by quasarn01 | Jan 14, 2026 | Astronomy
When fire breaks out in the low-gravity, high-stakes conditions inside spacecraft or space stations, it behaves very differently than back here on Earth. Go to Source
by quasarn01 | Jan 14, 2026 | Astronomy
NASA gave the go for the SpaceX Crew-11 mission to depart the International Space Station on Wednesday headed for an overnight splashdown back on Earth in the Pacific Ocean. Go to Source
by quasarn01 | Jan 14, 2026 | Astronomy
A research team from the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with domestic and international partners, has carried out observational studies on SN 2024gy—a high-velocity Type Ia supernova (SN Ia)—using the Lijiang 2.4-meter...
by quasarn01 | Jan 14, 2026 | Astronomy
Astronomers from Nanjing University in China have analyzed the archival data from the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), searching for new pulsars. As a result, they detected 19 such objects that were missed by previous studies. The findings...
by quasarn01 | Jan 14, 2026 | Astronomy
Betelgeuse is the star that everybody can’t wait to see blow up, preferably sooner rather than later. That’s because it’s a red supergiant on the verge of becoming a supernova and there hasn’t been one explode this close in recorded human...