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The analysis of data collected by the XMM-Newton X-ray telescope allowed the researchers to detect a deceptively “quiet” black hole. Its latent activity affects star formation processes throughout the galaxy. How black holes affect their galaxies At the center of almost every large galaxy is a supermassive black hole, whose powerful gravity draws in gas […]
Astronomers have discovered a unique system of planets consisting of six young exoplanets, and possibly a seventh, orbiting the young star TOI-1136. This discovery not only helps to deepen our understanding of the process of formation and development of planets around young stars, but also may be analogous to our solar system in the early […]
The potentially dangerous asteroid, almost 300 meters wide, will not come this close to Earth for almost 200 years. According to scientists from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, on Friday evening, February 2, an asteroid 271 meters wide will come to the closest distance to Earth in more than 100 years. It’s almost like three football […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX company with its Starship spacecraft has won a contract to launch the Starlab commercial space station built by European Airbus SE and American Voyager Space. The amount of the new deal was not disclosed. The companies agreed to establish a joint venture to build an orbital station in August 2023. According to […]
NASA has shown a photo of the golden glow of the Earth’s atmosphere, which was taken from the International Space Station (ISS), Space reports. Atmospheric glow, or air glow, occurs when sunlight interacts with atoms and molecules in the upper layers of the Earth’s atmosphere. Nitrogen, oxygen, sodium, and ozone molecules are excited by ultraviolet […]
On January 31, Rocket Lab launched four satellites into orbit as part of the Four of a Kind mission, Space reports. The Electron rocket launched from the Rocket Lab in New Zealand at 08:34 Kyiv time, launching four space surveillance satellites (SSA) for NorthStar Earth & Space. The Low Earth Multi-Role Receiver (LEMUR) satellites were […]
Asteroid 2024 BJ, discovered only 10 days before its approach to Earth, was recorded by astronomers of the Virtual Telescope project. It is noted that at the closest distance, the asteroid was only 353,000 kilometers from our planet, which corresponds to about 92% of the average distance between the Earth and the Moon. Participants in […]
The Italian company Thales Alenia Space (a contractor of the American Axiom Space) has published images from the production of the main structures of the first Axiom space module, Hub 1. When the module parts are ready, they will be delivered to the Axiom Space facility in Houston, Texas, USA, where they will be integrated […]
Being inside the Milky Way, we can say little about our galaxy as a single object. But on the other hand, we can look around and find a lot of similar spiral galaxies in the Universe and look at our cosmic home as if from the side. Today, NASA offers to enjoy the magnificent views […]
As an important step towards creating the conditions for human missions to Mars and beyond, NASA has chosen deep sleep technology for development. The Studying Torpor in Animals for Space-health in Humans (STASH) experiment, developed by researchers from Fauna Bio Inc. aims to study the possibility of inducing “torpor” in humans to reduce health risks […]