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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel> <title>Space News - Space, Astronomy, Space Exploration</title> <link>https://phys.org/space-news/</link> <language>en-us</language> <description>The latest science news on astronomy, astrobiology, and space exploration from Phys.org.</description> <item> <title>The impact of inter-satellite links on the ECOM model performance for BDS‑3 MEO satellites</title> <description>Inter-satellite link (ISL) plays an essential role in current and future Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). A recent study, conducted by Wuhan University's GNSS Research Center and published in Satellite Navigation in May 2024, explored the significant effect of ISL data on the orbital characteristics of the BDS-3 MEO satellites.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-impact-inter-satellite-links-ecom.html</link> <category>Planetary Sciences </category> <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 17:05:33 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news635097931</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/the-impact-of-inter-sa.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>New photos show Jupiter's tiny moon Amalthea</title> <description>It's tiny, but it's there. By now, we're all used to seeing amazing photos of Jupiter courtesy of NASA's Juno mission on a routine basis. Many of these are processed by volunteer "citizen scientists," and they show the swirling cloud-tops of Jove courtesy of the spacecraft's JunoCam in stunning detail.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-photos-jupiter-tiny-moon-amalthea.html</link> <category>Planetary Sciences </category> <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 16:51:02 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news635097061</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/new-photos-show-jupite.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Glitch on BepiColombo: Work ongoing to restore spacecraft to full thrust</title> <description>BepiColombo, the joint ESA/JAXA mission to Mercury, has experienced an issue that is preventing the spacecraft's thrusters from operating at full power.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-glitch-bepicolombo-ongoing-spacecraft-full.html</link> <category>Space Exploration </category> <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 16:12:56 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news635094772</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/glitch-on-bepicolombo.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Q&A: Stellar insights—the Mauve mission's journey into the cosmos</title> <description>In a quest to study the variety of stars in our galaxy, the Mauve mission has emerged to provide a stronger understanding of the characteristics of stars—including their magnetic activity, flare evolution, and influence on the habitability of neighboring exoplanets. Chuanfei Dong, an assistant professor of astronomy within Boston University's College of Arts and Sciences, is the lead Principal Investigator (PI) at BU for the Mauve mission.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-qa-stellar-insights-mauve-mission.html</link> <category>Astronomy Space Exploration </category> <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 16:01:16 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news635094068</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2019/cosmos.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>How NASA tracked the most intense solar storm in decades</title> <description>May 2024 has already proven to be a particularly stormy month for our sun. During the first full week of May, a barrage of large solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) launched clouds of charged particles and magnetic fields toward Earth, creating the strongest solar storm to reach Earth in two decades—and possibly one of the strongest displays of auroras on record in the past 500 years.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-nasa-tracked-intense-solar-storm.html</link> <category>Astronomy </category> <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 15:56:16 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news635093770</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/how-nasa-tracked-the-m-1.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Solar storm detected in deep sea observatories</title> <description>The powerful solar storm driving the aurora borealis over global skies last weekend was also triggering the movement of compasses deep in the ocean, as revealed in new scientific findings shared today by Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), a University of Victoria initiative.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-solar-storm-deep-sea-observatories.html</link> <category>Planetary Sciences </category> <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 14:40:03 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news635089201</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/solar-storm-detected-i.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>A new space mission may help physicists answer 'hairy' questions about black holes</title> <description>Physicists consider black holes one of the most mysterious objects that exist. Ironically, they're also considered one of the simplest. For years, physicists like me have been looking to prove that black holes are more complex than they seem. And a newly approved European space mission called LISA will help us with this hunt.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-space-mission-physicists-hairy-black.html</link> <category>Astronomy </category> <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 12:45:04 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news635082301</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/a-new-space-mission-ma.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Webb detects most distant black hole merger to date</title> <description>An international team of astronomers have used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to find evidence for an ongoing merger of two galaxies and their massive black holes when the universe was only 740 million years old. This marks the most distant detection of a black hole merger ever obtained and the first time that this phenomenon has been detected so early in the universe.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-webb-distant-black-hole-merger.html</link> <category>Astronomy </category> <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 10:54:03 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news635075641</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/webb-detects-most-dist-1.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Into the abyss: Understanding black hole formation through natal kicks and neutrino emission</title> <description>A new study in Physical Review Letters explores the conditions of black hole formation from dying stars, particularly the role of neutrino-induced natal kicks in the formation process.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-abyss-black-hole-formation-natal.html</link> <category>Astronomy </category> <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 10:10:01 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news635072724</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/into-the-abyss-underst.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Three new RR Lyrae variable stars discovered</title> <description>Using the Lulin One-meter Telescope (LOT), astronomers have observed a newly detected candidate ultra-faint dwarf galaxy known as Virgo III. As a result, they discovered three new RR Lyrae variable stars in the vicinity of this galaxy. The finding was reported in a research paper published May 9 on the pre-print server arXiv.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-rr-lyrae-variable-stars.html</link> <category>Astronomy </category> <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 10:05:36 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news635072732</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/three-new-rr-lyrae-var.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Researchers shed light on how key ingredient for life may form in space</title> <description>A team led by University of Maryland chemists discovered a new way to create carbenes, a class of highly reactive yet notoriously short-lived and unstable molecules. Involved in many high-energy chemical reactions such as the creation of carbohydrates, carbenes are crucial precursors to the building blocks of life on Earth—and possibly in space.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-key-ingredient-life-space.html</link> <category>Astrobiology </category> <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 09:56:03 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news635072161</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/researchers-shed-light-2.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>NASA researchers bid farewell to 'flying laboratory' at Ames Research Center</title> <description>For many NASA scientists, flying aboard a decked-out Douglas DC-8 plane provided them some unique glimpses of Earth: the Moai on Easter Island, Central Park in New York and Mount Vesuvius in Italy.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-nasa-farewell-flying-laboratory-ames.html</link> <category>Space Exploration </category> <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 07:23:49 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news635063024</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/earth-1.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Five things to know about how NASA's tiny twin polar satellites will study the Arctic and Antarctic</title> <description>Twin shoebox-size climate satellites will soon be studying two of the most remote regions on Earth: the Arctic and Antarctic. The NASA mission will measure the amount of heat the planet emits into space from these polar regions—information that's key to understanding the balance of energy coming into and out of Earth and how that affects the planet's climate.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-nasa-tiny-twin-polar-satellites.html</link> <category>Planetary Sciences </category> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 17:02:24 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news635011342</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/five-things-to-know-ab.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Robotic 'superlimbs' could help moonwalkers recover from falls</title> <description>Need a moment of levity? Try watching videos of astronauts falling on the moon. NASA's outtakes of Apollo astronauts tripping and stumbling as they bounce in slow motion are delightfully relatable.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-robotic-superlimbs-moonwalkers-recover-falls.html</link> <category>Space Exploration </category> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 15:37:38 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news635006254</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/robotic-superlimbs-cou.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Video: SOHO's view of the 11 May 2024 solar storm</title> <description>Over the weekend of 10–12 May 2024, Earth was struck by the largest solar storm in more than a decade. While many of us enjoyed colorful auroras lighting up Earth's protective atmosphere, spacecraft had to endure being buffeted by incredibly strong solar winds and electromagnetic radiation.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-video-soho-view-solar-storm.html</link> <category>Astronomy Planetary Sciences </category> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 15:33:01 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news635005981</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/video-sohos-view-of-th.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Hubble views the dawn of a sun-like star</title> <description>Looking like a glittering cosmic geode, a trio of dazzling stars blaze from the hollowed-out cavity of a reflection nebula in this new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The triple-star system is made up of the variable star HP Tau, HP Tau G2, and HP Tau G3.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-hubble-views-dawn-sun-star.html</link> <category>Astronomy </category> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 15:15:02 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news635004901</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/hubble-views-the-dawn.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>NASA's Juno provides high-definition views of Europa's icy shell</title> <description>Images from the JunoCam visible-light camera aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft supports the theory that the icy crust at the north and south poles of Jupiter's moon Europa is not where it used to be. Another high-resolution picture of the icy moon, by the spacecraft's Stellar Reference Unit (SRU), reveals signs of possible plume activity and an area of ice shell disruption where brine may have recently bubbled to the surface.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-nasa-juno-high-definition-views.html</link> <category>Planetary Sciences </category> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 15:06:03 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news635004361</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/nasas-juno-provides-hi.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>SpaceX plans to launch 90 rockets from Vandenberg Space Force Base by 2026: Could that harm the coast?</title> <description>SpaceX plans to launch 90 rockets into space from a Santa Barbara County military base by 2026, tripling the number of blasts rocking the coastal community—and raising concerns from neighbors and environmental groups about the effects on marine life.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-spacex-rockets-vandenberg-space-base.html</link> <category>Space Exploration </category> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 13:14:26 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news634997659</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/vandenberg.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Saturn-sized exoplanet isn't losing mass quickly enough</title> <description>We have discovered more than 5,000 planets around other star systems. Among the veritable cosmic menagerie of exoplanets, it seems there is a real shortage of Neptune-sized planets close to their star.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-saturn-sized-exoplanet-isnt-mass.html</link> <category>Planetary Sciences </category> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 12:30:03 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news634995002</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/saturn-sized-exoplanet.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>TRAPPIST-1 outer planets likely have water, research suggests</title> <description>The TRAPPIST-1 solar system generated a swell of interest when it was observed several years ago. In 2016, astronomers using the Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope (TRAPPIST) at La Silla Observatory in Chile detected two rocky planets orbiting the red dwarf star, which took the name TRAPPIST-1. Then, in 2017, a deeper analysis found another five rocky planets.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-trappist-outer-planets.html</link> <category>Planetary Sciences </category> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 12:28:06 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news634994883</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/trappist-1-outer-plane.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Gravitational lenses could pin down black hole mergers with unprecedented accuracy</title> <description>Gravitational wave astronomy has been one of the hottest new types of astronomy ever since the LIGO consortium officially detected the first gravitational wave (GW) back in 2016. Astronomers were excited about the number of new questions that could be answered using this sensing technique that had never been considered before.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-gravitational-lenses-pin-black-hole.html</link> <category>Astronomy </category> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 12:28:03 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news634994881</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/gravitational-lenses-c.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Solar storms that caused pretty auroras can create havoc with technology—here's how</title> <description>At the weekend, millions of people around the world were treated to a mesmerizing display of the aurora borealis and aurora australis, better known as the northern and southern lights. The lights, usually seen in crown-like regions surrounding the Earth's poles, were pushed to mid-latitudes by heightened activity from the sun.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-solar-storms-pretty-auroras-havoc.html</link> <category>Planetary Sciences </category> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 12:23:04 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news634994581</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/solar-storms-that-caus.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Astronomers discover merging twin quasars</title> <description>Using the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii, astronomers have detected a pair of merging quasars at a high redshift, as part of the Hyper SuprimeCam (HSC) Subaru Strategic Program (SPP) survey. The serendipitous discovery is reported in the latest issue of the Astrophysical Journal Letters.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-astronomers-merging-twin-quasars.html</link> <category>Astronomy </category> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 07:00:01 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news634920679</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/astronomers-discover-m-1.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Astronomers discover new Earth-sized world orbiting an ultra-cool star</title> <description>An international team of astronomers has detected a new, Earth-sized planet just 55 light years away, orbiting an ultra-cool red dwarf star.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-astronomers-earth-sized-world-orbiting.html</link> <category>Planetary Sciences </category> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 05:00:01 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news634924261</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/astronomers-discover-n-3.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Sun shoots out biggest solar flare in almost 2 decades, but Earth should be out of the way this time</title> <description>The sun produced its biggest flare in nearly two decades Tuesday, just days after severe solar storms pummeled Earth and created dazzling northern lights in unaccustomed places.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-sun-biggest-solar-flare-decades.html</link> <category>Planetary Sciences </category> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 04:09:49 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news634964978</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/sun-shoots-out-biggest.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>NASA tests technology, practices Artemis moonwalks in Arizona desert</title> <description>To prepare for exploring the moon during NASA's Artemis campaign, the agency is conducting a week-long field test in the lunar-like landscape of San Francisco Volcanic Field near Flagstaff, Arizona to practice moonwalk scenarios.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-nasa-technology-artemis-moonwalks-arizona.html</link> <category>Space Exploration </category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 16:09:03 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news634921741</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/nasa-tests-technology.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>First crewed flight of Boeing spacecraft delayed again</title> <description>The first crewed launch of Boeing's Starliner spaceship to the International Space Station has been postponed again due to a technical snafu, the company said Tuesday.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-crewed-flight-boeing-spacecraft-delayed.html</link> <category>Space Exploration </category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 15:21:08 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news634918863</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/starliner.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Astronomers find the biggest known batch of planet ingredients swirling around young star</title> <description>Astronomers have discovered what they believe is the biggest known batch of planet-making ingredients swirling around a young star.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-astronomers-biggest-batch-planet-ingredients.html</link> <category>Astronomy Planetary Sciences </category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 15:16:27 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news634918582</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/astronomers-find-the-b.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Some clever ways to search for primordial black holes</title> <description>Primordial black holes (PBHs) have recently received much attention in the physics community. One of the primary reasons is the potential link to dark matter. In effect, if PBHs can be proven to exist, there's a very good chance that they are what dark matter, the invisible thing that makes up 85% of the universe's mass, is made of. If proven, that would surely be a Nobel-level discovery in astrophysics.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-clever-ways-primordial-black-holes.html</link> <category>Astronomy </category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 13:21:03 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news634911661</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/some-clever-ways-to-se.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Why are auroras so hard to predict? And when can we expect more?</title> <description>On Saturday evening before Mother's Day, Australians witnessed a rare celestial spectacle: a breathtaking display of aurora australis, also known as the southern lights.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-auroras-hard.html</link> <category>Planetary Sciences </category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 12:29:03 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news634908541</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/aurora-australis.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> </channel></rss> If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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