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Accelerating pulses in SN 2024afav support a newborn magnetar model involving a wobbling disk and relativistic frame-dragging.
A supernova’s changing rhythm offers evidence of a hidden magnetar, while companion observations reveal surrounding-gas interaction.
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An artist’s concept of JAXA’s MMX spacecraft during its Mars’ orbit insertion. The Martian moon Phobos, which MMX will explore and sample, is in the background.
SpaceJapan launches MMX to bring home the first samples from a moon of MarsJoseph Shavit
Atmospheric models suggest Uranus and Neptune formed from different ingredients, but uncertain mixing leaves their origins open.
SpaceNeptune and Uranus appear to have significantly different chemical originsJoseph Shavit
Lunar fault mapping indicates the moon’s radius shrank about 45 meters during a late stage of cooling and contraction.
SpaceTen thousand faults reveal how the Moon’s radius shrank by about 45 metersJoseph Shavit
Roman will share vast amounts of cosmic data, helping astronomers hunt planets, black holes and clues to dark energy.
SpaceNASA’s Roman Space Telescope prepares to unleash a flood of new cosmic discoveriesJoseph Shavit
A new study simulated spaceflight conditions developed heart scarring and lasting immune changes, though the findings may not directly apply to humans.
SpaceHumans may not have the heart for space travel to MarsJoseph Shavit
Orbital evidence points to an eroded volcano near Mars’ equator, where buried glacier ice may survive beneath volcanic deposits.
SpaceAstronomers discover a giant volcano on Mars that may hide the remnants of an ice glacierJoseph Shavit
The cool white dwarf WDJ1330+6435 has accreted sodium-rich rocky material from its planetary system into its atmosphere. The immense atmospheric density causes the sodium to absorb light over broad range of yellow, orange, and red wavelengths, giving the WDJ1330+6435 a ghostly green appearance.
SpaceA white dwarf’s unusual atmosphere gives it a ghostly green glowJoseph Shavit
LSTs under construction at the CTAO-North site in La Palma, Spain.
SpaceNew large-sized telescope array in Spain ushers in a new era in exploring the extreme universeJoseph Shavit
The shape of WASP-17b’s atmosphere mapped using transmission strings. The planet has a broad banded jet around the equator with vast wind speeds which transport material and heat from the permanently irradiated dayside to the permanently shadowed nightside.
SpaceJWST finds hidden structure in a hot exoplanet’s atmosphere 1,300 light-years awayJoseph Shavit
SN 2018zd offers evidence for an electron-capture supernova, but competing studies leave its mechanism and the Crab’s origin debated.
SpaceUnusual supernova solves 1,000 year mystery revealing a third way stars might explodeJoseph Shavit
Simulations explain how magnetic-field draping and reconnection shape uneven waves at Earth’s magnetic shield.
SpaceEarth’s tilted magnetic field changes where space waves formJoseph Shavit
Mount Sinai sends brain and heart tissue models to the ISS to study spaceflight, genetic risk and changes linked to aging.
HealthMiniature brain and cardiovascular models head to orbit on SpaceX CRS-35 to study agingJoseph Shavit
A SwRI-led model filters false far-side solar detections and improves magnetic maps, with a measured trade-off in missed active regions.
SpaceImproved magnetic field maps bring the Sun’s hidden hemisphere into focusJoshua Shavit
Railway timetables and magnetic records place Exeter’s reported solar-storm train delay in 1848, correcting a longstanding date error.
SpaceA delayed Victorian train reveals a 185 year-old error in space weather historyJoshua Shavit
Artist’s impression of WISE 0855, a cold, free-floating world about 7.5 light-years away. Webb observations provide evidence of changing water-cloud thickness and atmospheric chemistry beneath the clouds.
SpaceJWST discovers the first shifting water clouds on a planet outside of our solar systemJoseph Shavit
The Arsia Mons Elongated Cloud as seen by Mars Express. A new model suggests Mars’s 1,800-kilometer cloud forms ice without dust seeds, though the mechanism still needs confirmation.
SpaceMars’s longest morning cloud may form ice without dustJoshua Shavit