In a first, astronomers spot a star swallowing a planet
Earth will meet a similar fate in 5 billion years.
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Earth will meet a similar fate in 5 billion years.
The event was spotted in infrared data — also a first — suggesting further searches in this band could turn up more such bursts.
The observations will help astronomers pin down the physics of the plasma around black holes.
A new study shows that simple hand magnets erase a meteorite’s magnetic memory.
Martin Luther King Jr. Scholar Brian Nord trains machines to explore the cosmos and fights for equity in research.
The 2D map of this “disk wind” may reveal clues to galaxy formation.
The fellowship supports research contributing to the field of planetary science and astronomy.
George Ricker and his team at the MIT Kavli Institute are mapping the entire sky for signs of life.
Robotic parts could be assembled into nimble spider bots for exploring lava tubes or heavy-duty elephant bots for transporting solar panels.
Saverio Cambioni discusses new results revealing the redirected asteroid Dimorphos to be a dust-trailing rubble-pile.
National Space Council’s Users Advisory Group will guide the Biden-Harris administration on space preservation and industry.
Lincoln Laboratory’s Agile MicroSat will be the first small satellite to demonstrate long-duration, low-altitude flight with autonomous maneuvering.
Current measurements of black holes are not enough to nail down how the invisible giants form in the universe, researchers say.
Lincoln Laboratory’s TeraByte InfraRed Delivery system sent data from a satellite to Earth at 100 Gbps — a rate that will transform future science missions.
The observations could illuminate how supermassive black holes feed and grow.