23 January 2017
New results from HST show relativistic jets on scales rarely seen before
... that has consequently provided original snapshot images of optical jets first taken in the 1990s. Their results state that...say, “it remains to be seen whether this is because the jet has truly decelerated and is only mildly relativistic, or because ...
08 April 2020
First-ever photo proof of powerful jet emerging from colliding galaxies
...in the Astrophysical Journal on April 7, 2020. The paper is titled "TXS 2116-077: A gamma-ray emitting relativistic jet hosted in a galaxy merger." In addition to Paliya, who is now at the Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY) in Germany, the other...
24 March 2021
For the first time, astronomers image magnetic fields around M87 black hole
... are blown far out into space in the form of jets and astronomers do not know exactly where this interplay between ...activity in this very compact region of space can drive powerful jets that extend far beyond the galaxy,” says Monika Mościbrodzka, ...
05 July 2016
Success for JUNO!
...It’s a great day.” Last night at 11.53 p.m. EDT, Juno tracking data alerted the navigation facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California of a successful orbit insertion sequence by the spacecraft, burning up 785 kilograms...
26 August 2016
All eyes on Jupiter as Juno moves in close tomorrow
... this closely, or over the poles in this fashion," said Steve Levin, Juno project scientist from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. "This is our first opportunity and there are bound to be surprises. We need to take...
10 March 2017
New interplanetary radar technique spots "lost" lunar spacecraft
... [LRO] and the “lost” Indian Space Research Organisation's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft. Pioneered by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, the technique involves sending a powerful beam of microwaves directed toward the...
