Gaia mission offers opportunities to search for compact binaries not involved in binary interactions (hereafter inert compact binaries), and results in the discoveries of binaries containing one black hole (BH) or one neutron star (NS), called "Gaia BHs’’ and "Gaia NSs’', respectively. We have assessed if Gaia BHs and NSs can be formed in...
There was a secret inside the envelope in the hands of Stephan Schlamminger, one of the world’s leading experts in experimental tests of gravity. He appeared to be on the verge of opening the...
A groundbreaking method of detecting high-frequency gravitational waves (HFGWs) has been proposed by a research team led by Prof. Tao LIU, Associate Professor from the Department of Physics at the Hong Kong University of...
In the realm of science fiction, few megastructures ignite the imagination as profoundly as Larry Niven’s Ringworld. Introduced in his 1970 award-winning novel of the same name, the Ringworld is an artificial band approximately...
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...
A pair of Columbia University astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and Kepler Space Telescope have assembled compelling evidence for the existence of a...
NASA seeks faster, more affordable Mars sample return mission
by Mike Heuer
Space Coast FL (SPX) Jun 05, 2024
NASA officials want a new Mars sample return...
The National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program, managed by the U.S. Space Force, is responsible for ensuring reliable and affordable access to space for...
The groundbreaking concept proposed by HKUST Department of Physics Prof. Liu’s team allows a single astronomical telescope in the Earth’s magnetosphere to function as...
Planets form in disks of dust and gas called protoplanetary disks that whirl around a central protostar during its final assembly.
Although several dozens of...
ESA's OPS-SAT CubeSat Mission Concludes
by Erica Marchand
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 05, 2024
ESA's experimental OPS-SAT CubeSat mission ended on the night of May 22-23, 2024...