By DC Pathak Science is always looking for an equation to confirm a proposition while philosophy rises above the details and reaches empirical deduction through the imagination. Theories of the universe combine science and philosophy – the latter inevitably bringing the idea of God to fill unexplained gaps in man’s understanding of the universe. Philosophy …
Using several highly sensitive instruments and sophisticated galaxy modeling, the researchers identified the galactic foci of 84 SGRBs and probed the characteristics of 69 of the identified host galaxies. Credit: Image by WM Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko The most robust inventory to date lists host galaxies and characteristics of SGRBs. Using observations and modeling, astronomers have …
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FLORIDA — SpaceX will attempt to refuel the International Space Station again this weekend after bad weather at the launch site forced the company to abandon its first attempt, CNN reported. The mission is scheduled to lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2:20 p.m. ET Saturday. If the weather were to …
CNN — SpaceX will attempt to refuel the International Space Station again this weekend after bad weather at the launch site forced the company to abandon its first attempt. The mission is scheduled to lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2:20 p.m. ET Saturday. If the weather were to wreck those …
For something that emits no light that we can detect, black holes love to blanket themselves in radiation. In fact, some of the brightest light in the Universe comes from supermassive black holes. Well, not really black holes themselves; it is the material that surrounds them as they actively suck up large amounts of matter …
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Comment this story Comment Do one thing: Choose a slower delivery option if you can. Don’t worry about: All that cardboard and packaging waste isn’t good for the environment, but it’s not the worst. Fall for: Transportation is the biggest source of global warming emissions. Last miles for packages to your door (or your car …
Comment this story Comment December skies offer casual skywatchers planetary joy and shooting-star delights. Earththe neighboring planet March brightens due to proximity, but the planet reaches opposition on December 8. Our reddish neighbor is about 50 million kilometers from Earth on December 1, according to the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, and a week later, …
We know we live in an expanding universe. This means that the entire universe is getting bigger with each passing day. It also means that in the past our universe was smaller than it is today. Rewind that tape enough, and physics suggests that our universe was once an infinitely small, infinitely dense point — …
Mars 2020 SHERLOC Instrument: A close-up view of an engineering model of SHERLOC (Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics & Chemicals), one of the instruments aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech A study published in Science analyzes several rocks found at the bottom of Jezero Crater on Mars, where the Perseverance …
Artist’s impression of Ariel en route to Lagrange 2 (L2) point. Here the spaceship is shielded … [+] from the Sun and has a clear view of the whole sky. ESA/STFC Espace RAL/UCL/Europlanet-Science Office Five thousand extrasolar planets detected and counting, we still don’t have a standard model of the full range of planets circling …
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