Researchers observed a neutron star of binary system MXB 1659-29. They found an evidence of the fastest neutrino-emission phenomena, known as the direct Urca process, through which a neutron star cools. They concluded that the direct Urca process...
NASA’s most iconic and two of the well known space probes Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 were launched in 1977, one month apart from each other from the Cape Canaveral facility in Florida. The two probes were originally designed to study the outer...
BurstCube is a CubeSat developed for detecting and localizing gamma-ray bursts. It’s an extension of Fermi Space Telescope that will help in detecting sources of gravitational waves. It’ll detect more than 24 short gamma-ray bursts, in...
Scientists confirmed that the gas swirling at the upper atmosphere of Uranus contains hydrogen sulfide. The is the same gas that gives rotten eggs their odor. The study also indicates that the giant icy planets like Neptune and Uranus were formed...
The Kilopower project is not new; In October 2015, NASA started this project for nuclear reactor for space. As of September 2017, a test reactor has been built. The 6.5 feet tall reactor can generate up to 1 kilowatt of electric power. NASA has...
Moon had a very strong magnetic field, which gradually faded away with time. A new model suggests that the Moon’s magma ocean could be responsible for this lost magnetism. The magma ocean dynamos might have been a usual event in rocky...
ESA’s Gaia has released the largest catalogue of stars with much greater precision. It contains precise motion and parallax of over 1.3 billion stars, as well as properties of other celestial bodies. Its data have been used to determine...
For decades, astrophysicists have studied various aspects of the universe. From black holes to the origin of the universe itself. But some have gone far enough to contemplate the unknown or unknowable. Is it possible that something exists even...
National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA sure doesn’t need any sort of introduction. Being the world’s biggest and leading space agency, it has been exploring the universe for decades. NASA has successfully conducted...
A physicist has calculated another effect of general relativity on Mercury’s orbit. It would take approximately two billion years to add one degree of Mercury’s orbit’s rotation. These calculations will be verified by the Japan...
A new study indicates that there should be 10,000 to 20,000 black holes in just a 6 light-years-wide region, near center of the Milky way galaxy. Astrophysicist used Chandra X-ray Observatory data to verify their method. They were able to find 12...
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite will be launched on 16th April on SpaceX Falcon 9. It will discover exoplanets ranging from gas giants to size of Earth. During the 2 year mission, the satellite will monitor 200,000 stars less than 300 light...