When we picture what’s in deep space, we often think of static images — colorful composites of distant objects like nebulas and galaxies, frozen in time. The reality is that everything is moving, and it’s moving fast. But given the vast distances involved, it’s hard for us to see that motion. NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory, …
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Amy Lien is an Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Tampa whose research interests lie in understanding how the universe begins and evolves through the most energetic astrophysical explosions: gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), supernovas, merging neutron stars and black holes. When faraway stars explode, they send out flashes of energy called gamma-ray bursts that …
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Seasonal, spider-like features have been spotted sprouting through cracks in Mars’ surface. The European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter captured new images of small, dark features that resemble spiders scuttling across the Martian region known as Inca City near the Red Planet‘s south pole. This phenomenon appears when spring sunlight warms layers of carbon dioxide …
Satellites Spot Clusters Of ‘Spiders’ Sprawled Across Mars’ Inca City. Read More »
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have discovered that early universe galaxies must have grown up way faster than expected. Plus, the same team also found that, 10 billion years ago, the cosmos wasn’t quite as disordered and chaotic as previously believed. The international team, led by researchers from Durham University in the U.K., …
