ESA’s star-surveying Gaia mission has again proven to be a formidable asteroid explorer, spotting potential moons around more than 350 asteroids not known to have a companion. París, Aug 08, 2024.- Previously, Gaia had explored asteroids known to have moons — so-called ‘binary asteroids’ — and confirmed that the telltaleContinuar Leyendo
August 2014: Rosetta arrives at Comet 67P After a ten-year voyage through space, in August 2014 Rosetta finally approaches its target comet. The team is expecting to see that the solid, central part of the comet – its ‘nucleus’ – is shaped like a potato. The images that come downContinuar Leyendo
An international team of researchers led by the University of Bern has used observation-based computer modelling to find an explanation for how macromolecules can form in a short time in disks of gas and dust around young stars. These findings could be crucial for understanding how habitability develops around differentContinuar Leyendo
An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have directly imaged an exoplanet roughly 12 light-years from Earth. While there were hints that the planet existed, it had not been confirmed until Webb imaged it. The planet is one of the coldest exoplanets observed to date.Continuar Leyendo
París, July 17, 2024.- Scientists have combined Euclid’s recently released image of the massive galaxy cluster Abell 2390 with XMM-Newton’s X-ray observation of the same site to showcase the blazing hot gas that fills the space between the galaxies. In the image, the light captured by XMM-Newton appears as aContinuar Leyendo
An international team of astronomers has used more than 500 images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope spanning two decades to detect seven fast-moving stars in the innermost region of Omega Centauri, the largest and brightest globular cluster in the sky. These stars provide compelling new evidence for the presenceContinuar Leyendo
Using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, scientists observed the region above Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot to discover a variety of previously unseen features. The region, previously believed to be unremarkable in nature, hosts a variety of intricate structures and activity. París, June 25, 2024.- Jupiter is one ofContinuar Leyendo
New data revise our view of this unusual supernova explosion. París, June 17, 2024.- The Crab Nebula is a nearby example of the debris left behind when a star undergoes a violent death in a supernova explosion. However, despite decades of study, this supernova remnant continues to maintain a degreeContinuar Leyendo
Astronomers, maybe more than anyone, appreciate what an island of perfection our Earth is. Our orbit may put us at a perfect distance from the sun for life to flourish, but it is too small to easily help astronomers determine how big the universe is. Washington DC, June 17, 2024.-Continuar Leyendo
Architecture and Engineering firm, IDOM, completes successful final design review for one of the largest mechanized smart buildings in the world Pasadena, CA, June 15, 2024.- The Giant Magellan Telescope and IDOM today announced that the telescope’s enclosure, set to be one of the world’s largest astronomical facilities, passed itsContinuar Leyendo
