Three-Dimensional Mapping of the Crab Nebula
New research has been able to create detailed three-dimensional images of the Crab Nebula and two other supernova remnants and discovered that all three systems had large-scale rings and filamentary structures.
Jellyfish Galaxies Swimming Through Clusters
Galaxy D100 has fallen into the Coma cluster, and dust and gas were systematically stripped and left trailing behind like a tail, creating a “jellyfish” galaxy.
Pollution Could Be Solution to Detecting Technological Civilizations
New NASA study looks at nitrogen dioxide pollution as a potential technosignature for extraterrestrial life and finds NO2 could produce a detectable signal.
New Method Finds Potentially Habitable Planet at Alpha Centauri
A new paper examines the progress made in observational methods that allow us to hunt for potentially habitable planets and possibly finds one orbiting Alpha Centauri AB.
Super-Earths Are Not Leftovers of Mini-Neptunes
Researchers used a simulation and thermodynamic calculations to understand the evolution of super-Earths and found they are not remnants of mini-Neptunes.
ExoMars Orbiter Discovers Hydrogen Chloride on Mars
Mars is the big thing in the news this week, and the European Space Agency announced the discovery of hydrogen chloride gas in the atmosphere.
Newly Discovered Solar System Object is ‘Farfarout’
Newly found object so far, far out there that it now holds the record for the most distant object observed in our solar system, edging out the previous record-holder, Farout.
Random Space Fact: Green Bank Observatory Shuts Down For Science
Your random space fact for the week comes from the Green Bank Observatory, which had to be shut down briefly for the tracking of flying squirrels.
This Week in Rocket History: Stardust Mission Launches
Our first historical overview is of the Stardust mission, which launched on February 7th, 1999 from Cape Canaveral in Florida on a Delta II rocket with the goal of collecting and returning cometary dust.
Hope and Tianwen-1 Arrive at Mars, Percy Up Next
February is seeing three spacecraft arriving at Mars that have been en route since July 2020. UAE’s Hope and China’s Tianwen-1 arrived this week.
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