Our deepest view of the X-ray sky
The team behind the eROSITA X-ray instrument aboard the Russian-German Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma (Spektr-RG) telescope has released its first all-sky survey.
Observation of Excess Events in the XENON1T Dark Matter Experiment
The XENON1T in Italy is filled with ultra-pure liquid xenon. Designed to search for certain theoretical kinds of dark matter, it has so far found none of the particles it hoped for, but it has found a weird background of particle interactions that weren’t expected.
New Organic Molecule Discovered in Interstellar Cloud
In a new paper accepted in Astronomy & Astrophysics, researchers have gone looking in the lab for the precursor molecules to amino acids and having found those molecules, they’ve turned around and looked in astronomical data where they have found those precursor molecules in space.
This Supernova in a Lab Mimics the Cosmic Blast’s Splendid Aftermath
Trying to recreate the complex leading edge of these systems has proven more than a computer model can handle. Now though, there is a laboratory option. Researchers at Georgia Tech have created a supernova simulator in their lab.
SkySats 16-18 Successfully Launch Aboard The SpaceX Falcon 9
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 at 9:21 am UTC with an additional 58 satellites for the growing Starlink constellation.
University-built CubeSat launched with swarm of auroral science nodes
At 5:12 am UTC on June 13, an Electron rocket launched the “Don’t Stop Me Now” mission from Rocket Lab’s spaceport on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand.
China launches Haiyang-1D ocean observation satellite
On June 10 at 6:31 pm UTC, a Long March 2C rocket launched the Haiyang 1D oceanography satellite from the Taiyuan space center in northern China’s Shanxi province.
Evidence for Volcanic Craters on Saturn’s Moon Titan
The large moon Titan has a thick atmosphere, lakes of methane and ethane, and early images by the Huygens probe even spotted what appear to be river deltas on its surface. Now, we learn, volcanic craters with complex rims can also be found on Titan.
Supergiant Atmosphere of Antares Revealed by Radio Telescopes
In a new paper in Astronomy & Astrophysics, an international team figured out they could use the combined observing capabilities of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and Very Large Array (VLA) to observe the outer layers of the nearby massive star, Antares.
Why Pulsars Shine Bright: A Half-Century-Old Mystery Solved
One team has found a way to use physics to explain the bright magnetic poles of pulsars. In a paper appearing in Physical Review Letters, researchers describe how the interplay between magnetic and electric fields can drive what might be described as photon-producing lightning.
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