Astronomy - Space Axiom (Page 13)

NASA's DART Spacecraft Successfully Crashed Into an Asteroid in a Planetary Defense Test

As part of the mission, NASA was investigating whether it was possible to alter the trajectory of a celestial body by hitting it with a space probe. This was humanity's first attempt to change the celestial body's trajectory.

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The Inouye Telescope Reveals New Images of the Sun's Chromosphere

The Daniel Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii has taken new images of the Sun in great detail. The new images cover a chromospheric region 82,500 km wide and are just a small fraction of the Sun's total size.

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NASA Reveals New Stunning Images of Jupiter Taken by the Webb Telescope

The images that show the planet's features in detail were taken by the Webb telescope's near-infrared camera (NIRCam). It can observe celestial bodies such as stars, nebulae, and planets that are too cold or too faint to be seen in visible light.

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You Can Now Explore Mars Using an Interactive Map

The map was unveiled at the Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) 2022 in Granada, Spain. It was created using orbital images as well as three-dimensional panoramic views of the Jezero crater.

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NASA Shared the First Detailed Image of a Planet Outside Our Solar System

The exoplanet is located about 385 light years from Earth, and, according to various estimates, it is 6-12 times larger than Jupiter and is between 15 million and 20 million years old.

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China Plans More Lunar Missions after Discovering a New Mineral There

The decision was made after China discovered a new mineral found in lunar deposits that could become a new source of energy for humanity. China eventually plans to build an international research station on the Moon.

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Scientists Discover a Super-Earth Located Near Its Star's Habitable Zone

A super-Earth class exoplanet 4 times the mass of Earth was detected orbiting within the habitable zone of a red dwarf dubbed Ross 508. The star is located in the constellation Serpens and is five times smaller than our Sun.

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NASA Released the Eerie Sound of a Black Hole

NASA has recorded the sounds of a massive black hole 250 million light-years away from Earth in the Perseus Cluster. The object is located so close to the gas clouds that it creates ripple-like sound waves.

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Scientists Reveal How Our Sun Is Going to Evolve in the Future

The Sun has been around for 4.57 billion years and has been getting hotter all along. Scientists have determined that the star will be the hottest in its lifetime at the age of 8 billion years.

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Astronomers Discover Alcohol Molecules in the Centre of the Milky Way

A group of scientists has discovered the largest alcohol molecule in space – isopropanol was found in the Sagittarius B2 gas-dust cloud near the center of the Milky Way. Sagittarius B2 is a massive star-forming region where new stars are born.

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Astronomers Find Elusive Atoms in the Cosmic Web

The atoms are hard to spot because most of them are in the cosmic web in the form of gas so diffuse that there is no more than about one atom per cubic foot of space, which is much less than in any vacuum on Earth.

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James Webb Telescope Captures a Stunning View of Cartwheel Galaxy

Cartwheel is located at a distance of about 500 million light-years from Earth in the Sculptor constellation, and its estimated diameter is 150 thousand light-years.

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Astronomers Discover the Oldest Galaxy in the Universe

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected the oldest galaxy in the universe – GLASS-z13. It is assumed that it was formed 300 million years after the Big Bang and is now 13.5 billion years old.

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Two Large Asteroids Will Fly Past Earth This Weekend

Two large asteroids the size of a multi-story building will brush past our planet later this week. According to NASA, the space bodies will approach the Earth on July 29 and 30.

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James Webb Telescope Captured a New Image of Jupiter and Its Moons

The new image clearly shows the famous Great Red Spot, an Earth-sized storm that has been raging on the distant giant for centuries, and even some of the planet's thin rings.

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NASA Reveals Five More Breathtaking Images from the James Webb Space Telescope

After unveiling the first full-color image of space taken by the James Webb Space Telescope yesterday, NASA shared five more stunning and breathtaking images of stellar objects, including distant galaxies, nebulas, and other wonders of the universe.

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NASA Unveils First Full-Color Image Taken by the James Webb Space Telescope

The rest of the high-resolution color images will debut on July 12. The first five photos highlight James Webb's unprecedented scientific capabilities and should include pictures of galaxies, nebulas, and more.

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NASA's Chandra Observatory Spots Galaxy Clusters' Collision

Abell 2146 is a pair of colliding galaxy clusters located nearly 2.8 billion light-years from our planet. Galaxy clusters contain hundreds of galaxies along with huge amounts of dark matter and hot gas.

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Rocket Lab Launched NASA's Capstone Mission to the Moon

It is expected that CAPSTONE will reach its destination by entering the lunar orbit in four months and stay there for at least six months.

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South Korea Successfully Launched a Satellite Into Orbit Using Its Nuri Rocket

In October last year, the rocket was launched into orbit for the first time. This test launch ended in failure because one of its engines shut down prematurely.

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BepiColombo Makes Its Second Mercury Flyby

During this flyby, BepiColombo approached the planet from the night side. The next Mercury flyby of BepiColombo is scheduled to take place about one year from now.

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Giant Sunspot Doubled in Size in Only 24 Hours

AR3038 increased in size sharply at night of June 19 to 20. The sunspot was located slightly north of the solar equator and was facing the Earth. It disappeared from view in a few days.

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A Rare Alignment of Five Planets Took Place on June 24

For the first time in 18 years, billions of people around the world could enjoy an incredible spectacle in the night sky – a parade of planets. This is an astronomical phenomenon in which several planets line up in a single arc in the sky.

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Bacterial Species in Kombucha Can Survive in Mars-Like Conditions

Kombucha cultures were sent to the ISS to determine how they would grow and survive under extraterrestrial conditions. After 1.5 years of being under simulated Martian conditions outside the ISS, the samples were cultivated for 2.5 years.

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Scientists Share the Most Detailed Geological Map of the Moon

The researchers analyzed all the data on the lunar surface collected by space agencies over the past 15 years. The surface of the Moon is divided into various colored zones.