – the solar wind – that flies out in all directions and interacts with every corner of the heliosphere.
Uniting the heliophysics fleet to unlock the Sun’s solar wind mysteries
10 Jul 2019, 08:33 UTC
Since its launch last year, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has completed two perihelion – closest approach to the Sun – sweeps past our parent star. While an independent mission, the Parker Solar Probe is being used in tandem with ongoing and newly approved missions to provide a better understanding of how the Sun generates the stream of charged particles – the solar wind – that flies out in all directions and interacts with every corner of the heliosphere.
