NASA announced the recipients of the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) grants, which will support scientific and technical research projects for more than 20 universities and organizations across the United States.
“NASA’s EPSCoR awards are a tool to strengthen research capacity in areas across our nation that have historically been underrepresented in government...
For the first time, astronomers have captured solid evidence of a rare double cosmic cannibalism — a star swallowing a compact object such as a black hole or neutron star. In turn, that object...
Last September, the James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST, discovered JWST-ER1g, a massive ancient galaxy that formed when the universe was just a quarter of its current age. Surprisingly, an Einstein ring is associated...
It really wasn’t that long ago when the two greatest superpowers were vying to put satellites into space. Now, 50 nations have their own satellites in low Earth orbit. If you’re a...
Satellites are more likely to be at risk from high-speed solar wind than a major geomagnetic storm according to a new UK-US study published this week in the Journal Space Weather.
Researchers investigating the space...
Computer simulations by astronomers support the idea that dark matter -- matter that no one has yet directly detected but which many physicists think...
Packed with interactive activities and featuring Bill Nye, CEO of The Planetary Society, and CaLisa Lee, a Planetary Society volunteer, the booklet serves as...
New research highlights the similarities between current ice melt from Greenland and historical Heinrich Events, suggesting that while the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)...
Historically most scientists thought that once a satellite galaxy has passed close by its higher mass parent galaxy its star formation would stop because...
Celebrating Australia’s National Science Week 2021, I’ve been interviewed for Macquarie University “The Lighthouse” about the science activities I do with my son, Luke,...