View larger. | Artist’s concept of WASP-107 b, a puffy exoplanet about 210 light-years from Earth. Data from 2 new studies using NASA’s Webb telescope show it’s much hotter on the inside, with a more massive core, than previously thought. Image via NASA/ ESA/ CSA/ Ralf Crawford (STScI).
WASP-107 b is a gas giant exoplanet,...
Like a celestial beacon, distant quasars make the brightest light in the universe. They emit more light than our entire Milky Way galaxy. The light comes from matter ripped apart as it is swallowed...
The mini-halos of dark matter scattered throughout the Cosmos could function as highly sensitive probes of primordial magnetic fields. This is what emerges from a theoretical study conducted by SISSA and published in Physical...
A survey of over 1,500 supernovas conducted by the Dark Energy Camera has placed strong constraints on the accelerating expansion of the universe. The results suggest that the mysterious force that drives this cosmic acceleration,...
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...
LMU researchers have clarified how the toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) in our immune system detects viral RNA using specific enzymes, highlighting its role in...
SES Space and Defense Successfully Demonstrates Multi-orbit, Multi-band LEO Relay
by Clarence Oxford
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 06, 2024
SES Space and Defense, a subsidiary of...
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The International Space Station (ISS) is not just an engineering marvel orbiting 250 miles above the Earth – it is also a state-of-the-art scientific...
In his new role, his leadership will be critical in fostering an environment of scientific innovation and excellence, ensuring that JPL remains at the...
Part of the Greenland Ice sheet with blackened ice caused by algae. Credit: Shunan FengResearchers have found giant viruses on Greenland’s ice that might...