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December Astronomy: What’s in the North Texas sky this month?
INTERNATIONAL STATION FLY-BYS The International Space Station will make flybys across the North Texas sky this month. The ISS appears as a fast-moving star across the night sky. Best December 2023 ISS flybys The International Space Station rotates around the Earth at a speed of 17,500 mph. The ISS rotates about its center of mass…
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Dr. Dara Norman Wants to Bring More People Into Science
What does access mean to you? What about scientific merit? What are the things you take for granted that you aren’t even aware of because of your privilege? For Dr. Dara Norman, who is deputy director of the Community Science and Data Center at NOIRLab and the incoming president-elect of the American Astronomical Society (AAS),…
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Dr. Dara Norman Wants to Bring More People Into Science
What does access mean to you? What about scientific merit? What are the things you take for granted that you aren’t even aware of because of your privilege? For Dr. Dara Norman, who is deputy director of the Community Science and Data Center at NOIRLab and the incoming president-elect of the American Astronomical Society (AAS),…
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“Cosmic vine” discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope
The twenty gravitationally connected galaxies extend through the early Universe for millions of light years. Ever since it began sending data back to Earth in the summer of 2022, the impact of the James Webb Space Telescope on our understanding of the early Universe has been almost immeasurable. Now, one of the latest discoveries made…
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ISRO’s AstroSat Has Detected More Than 600 Gamma-Ray Bursts Since 2015: Report
The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO’s) AstroSat has detected more than 600 gamma-ray bursts since it was commissioned in 2015. Each gamma-ray burst detected by AstroSat represents the death of a massive star or the merging of neutron stars. The Cadmium Zinc Telluride Imager (CZTI) onboard AstroSat detected the gamma-ray bursts, news agency PTI reported.…
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Finnish team of researchers found out the composition of asteroid Phaethon
image: Postdoctoral Researcher Eric MacLennan holds in his hands a very rare type of meteorite, the so-called CY carbonaceous chondrite. Only six specimens of the same type are known. The sample is on loan from the Natural History Museum in London. view more Credit: Susan Heikkinen The asteroid that causes the Geminid shooting star swarm…
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Blast off for space-related courses at Indian universities
As India’s government emphasises its space sector, university curricula are increasingly focusing on courses relevant to the area, according to faculty and sector insiders. This October, two months after India’s first – and highly celebrated – moon landing, its prime minister Narendra Modi announced new targets: setting up an Indian space station by 2035 and taking the…
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The case of the missing phosphorous: Astronomers detect life
By Daniel Stolte, University Communications Today University doctoral students used two radio telescopes, including the Arizona Radio Observatory 12-meter radio telescope on Kitt Peak, to make the discovery. Tom Folkers/Steward Observatory Astronomers at the University of Arizona have discovered excephosphorus, a critical ingredient for life as we know it, in an unexpected location: the outskirts…
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The case of the missing phosphorus: Astronomers find life ingredient
By Daniel Stolte, University Communications Today University doctoral students used two radio telescopes, including the Arizona Radio Observatory 12-meter radio telescope on Kitt Peak, to make the discovery. Tom Folkers/Steward Observatory Astronomers at the University of Arizona have discovered excephosphorus, a critical ingredient for life as we know it, in an unexpected location: the outskirts…
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Exoplanet ‘haze’ makes it harder to identify water on alien worlds. Scientists may have a solution
One of the primary tasks of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is to scan the atmospheres of exoplanets for signs of habitability. And, as far as we know, water is necessary for life. So naturally, detecting the presence of water in and around alien worlds is a high priority for planetary scientists. There is,…
