Using the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have characterised a bright […]
Category: COSMOLOGY
NSSL Phase 3 Introduces Tiered Mission Assurance to Expand Launch Provider Base
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) is taking a new approach with its […]
‘Cosmic lighthouses’ that cleared primordial fog identified with JWST
Scientists working with data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have obtained the first […]
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus Spacecraft: A Decade of Delivering Science and Cargo to the ISS
Source: NASA Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft has been a vital component of NASA’s Commercial Resupply […]
Astronomers discover heavy elements after bright gamma-ray burst from neutron star merger
An international team of astronomers — including Clemson University astrophysicist Dieter Hartmann — obtained observational […]
The Rocketdyne F-1: The Engine That Took Humanity to the Moon
Source: NASA In the annals of aerospace engineering, few machines are as iconic or impressive […]
New insights on how galaxies are formed
Astronomers can use supercomputers to simulate the formation of galaxies from the Big Bang 13.8 […]
The Comet HLLV: NASA’s Ambitious 1990s Concept for a Saturn V Successor
In the early 1990s, as NASA was beginning to plan for missions beyond low Earth […]
Webb unlocks secrets of one of the most distant galaxies ever seen
Looking deeply into space and time, two teams using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have […]
The Enigmatic Journey of ʻOumuamua: Unraveling the Mysteries of Our First Interstellar Visitor
Artist’s illustration of the object ʻOumuamuaCredit: M Kornmesser/ESO In October 2017, astronomers made a groundbreaking […]