The Element of Surprise
Artistic image of the supernova explosions of the first massive stars that formed in the Milky Way. The star J0815+4729 was formed from the material ejected by these first supernovae. Credit: Gabriel Pérez Díaz, SMM (IAC) Studying the individual elements present in...
Metal with a side of quantum entanglement
Image source; https://futurism.com/scientists-strange-metal-entangled-electrons In a materials science article published in the journal Science, researchers discuss the creation of a new type of metal alloy, in which the electrons move between atoms in an organized...
Ancient Impact may have changed climate
Zircon crystal used to date the Yarrabubba impact. One of the recurring themes of the year has been that there are some places on Earth are older than others. Canada – that Canadian shield is super old. Western Australian – also old. Just how old these different...
Water from Enceladus
Using new geochemical models, SwRI scientists found that CO2 in Enceladus’ ocean may be controlled by chemical reactions at the seafloor. Integrating this finding with previous discoveries of H2 and silica suggests geochemically diverse environments in the rocky core....
So Long Spitzer
In this artist’s rendering of NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope in space, the background is shown in infrared light. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Yesterday we aired the NASA celebration of the life and science of the Spitzer Space Telescope. This infrared observatory was one...
Carnival of Space #647
Image credit: © Solarseven This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Allen Versfeld at his Urban Astronomer blog. Check out this week's sampling of space-related stories from our colleagues and friends! Click here to read Carnival of Space #647. And if you’re...
CASC launches Jilin-1
Starting off this week of rockets was a Long March 2D rocket with the Jilin-1 mission. Liftoff was on January 15, 2020 at 2:46 AM (UTC). On board were four passengers: a satellite destined for the Jilin-1 constellation, ÑuSats 7 and 8 from Satellogic, and Tianqi-5....
CASIC lifts YinHe-1into orbit
On January 16th at 3:02 AM (UTC), a Chinese Kuaizhou 1A rocket launched the YinHe-1 mission. This is a technology demonstration for a Chinese company called GalaxySpace, whose goal is to have a Low Earth Orbit constellation that can provide global coverage for 5G...
Two communications satellites launched by Arianespace
An Ariane 5 launched on January 16, 2020 at 9:05 PM (UTC), carrying two commsats with a combined mass of over six metric tons - Eutelsat Konnect and GSAT-30. Eutelsat Konnect is part of Eutelsat’s ongoing project to expand broadband services in Africa. In...
Alien and local comets
A team of NAOJ researchers has published in the MNRAS the orbits of two outbound comets and determined that these comets could easily be two more alien objects caught passing through our solar system. It is also possible that these are objects from the Oort Cloud that...
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