Orbital science, astronomy, remote sensing, and what lies beyond the atmosphere.
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to produce the most detailed map yet of the cosmic web, the vast structure that organizes galaxies across the universe. The work uses data from COSMOS-Web, the largest JWST survey conducted so far, to trace galaxy environments back toward the universe’s…
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A study in Monthly Notices reports that China’s Einstein Probe detected a strange double X-ray flash from a cosmic source called EP240305a. The event behaved in ways that resemble some of the universe’s most powerful explosions, yet its full identity remains uncertain. The signal appeared on March 5, 2024, as two short X-ray flares separated…
NASA Johnson Space Center has marked more than 25 years of continuous human life aboard the International Space Station. The unbroken period began when the Expedition 1 crew entered the orbiting laboratory on November 2, 2000. Every day since then, at least one person has been living beyond Earth’s atmosphere. The milestone represents roughly 9,000…
A study led by researchers at NASA Ames used Kepler’s final planet census to estimate how often rocky worlds occupy temperate orbits around Sun-like stars. The analysis, published in The Astronomical Journal, suggested that the Milky Way could contain at least 300 million potentially habitable planets. The result marks a profound change in astronomy. A…
