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The GEO Polar images are generated from a vantage point above the north pole, showing the concentrations of satellites in LEO and in the ring-like geosynchronous region.
Five-centimeter fragments of space junk, tumbling silently 36,000 kilometers up in an orbit that never clears itself.
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New radio maps of the Orion Nebula reveal unknown expanding shells and cavities, while cutting the estimated mass of its surrounding shell nearly tenfold.
SpaceRadio observations reveal once hidden structures around the Orion NebulaJoseph Shavit
ALMA found two hot molecular cores inside a supernova remnant, with organic chemistry that appears surprisingly intact.
SpaceOrganic molecules can survive violent supernova explosions – fueling star and planet formationJoseph Shavit
The eROSITA X-ray telescope, which was developed and built by a consortium of German institutes led by the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE).
SpaceA cosmic gateway near Earth may connect us to other distant worldsJoseph Shavit
A year inside a sealed habitat can sound like science fiction, but NASA is treating it as preparation.
SpaceNASA is looking for four volunteers willing to spend a year inside a simulated Mars missionAmyn Bhai
Conceptual illustration of Penrose’s proposal for extracting energy from a rotating black hole.
SpaceCUNY researchers bring black hole theory to life in the labShy Cohen
MIT research outlines a way to detect possible nuclear weapons aboard suspicious satellites in low-Earth orbit.
SpaceMIT scientist reveals a new method to detect nuclear weapons in spaceJoseph Shavit
New research suggests dark matter could be born ultrafast during reheating and still cool enough to build galaxies.
SpaceNew study reveals how dark matter formed shortly after the Big BangJoseph Shavit
AI crater catalogs for the Moon often perform worse than published metrics suggest when tested by human scientific standards.
AIAI can quickly spot and catalog lunar craters, but accuracy remains a major problemShy Cohen
Lunar regolith geopolymers survived six months outside the ISS, and some samples returned stronger than Earth-based controls.
SpaceISS test finds that moon dust could be effective as a lunar building materialJoseph Shavit
Strange isotope signals in 3I/ATLAS suggest the interstellar comet formed around an ancient, metal-poor star.
SpaceInterstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may come from a solar system much older than our ownJoshua Shavit
This artist’s impression shows a quasar: a brief period of life for a big, bright galaxy during which large quantities of material spiral into its central supermassive black hole, releasing energetic light as it does so.
SpaceEuclid finds 31 distant quasars dating back 800 million yearsJoseph Shavit
MIT-led modeling suggests human-caused ozone depletion may have begun in 1957 in the tropical upper stratosphere.
SpaceOzone depletion actually began decades before holes in the ozone layer were first discoveredShy Cohen
NASA and Katalyst are attempting a robotic rescue of the Swift telescope before solar drag pulls it into Earth's atmosphere.
SpaceNASA’s risky bid to save Swift telescope before solar drag pulls it into Earth’s atmosphereJoseph Shavit
Webb images suggest mergers helped shut down star formation in distant galaxies during a peak era of cosmic growth.
SpaceJWST reveals why some distant galaxies suddenly stop forming starsShy Cohen
This artist’s impression depicts the structure of our galaxy, the Milky Way, based on data from ESA's Gaia and illustrates how scientists have revised the position of its outer arms thanks to observations from ESA's XMM-Newton and NASA's Chandra.
SpaceXMM-Newton gamma-ray detection shows the Milky Way is bigger than previously thoughtJoshua Shavit
Artist concept of the gas giant planet WD1856b orbiting a white dwarf star. The planet is 7 times larger than the Earth-sized white dwarf it orbits.
SpaceJWST solves the mystery of the giant planet orbiting a dead starJoseph Shavit