Astrophysicists Observe Long-Theorized Quantum Phenomena
In a new paper, researchers describe how they used data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and Gaia to detail out the observed parameters of more than 3000 stars to get at their radii through a trick of relativity.
Cosmic Tango Between the Very Small and the Very Large
In a new paper in Physical Review Letters, a team is able to explain both the large-scale power spectrum’s anomaly at low values and the anomaly in lensing amplitude that shows inconsistency with Lambda-Cold Dark Matter cosmologies.
Scientists Find Remnant of Strange Dismembered Star Cluster at Galaxy’s Edge
A new paper in Nature describes a newly discovered star stream found by the Southern Stellar Stream Spectroscopic Survey.
Plunge in Sunlight May Have Triggered “Snowball Earths”
Two MIT researchers have shown that we are just one massive volcanic ash cloud away from global glaciation.
China launches new high-resolution mapping satellite
On July 25 at 3:13 AM (UTC), a Chinese Long March 4B rocket launched three satellites from LC-9 at Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center.
Progress MS-15 arrives at Station with eventful automated docking
A Roscosmos Soyuz-2 rocket launched the Progress MS-15 (76P) mission on July 23 at 2:26 PM (UTC) from LC-31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
China’s first Mars exploration mission probe successfully launched
At 4:41 AM UTC, a Long March 5 rocket blasted off from Wenchang Space Launch Center, sending the Tianwen-1 on its way to Mars. It’s expected to arrive next February.
Scientists Look Inside Central Engine of Solar Flare for First Time
In another paper in Nature Astronomy, this one with lead author Bin Chen, scientists look into the heart of a solar flare and work to understand what factors power these giant rings and streams of plasma.
A Growing Stellar System Directly Fed by the Mother Cloud
In a new paper in Nature Astronomy, a team led by Jaime Pineda describes how young stars fed on an infalling stream of material that stretched 10,500 AU in length.
The Ultimate RAVE — Final Data Release Published
A new data release from the RAdial Velocity Experiment (RAVE) contains fifteen years of data tracing the motions and chemistry of 451,783 stars.
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