Researchers using the Chandra X-ray Observatory have found that a known pulsar is moving through a supernova remnant at over one million miles per hour
Jan 24th: Pulsar Found Racing Through A Supernova Remnant
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Jan 20th: Electrons Swirl Like Water Under Specific Conditions
Using etched tungsten ditelluride at nearly absolute zero, scientists have observed electrons swirling around like whirlpools, behaving as a fluid. The methods could be used to design low-energy devices. Plus, eavesdropping on aliens, machine learning on solar data, and some new observatories are in the works.
Jan 11th: Mount Sharp, Mars, Shaped by Water & Wind
Data and images from NASA’s Curiosity rover found evidence that wind played a key role in erosional processes on the red planet, despite the lower atmospheric volume. Plus, astrophysics and cosmology news, a baby exoplanet.
Dec 28th: Firefly Makes Orbit on Second Try
Early Saturday morning, another company entered the exclusive club of successful orbital launchers, Firefly Aerospace, when their second attempt to reach orbit, named To The Black, lifted off on October 1.
Dec 13th: Cosmic Manatee with a Particle Accelerator on its Head
Scientists observing the Manatee Nebula find that the supernova remnant contains a stellar-mass black hole that is emitting powerful, high-energy jets, creating the strange, double-lobed shape.
Nov 30th: Interview with Jochen Grandell
Join us today for bonus content from The Daily Space. An interview with Jochen Grandell, Program Scientist for the Meteosat third generation.
Nov 23rd: Water Worlds May Hide Water Underground Summary
A population study of 43 exoplanets orbiting M-dwarf stars to find the densities of the worlds shows the planets are less dense than expected, suggesting they are not purely rock but half-rock and maybe half-water.
Nov 16th: Dinosaurs Washed Away in Largest Wave to Wrap Earth
As if getting set on fire and tossed into space wasn’t enough, new research finds evidence that after the Chicxulub impact, dinosaurs were also the victims of a massive global tsunami and worldwide earthquakes. Plus, the Milky Way’s stellar graveyard, a new timeline for the Moon’s formation, and this week in space history, we look back at the Meteosat program
Nov 9th: Globular Clusters: Already Old 9 Billion Years Ago
The quest to understand the formation mechanisms of globular clusters was limited by the Hubble Space Telescope’s ability to peer back in time. Now, JWST’s larger mirror has allowed astronomers to find gravitationally lensed galaxies that have globular clusters almost nine billion years old.
Oct 27th: Observed: It’s a Star-Eat-Star Universe
While astronomers have observed white dwarfs consuming companion stars on numerous occasions, for the first time, they have now observed the consumption of the companion’s helium and not just hydrogen.