All the space exploration missions we look forward to in 2021
byMost of us will remember 2020 primarily as the year of the great pandemic, but let’s not forget how space exploration and astronomy had…
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ArianeSpace launches a French military spy satellite on a Soyuz missile until 2020
byArianespace launched a new French Army reconnaissance satellite in orbit on Tuesday (29 December), in reference to the 2020 European launch provider’s final mission….
A new astronomical cluster discovered by astronomers
byColor image of galaxy density map at 0.36 redshift from Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) from eROSITA. The white circles mark the location of the clusters…
All of the dark matter in the universe may be primordial black holes – formed from the collapse of children’s universes shortly after the Big Bang
byby Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe December 28, 2020 Small universes branching out of our universe shortly after the…
A huge radioactive jet from the early universe has been detected
bypicture: Spingola et al. Bill Saxton, NRAO / AUI / NSF. (else) When the universe was emerging a billion years old, a galaxy A…
Pluto’s atmosphere is as foggy as Titan, but for a different reason
byZoom in / Pluto’s atmosphere is somewhat foggy. Saturn’s moon Titan is distinctive, partly due to its orange color and hazy atmosphere. It is…
Astrophysicists discover large, unintelligible filaments of gas between galaxies
byOptical image of the Abell 3391/95 system captured with a DECam. Superimposed are the eROSITA (darker = higher gas density) and radio lines (yellow)…
Ash Scotty from Star Trek aboard the International Space Station
byAshes of the late James Dohan, who played chief engineer Montgomery Scott on the original Star Trek TV series, on board the International Space…
10 geological discoveries that totally rocked 2020
byScientists this year discovered some of the planet Earth’s most well-preserved secrets. They found hidden rivers, bits of lost continents and remnants of ancient…
Watch: When the astronauts on the International Space Station celebrate Christmas in space and Santa visits them
byAlthough this year’s Christmas celebrations were quiet around the world due to pandemicThe festive joy, however, managed to spread to outer space. The astronauts…