by quasarn01 | Jun 30, 2026 | Astronomy
Astronomers have identified one of the most distant candidate galaxies known to leak ionizing radiation—the same kind of radiation thought to have transformed the early universe during the epoch of reionization. Go to Source
by quasarn01 | Jun 30, 2026 | Astronomy
NASA on Tuesday is set to launch a daring robotic rescue mission, a long-shot bid to prevent one of its aging telescopes from vanishing into dust. Go to Source
by quasarn01 | Jun 29, 2026 | Astronomy
Artificial intelligence (AI) is continuing to have a disruptive impact on ever more parts of humanity. But what does it mean in the long run? A new paper, available as a preprint on arXiv from Austrian researcher Sergey Ivliev, extrapolates what the wide-scale...
by quasarn01 | Jun 29, 2026 | Astronomy
Giant mirrors in space have been a staple of science fiction for decades. But so far, there’s been very little work looking at the actual physics behind the concept—possibly because we’re still so far from making them ourselves. Still, they could...
by quasarn01 | Jun 29, 2026 | Astronomy
A new Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) study based on data from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has uncovered insights into why the solar wind gradually slows as it moves toward the edge of the solar system and the boundary with interstellar space. The study...
