Astronomers Discover Metal-Poor Globular Cluster
While it’s been understood pretty much as long as we’ve understood stellar metallicities that globular clusters are low in metal content, we thought there was a floor to just how low that metallicity could go in large globular clusters.
The Recipe for Powerful Quasar Jets
In a new paper in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) with lead author Shifu Zhu, researchers are able to tease out the physics behind why some rapidly spinning supermassive black holes produce powerful jets and others do not.
Earth-like Planets Often Come with a Bodyguard
Sometimes, we get papers and press releases where the cool news and the news they are trying to push forward are not entirely the same thing.
China launches Gaofen-13 observation satellite towards geostationary orbit
On Sunday, October 11 at 16:57 UTC, China launched the Gaofen 13 satellite onboard a Long March 3B from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites, beta testing well underway
On Tuesday, October 6 at 11:29 UTC, SpaceX launched a batch of Starlink satellites from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Cygnus supply ship reaches space station with titanium toilet
On Saturday, October 3rd at 01:16 UTC, a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket launched the Cygnus NG-14 mission from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops, Virginia.
Scientists Study Rugged Surface of Near-Earth Asteroid Bennu
Our citizen scientists were part of mapping the asteroid Bennu to find a suitable site for the OSIRIS-REx mission to grab a rock sample to bring to Earth. We are now one week away from this sampling event!
Restart of Operations at Kitt Peak, Cerro Pachon & Cerro Tololo
Maunakea Observatories has stayed open for limited science and has been a proving ground for safety protocols and implementation of protective measures.
Star Dies by Black Hole Spaghettification
An international team of astronomers has been able to observe the slow demise of a star being tidally disrupted as it fell into a supermassive black hole.
Vaporized Metal in the Air of an Exoplanet
And while this next story is discouraging toward finding life, it’s still pretty cool. Well, actually, it’s really hot. Extremely hot.
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