Space & Aviation
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The aftermath of a stellar explosion should be a slowly fading cloud of hot gas. The last thing astronomers expected to find was a population of supernova remnants appearing to dramatically change in brightness.
Astronomers may have found a supernova remnant in an intriguing neighborhood of our galactic downtown.
Astronomers have discovered a calm island of gas in the harsh center of the Milky Way, an environment similar to where most stars may have formed.
Though his own rockets weren’t practical, Robert Goddard inspired others to build better ones.
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Jessica Meir, commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission, shared photos and videos of a green aurora she shot while sheltering in a capsule outside the International Space Station.
The “50 for 50” artifact for New Mexico is RocketMotorTwo from Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity.
Camouflage was a way for militaries to protect their most valuable aerial assets.
Astronomers have produced the most detailed X-ray views ever obtained of the jet launched from the supermassive black hole at the center of Messier (M87).