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Scientists investigate the origins of the Crab Nebula with the James Webb Space Telescope

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Crab Nebula (MIRI and NIRCam image). Credit: ESA/Hubble Information Center A team of scientists used NASA/ESA/CSA’s James Webb Space Telescope to analyze the composition of the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant located 6,500 light-years away in the constellation Taurus. Using the telescope’s MIRI (Mid-Infared Instrument) and NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera), the team collected data that will … Read more

Scientists investigate the origins of the Crab Nebula with the James Webb Space Telescope

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This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Crab Nebula (MIRI and NIRCam image). Credit: ESA/Hubble Information Center × close to Crab Nebula (MIRI and NIRCam image). Credit: ESA/Hubble Information Center A team of scientists used NASA/ESA/CSA’s James Webb Space Telescope to analyze the composition of the Crab … Read more

Voyager 1 is back! Legendary probe makes contact from interstellar space

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A gentle voice we have longed for drifts back to us from interstellar space, 15 billion miles away. Voyager 1 – the most distant man-made object on Earth – sounds like itself again on the deep space radio network after six months of gibberish. Scientists at NASA are thrilled. “We’re back, baby!” reads an X-post … Read more

Space detection of terrestrial anomalies: groundbreaking new technique reveals early signs of earthquakes

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A new study highlights the potential of satellites in detecting early indicators of earthquakes through anomalies in the ground, atmosphere and ionosphere, suggesting the possibility of predicting earthquakes earlier than previously thought. Professor Mehdi Akhoondzadeh’s research, which analyzed satellite data from recent earthquakes near the Turkey-Syria border, identified significant anomalies in the precursors that occurred … Read more

The Japanese space junk cleaner is hunting a key target

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The space debris cleanup mission launched by Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has successfully tracked down one of its targets. During the Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration, Japan’s Astroscale partnered with JAXA to launch a satellite called ADRAS-J that will demonstrate the capabilities needed to remove space debris from orbit. Last Friday, the two entities … Read more

Old star seen zooming through space at a speed of 600 kilometers per second

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Most stars in the Milky Way move in quiet and orderly orbits around the galactic center, but that is not the case for all of them. Every now and then a maverick is caught breaking ranks, zooming along at speeds that will eventually launch him into intergalactic space. These ‘hypervelocity’ stars are extremely rare, but … Read more

Space weather forecasts need an upgrade to protect future Artemis astronauts

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a raging fiery yellow and organge sun blazes from the right, filling two-thirds of the image. the star spits an arch of plasma high above its surface. so hot

NASA has its sights set on the moon, with the goal of sending astronauts back to the lunar surface by 2026 and establishing a long-term presence there by 2030. But the moon isn’t exactly a habitable place for humans. Cosmic rays from distant stars and galaxies and solar energetic particles from the Sun bombard the … Read more

Space rock that fell to Earth reveals ancient traces of the early solar system

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Much has changed in the approximately 4.5 billion years since the solar system first emerged from a disk-shaped cloud of swirling dust and gas. The stuff from which everything is formed has undergone some serious changes: packed into planets, blown up by solar radiation and plasma, changed by interactions with other atoms. The basic components … Read more

5 discoveries in space that scientists find difficult to explain

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Each bright spot in this image, the first all-sky image by eRosita, is black hole or a neutron star.

Could there be an invisible planet lurking on the edge of our planet? solar system? Can black holes ricochet through space like intergalactic billiard balls? Did our own galaxy’s black hole ‘wake up’ with a bang millions of years ago – and could it do so again? These may not be the questions that first … Read more