• Astronomers Build a 3D Map of Dust Within Thousands of Light-Years

    Updated: 2024-02-29 17:56:58
    Skip to content Universe Today Space and astronomy news Menu Videos Newsletter Podcast Contact Us Support Us Log in 3D Map of Dust in Galaxy Posted on February 29, 2024 February 29, 2024 by Mark Thompson Astronomers Build a 3D Map of Dust Within Thousands of Light-Years If you explore the night sky it won†t be long before you realise there is a lot of dust and gas up there . The interstellar dust between the stars accounts for 1 of the mass of the interstellar medium but reflects 30 of the starlight in infrared wavelengths . The dust plays a key role in the formation of stars and the evolution of the Galaxy . A team of astronomers have attempted to map the dust out to a distance of 3000 light years and have just released the first 3D map of the dust in our Galaxy.  The scattering and

  • Odysseus moon lander will cease working after sideways landing

    Updated: 2024-02-27 07:12:41
    Intuitive Machines, the company that built and flew the spacecraft, said it will continue to collect data until sunlight no longer shines on the solar panels, expected to happen Tuesday morning.

  • A Neutron Star Rests at Supernova 1987A’s Center

    Updated: 2024-02-22 19:00:00
    The supernova has astonished experts since its discovery almost four decades ago

  • NASA is looking for volunteers to test its Mars simulator for a year

    Updated: 2024-02-22 10:41:00
    Mars Dune Alpha1, a 1,700 square foot replica of the red planet's habitat at the Johnson Space Center, will simulate things such as: resource limitations, equipment failures and communication delays.

  • The International Space Station retires soon. NASA won't run its future replacement.

    Updated: 2024-02-21 18:01:29
    NASA is crashing the ISS into the ocean at the end of 2030. The agency is collaborating with private companies to build its replacement. So what could the space stations of the near future look like?

  • NASA is looking for people to test out its Mars simulator for a year

    Updated: 2024-02-21 05:16:16
    The agency is accepting applicants for the second cohort of its Mars simulator mission. Participants will live and work from a 3D-printed, 1,700-square-foot facility at NASA's Houston space center.

  • A dead satellite crashed back to Earth. No worries, it landed in the Pacific

    Updated: 2024-02-20 20:17:56
    The one-in-a-billion chance it could have hit somebody on the head didn't become a reality, as the European satellite reentered the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean between Alaska and Hawaii.

  • Scientists have found a black hole so large it eats the equivalent of one sun per day

    Updated: 2024-02-20 18:31:00
    With a mass 17 billion times larger than our sun, this black hole is the fastest-growing black hole ever recorded, Australian National University said.

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