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New Horizons Needs a New Flyby Target. Vera Rubin Can Help.

14-03-2025 21:22 via universetoday.com

Exploration of the outer Solar System may be getting a boost from the Vera Rubin Observatory (VRO). When this gigantic telescope opens its eye later in 2025, it begins a decade-long survey of the ever-changing sky. As part of this time-lapse vision of the cosmos, distant objects in the Kuiper Belt will be among its most challenging targets.

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Watching the Power of Supermassive Black Holes With X-ray Interferometers

14-03-2025 20:03 via universetoday.com

X-ray astronomy is a somewhat neglected corner of the more general field of astronomy. The biggest names in telescopes, like Hubble and James Webb, don't even touch that bandwidth. And Chandra, the most capable space-based X-ray observatory to date, is far less well-known. However, some of the most interesting phenomena in the universe can only be truly understood through X-rays, and it's a shame that the discipline doesn't garner more attention. Kimberly Weaver of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Ce

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This is a Lunar Eclipse, Seen from the Moon!

14-03-2025 18:06 via universetoday.com

Thursday brought with it a total lunar eclipse for parts of the world that could see the Moon. If you missed it (like I did) then no problem since Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost mission has got your back. The lunar lander took a break from its science duties on our nearest astronomical neighbour to capture this stunning image of the eclipse. Observers on Earth saw the shadow of the Earth fall across the Moon but for Blue Ghost, it experienced a solar eclipse where the Sun hid behind the Ea

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Building a Solar Power Satellite from Moon Dust

14-03-2025 15:51 via universetoday.com

Solar Power Satellite (SPS) advocates have been dreaming of using space resources to build massive constructions for decades. In-space Resource Utilization (ISRU) advocates would love to oblige them, but so far, there hasn't yet been enough development on either front to create a testable system. A research team from a company called MetaSat and the University of Glasgow hope to change that with a new plan called META-LUNA, which utilizes lunar resources to build (and recycle) a fleet of their s

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De meeste sterrenstelsels in het vroege heelal blijken dezelfde kant op te draaien, zo laat Webb zien

14-03-2025 10:56 via astroblogs.nl

Uit waarnemingen gedaan met de Webb ruimtetelescoop blijkt dat de meeste sterrenstelsels in het vroege/verre heelal allemaal dezelde kant op draaien. Zo blijkt uit een onderzoek dat gedaan is door de sterrenkundige Lior Shamir van Kansas State University. Met Webb keek hij naar 263 spiraalsterrenstelsels in het zogeheten JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES) veld […]

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Saturnus heeft nu belachelijk veel maantjes - Astronomie.nl

14-03-2025 08:51 via news.google.com

Saturnus heeft nu belachelijk veel maantjes Astronomie.nl

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NASA-ISRO missie brengt landbouwgrond in kaart vanaf de beplanting tot het oogsten

14-03-2025 08:34 via spacepage.be

Gegevens van de NISAR-satelliet zullen worden gebruikt om de groei van gewassen in kaart te brengen, de gezondheid van planten te volgen en de vochtigheid van de bodem te controleren. Wanneer de NISAR-satelliet (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) dit jaar gelanceerd wordt, zal hij een krachtige gegevensstroom leveren die boeren in de VS en de rest van de wereld kan helpen. Deze nieuwe aardobservatie missie van NASA en de Indiase Space Research Organisation (ISRO) zal helpen om de groei van gewa

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Hubblespanning, pi-day en walvisplas | Scientias Podcast 9

14-03-2025 07:35 via scientias.nl

In deze aflevering praten Diederik Jekel en Krijn Soeteman over wetenschapsnieuwtjes en achtergronden van de week, waaronder Albert Einstein geboortedag Pi-day! Eclipse-seizoen Walvisplas Hubblespanning Schrijf je in voor de nieuwsbrief! Ook elke dag vers het laatste wetenschapsnieuws in je inbox? Of elke week? Schrijf je hier in voor de nieuwsbrief!
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JWST Cycle 4 Spotlight, Part 1: Exoplanets and Habitability

14-03-2025 06:33 via universetoday.com

The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) has announced the science objectives for Webb's General Observer Programs in Cycle 4 (Cycle 4 GO) program. The Cycle 4 observations include 274 programs that establish the science program for JWST's fourth year of operations, amounting to 8,500 hours of prime observing time. This is a significant increase from Cycle 3 observations and the 5,500 hours of prime time and 1,000 hours of parallel time it entailed.

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Hubble Finds a Potential Triple Kuiper Belt Object

14-03-2025 01:36 via universetoday.com

A distant trio of worlds may shed light on planetary formation in the early solar system.Sometimes, good things come in threes. If astronomers are correct, a system in the distant Kuiper Belt may not be two but three worlds, offering an insight into formation in the early solar system.The study comes out of researchers at Brigham Young University and the Space Telescope Science Institute.

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It's Time to Stop Being Surprised by Surprising Weather

14-03-2025 00:36 via universetoday.com

The increasing frequency of so-called ‘1-in-a-1000-year' weather events highlights how global warming is disrupting rather more typical weather patterns beyond what scientific models can reliably predict. A recent paper proposes a three-tier scientific approach for addressing these unprecedented climate challenges: improving rapid response capabilities, making incremental infrastructure adaptations, and pursuing transformational system changes to manage escalating climate chaos.

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