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What happens when neutron stars collide?

Jun 18, 2024 (Nanowerk News) When stars collapse, they can leave behind incredibly dense but relatively small and cold remnants called neutron stars. If two...

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Despite gyro failure, NASA says Hubble Space Telescope still up to world-class science

Trouble with one of the Hubble Space Telescope’s three remaining gyroscopes, critical for aiming and locking onto targets, has prompted mission managers to switch...

Hubble goes to single-gyro operating mode as NASA passes on private servicing mission

WASHINGTON — NASA will extend the life of the Hubble Space Telescope by switching to a mode where the spacecraft operates on a single...

Nuclear physicists tame radius calculation problem – Physics World

<a data-fancybox data-src="https://zephyrnet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/nuclear-physicists-tame-radius-calculation-problem-physics-world.jpg" data-caption="Nucleon numbers The research team found a new way of calculating the size of atomic nuclei such as the ones represented...

China’s secretive spaceplane releases object into orbit

Join our newsletter to get the latest military space news every Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. Processing… Success! You're on the list. Whoops! There was...

Serbia becomes latest country to join China’s ILRS moon base project

HELSINKI — Serbia has signed an agreement on participating in the China-led International Lunar Research Station. Serbia’s Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation signed...

Live Coverage: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch 23 Starlink satellites from Florida

SpaceX is gearing up for the first of two Starlink missions from Florida, as Boeing gets ready for the first piloted launch of its...

Missing gamma rays cast doubt on cosmic-ray origins – Physics World

<a href="https://zephyrnet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/missing-gamma-rays-cast-doubt-on-cosmic-ray-origins-physics-world-2.jpg" data-fancybox data-src="https://zephyrnet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/missing-gamma-rays-cast-doubt-on-cosmic-ray-origins-physics-world-2.jpg" data-caption="Burning bright: This visible-light image of the Pinwheel galaxy was taken in June 2023 by the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory...

Why space exploration is important for Earth and its future: Q&A with David Eicher

With Starmus Earth: The Future of Our Home Planet around the corner, we sat down with David Eicher, the Astronomy Magazine editor-in-chief and one...

A “slow bleed” of funding threatens NASA’s science flagships

Budgets are tight at NASA, especially for its science programs. NASA’s Science Mission Directorate sought an increase of nearly half a billion dollars in...

US astronomers slam cuts to the Chandra X-ray observatory – Physics World

X-ray astronomers in the US have begun a campaign to save the Chandra X-ray Observatory from budget cuts that would effectively end the mission....

SpaceX launches Falcon 9 booster on record-breaking 20th flight

Update 10:13 p.m. EDT: SpaceX successfully launched and landed its booster, B1062, for a 20th time. SpaceX shattered multiple records Friday night as it launched...

Dark Energy May Be Weakening, Major Astrophysics Study Finds | Quanta Magazine

IntroductionPhysicists have deduced subtle hints that the mysterious “dark” energy that drives the universe to expand faster and faster may be slightly weakening with...

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