Black Widow Star Circles Hourly
A tiny, dense pulsar is pulling material off its nearest companion star, which orbit each other every 62 minutes, while a third star shines on from a safe distance.
What’s Up: Occultations
This week in what’s up is an astronomy phenomenon called an occultation, where one object passes completely in front of another.
Comet has Unusual Tail Shape
The orbits of particles coming off of Comet 17P/Holmes trace out an hourglass shape, with the particles collecting in nodes that hint at the comet’s evolution.
Chandra Releases New Sonifications
The latest CXO sonification project involves actual sound waves for the first time, coming from the Perseus Galaxy Cluster and boosted to audible ranges.
The Sun is Literally Bursting with Energy
It seems like every few days we get another bulletin about the Sun giving off a solar flare, and this week is no exception, with four major flares occurring.
Building Space to Test Solar Cells
Perovskite solar panels, which degrade under Earth’s atmospheric conditions, may turn out to perfect for space applications instead.
New Method of Space Navigation Uses Old Stars
A new method of determining a spacecraft’s attitude in space has been proposed using pulsars and basic triangulation.
How Do You Like Your Eggs? Robot-Tasted!
Researchers have been working with an appliance manufacturer to train a robot chef to taste its food, testing the salinity as it changes over chewing.
Differences Fall Away Like Sand on Titan
New research looks at ooids on Earth to model how grains of sediment made of hydrocarbon sand could form and last on the surface of Titan.
This Week in Rocket History: Ariel 3
This Week in Rocket History, we look back at another foreign satellite launched on a U.S. Scout rocket — the United Kingdom’s Ariel 3.
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