An international team of astronomers has used more than 500 images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope spanning two decades to detect seven fast-moving stars in the innermost region of Omega Centauri, the largest and brightest globular cluster in the sky. These stars provide compelling new evidence for the presence of an intermediate-mass black hole.
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A Black Hole for Omega Centauri
The motions of individual stars in the core of Omega Centauri, a massive globular cluster, confirm the existence of a black hole at its core.
3D printer successfully makes little space shuttle models in microgravity
SpaceCAL is a 3D printer that can create objects in microgravity conditions; a recent test of the device was successful.
SpaceX rolls Starship Super Heavy booster to launch pad ahead of 5th test flight (video, photos)
SpaceX moved its fifth Starship Super Heavy booster to the launch pad in preparation for a coming test flight, which could occur in the next few weeks.
Europe's Mars sample return orbiter moving ahead despite NASA budget uncertainty
The European Space Agency's Earth Return Orbiter has passed its design review, which validates its technical details and moves the project onto manufacturing and testing.
Webb Detects the Smell of Rotten Eggs in an Exoplanet’s Atmosphere
Studying the atmospheres of exoplanets is helpful for several reasons. Sometimes, it helps in understanding their formation. Sometimes, it helps define whether the planet might be habitable. And sometimes, you allow a press officer to write the headline “Stench of a gas giant? Nearby exoplanet reeks of rotten eggs.” That headline was released by John Hopkins University’s (JHU) press department after a study describing the atmosphere of one of the nearest known “hot Jupiters” was recently published in Nature.
Ariane 6 first flight highlights
Video: 00:02:06
Europe’s new rocket Ariane 6 powered into space on 9 July 2024 from a newly built dedicated launch pad in French Guiana. Liftoff occurred at 16:00 local time (20:00 BST, 21:00 CEST).
Ariane 6 inaugural flight press conference
Video: 00:32:50
Replay of the press conference held in Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana with ESA, ArianeGroup, CNES and Arianespace representatives providing updates on the first mission of Ariane 6.
'Futurama' Season 12 trailer teases fresh new interplanetary antics (video)
A new trailer and poster has been released for "Futurama" Season 12 on Hulu, returning on July 29.
Ariane 6 first launch
Video: 03:33:02
Europe’s new rocket Ariane 6 powered Europe into space taking with it a varied selection of experiments, satellites, payload deployers and reentry demonstrations that represent thousands across Europe, from students to industry and experienced space actors.
Saharan dust outbreak lingers across some US states this week
A large plume of Saharan dust settled across the Gulf states this week after an epic journey from Africa.
The Rugged Desert Moss Best Equipped to Survive on Mars
For decades, we have seen Mars as a desolate landscape devoid of any signs of life. Attempt to identify ways of growing plants and food on the red planet have focussed on greenhouse like structures to enable plants to survive, that is, until now! A desert moss called ‘Syntrichia caninervis’ has been identified and it can grown in extreme environments like Antarctica and the Mojave Desert. A new study revealed the moss can survive Mars-like environments too including low temperatures, high levels of radiation and drought.
Ariane 6 first liftoff
Video: 03:04:20
Europe’s new rocket Ariane 6 powered Europe into space taking with it a varied selection of experiments, satellites, payload deployers and reentry demonstrations that represent thousands across Europe, from students to industry and experienced space actors.
Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket launches on long-awaited debut mission (video)
The new Ariane 6 rocket launched for the first time ever today (July 9), opening a new chapter in European spaceflight history.
Lego Marvel Venomized Groot review
This Lego Marvel set packs in a venomous bite.
The James Webb Space Telescope finds a jeweled ring in the cosmos
A sparkling jeweled ring, created through a cosmic phenomenon called gravitational lensing, has been imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope.
'Traffic jams' around Uranus could solve the mystery of its weak radiation belts
In 1986, the Voyager 2 spacecraft discovered Uranus has a strangely weak radiation belt. Now, researchers think this could be linked to "traffic jams" caused by the world's warped magnetic field.
New 'A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead' story trailer will leave you speechless (video)
Saber Interactive just launched a frightening new story trailer for the horror video game "A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead."
NOAA's upcoming GeoXO satellites could be 'weather-monitoring platform of the future'
NASA has awarded Lockheed Martin a $2.27 billion contract to build NOAA's next generation GeoXO weather satellite constellation.
