by quasarn01 | Jul 15, 2026 | Astronomy
Despite their depiction as massive monsters that simply suck in everything, including light, astronomers know black holes actually spin. And they spin really, really quickly. Determining just how quickly is key to understanding how they affect their immediate vicinity...
by quasarn01 | Jul 15, 2026 | Astronomy
Peak star formation took place during cosmic noon, between 2–3 billion years after the Big Bang. The star formation rate (SFR) back then was up to 100 times greater than it is today. For the SFR to be so high, gas had to move through galaxies efficiently. Go to...
by quasarn01 | Jul 15, 2026 | Astronomy
What does it take to catch up with a small, tumbling rock hundreds of thousands of kilometers from Earth? For China’s Tianwen-2 mission, the answer was a 400-day chase covering roughly 1 billion kilometers (621 million miles) of deep space—one that has just...
by quasarn01 | Jul 15, 2026 | Astronomy
Scientists have painted the most detailed portrait yet of the planetary system orbiting Barnard’s Star—the sun’s closest neighbor after Alpha Centauri, just under six light-years from Earth. Go to Source
by quasarn01 | Jul 15, 2026 | Astronomy
The UK Space Agency and space startup Vast just signed an agreement to send Paralympic sprinter and below-knee amputee John McFall into orbit as early as 2027. Most coverage framed it as a victory for inclusion. As a space health researcher, I think something far more...
by quasarn01 | Jul 15, 2026 | Astronomy
A Southwest Research Institute-led study has proposed a connection between a specific collision in the main asteroid belt and an inner-solar-system-wide bombardment episode that may have had measurable biological and geological consequences on Earth. The research...
