28 June 2017
The existence of orbiting supermassive black holes finally confirmed
...resolution and precision in the astrometry to actually see the orbit happening," said UNM Professor Greg Taylor. "It's a bit of a triumph in technology to have been able to do this." The Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) is a system made up of 10 radio...
19 January 2018
Chinese study proposes using lasers to clear out space debris
... record with space debris. In 2007, a Chinese anti-satellite missile test resulted in the creation of over 3000 bits of space debris, which eventually caused severe damage to a Russian satellite. Most of this debris cloud will be in orbit...
09 March 2018
Juno gives insight into Jupiter's epic winds
... field, scientists have been able to establish that the winds reach a depth of around 3,000 kilometres; quite a bit more than previous estimates had calculated. "Since Jupiter is basically a giant ball of gas, the initial expectation...
04 July 2018
Majority of asteroids come from a handful of ancient planets
... Jupiter and Mars known as the inner asteroid belt, which is also the main location for wayward bits of smaller rock that find their way to Earth as meteorites. Knowing what asteroids are made of not only...
09 November 2018
Leftover gas from the Sun's birth created Earth's water
... the entire planet. This could be explained if, when the Earth was a small ball of rubble cobbled together by bits of rock sticking together – a stage known as a planetary embryo – eventually grew large enough so that when it collided with...
23 November 2018
3D printed body parts being studied for future astronauts
.... Here, a leading group of 3D bioprinting experts from around the world gathered to discuss the latest in growing essential bits of the body in outer space. “For the first time in Europe, all the relevant experts have come...
