58 results for "New Horizons"

NASA has combined the observational power of the Hubble Space Telescope and New Horizons to simultaneously observe Uranus, offering new insights into the study of distant exoplanets. By comparing Hubble’s…

Recent groundbreaking findings from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft have offered new perspectives on the deep, pervasive darkness of the universe, suggesting that the number of galaxies might be significantly fewer...

Posted on Jan 1, 2019 “We are ready for Ultima Thule’s science transmission, science to help us understand the origins of our solar system,” said Alice Bowman, mission operations manager...

Posted on Jun 6, 2018 in Astronomy, Science, Space, Universe NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is back “awake” and being prepared for the farthest planetary encounter in history – a New...

Posted on Mar 12, 2018   A maverick group of astronomers is proposing to radically reshape one of NASA’s most successful missions in the modern era, the New Horizons probe...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has detected key compounds on Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, including carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide, offering fresh insights into the moon’s composition and the…

Posted on Oct 21, 2022 in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology, Extraterrestrial Life, James Webb Space Telescope, Multiverse, quantum physics, Science, Space News, Technology, Universe Today’s stories include NASA’s Webb Uncovers...

Today’s stories range from The “Science-Fiction Star” -Is There a Dark-Universe Origin for Gravitational Waves? to A New Place for Consciousness in Our Understanding of the Universe to Massive Black...

Posted on May 21, 2019 in Astronomy, Science New simulations of Pluto support the possibility of a long-lived liquid ocean existing beneath the icy crust of Sputnik Planitia located near...

Posted on Jul 15, 2018 in Astronomy, Discovery, NASA, Science, Solar System In February 2001 an eruption from the Surt volcano on the Jupiter-facing hemisphere of Io, the volcanic epi-center...

Posted on Jan 4, 2017 in Uncategorized “These are true missions of discovery that integrate into NASA’s larger strategy of investigating how the Solar System formed and evolved,” said Jim...

In a remarkable feat of human endurance and scientific dedication, Dr. Joseph Dituri, affectionately known as "Dr. Deep Sea," has shattered the world record for the longest time spent living…

At the fringes of our cosmic neighborhood, a fascinating discovery has emerged, hinting at a hidden structure within the Kuiper Belt. This revelation challenges our understanding of the Solar System's…

Recent discoveries have shown that the outer Solar System is more crowded with celestial bodies than previously believed. Acombination of data from the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii and NASA’s New...

Posted on Dec 30, 2022 in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology, Cosmos, Extraterrestrial Life, James Webb Space Telescope, Science, Science News, Space News, Universe Today’s stories include If Aliens Contact Humanity, Who...

Posted on Aug 28, 2022 in Astronomy “This research builds upon the fantastic successes of the New Horizons and Rosetta missions to expand our understanding of the origin and evolution...

Scientists on NASA’s New Horizons mission team have revealed a strange world of massive ice volcanoes and a possible hidden ocean. The NASA astronomers have determined that multiple episodes of...

Posted on Dec 9, 2020 in Alien Life, Artificial Intelligence, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Climate Change, Cosmos, Multiverse, Pandemic Covid-19, Physics, Planet Earth, Science, Universe “The Galaxy Report” provides descriptive links to...

Posted on Jun 23, 2020 in Astronomy, Science We are only starting to grasp the the richness of Pluto’s life story: if Pluto started cold and the ice melted internally,...

Posted on Feb 14, 2020 in Astronomy, Science Arrokoth, an object far beyond Pluto, a haunting image reminiscent of a Stone Age carving, has remained undisturbed since it first formed...

Posted on Feb 4, 2020 in Astronomy, Climate Change, Science “Sputnik Planitia may be as important for Pluto’s climate as the ocean is for Earth’s climate,” said Tanguy Bertrand, an...

Posted on Aug 6, 2019 in Astronomy, Science, Space, Technology Unless there’s a planet more advanced existing in the Milky Way using their star as a lensing telescope, odds are...

Posted on Jul 30, 2019 in Astronomy, News, Science, Space Triton orbits Neptune, the eighth planet from the Sun, some 2.7 billion miles from Earth—at the cold outer fringe of...

‏ “We don’t yet know where methane on Mars comes from,” tweeted Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA’s Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate. “A leading idea is that methane on Mars...

Posted on May 16, 2019 in Astronomy, Science “We’re looking into the well-preserved remnants of the ancient past,” said New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern, of the Southwest Research Institute,...

Posted on May 17, 2019 in Astronomy, Science A dark legacy of the Nazi Era looms far beyond Pluto in the cold outermost reaches of our solar system. Earlier this...

Posted on Nov 12, 2018 in Astronomy, NASA, Science “Understanding the causes of the differences between the Trojans will provide unique and critical knowledge of planetary origins, the source of...

“Using chemistry as a detective’s tool, we are able to trace certain features we see on Pluto today to formation processes from long ago. This leads to a new appreciation...

Posted on May 27, 2018 in Astronomy, Discoveries, NASA, Solar System “This research builds upon the fantastic successes of the New Horizons and Rosetta missions to expand our understanding of...

Posted on Dec 18, 2016 The volcanic activity of Jupiter’s moon, Io has been monitored for the last nine years by the Galileo spacecraft and now, with the advent of...

Posted on Jul 30, 2016 In February 2001 an eruption from the Surt volcano on the Jupiter-facing hemisphere of Io, the volcanic epi-center of our solar system, occurred with an...

NASA has recently unveiled groundbreaking insights into black holes and their star-devouring habits, revealing how these cosmic giants actively consume nearby stars. Using advanced observational technology from missions like the…

Astronomers have identified a temperate exoplanet, LHS 1140 b, as a promising super-Earth ice or water world. Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), this discovery marks a...

Astronomers have observed matter plunging into the mouth of a black hole at the speed of light, confirming a key prediction made by Einstein's general theory of relativity. This discovery...

NASA's Juno spacecraft has captured remarkable images of Jupiter’s moon Europa, revealing potential plume activity and intriguing geological features that suggest dynamic processes beneath the icy surface. Europa, one of...

The Pentagon's recent engagement with an innovative space technology startup symbolizes a pivotal shift in military strategies as it continues to adapt to changing warfare and security dynamics in outer...

This weekend’s stories include Black Hole Discovery Helps to Explain Quantum Nature of the Cosmos to Life is Defined By Biology, Not Physics, and much more. Octonions: The strange maths...

Posted on May 14, 2022 in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Black Holes, Science Several of the world’s leading astronomers and scientists emailed their thoughts to The Daily Galaxy on the significance of...

Posted on May 17, 2022 in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Black Holes, Cosmology, Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial Life, Galaxies, Milky Way Galaxy, NASA, Origin of Life, Science, Science News,...

This weekend’s “Galaxy Report” ranges from the fragile lifespan of technological civilizations to Stephen Hawking’s ‘lost’ Nobel Prize to probing for life on Saturn’s moon, Titan to colonizing Mars could...

“It is possible that there’s a zoo of different compact objects, and while some of them are the black holes that follow Einstein and Hawking’s laws, others may be slightly...

“According to Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, nothing can escape from the gravity of a black hole once it has passed a point of no return, known as the event...

Posted on Jun 8, 2022 in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Radio Galaxies, Science In 2018, a scientific mega-project –the 64-dish MeerKAT radio telescope in the remote South African town of Carnarvon–went online...

Posted on Dec 5, 2020 in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Big Bang, Cosmology, Cosmos, Dark Energy, Dark Matter, Infinity, Multiverse, Science “There is probably no way to tell whether the mysteries faced...

“Ancient black holes would give us access to physics we would never otherwise be able to do,” wrote Dan Hooper, head of the theoretical astrophysics group at Fermilab, in an...

“Planet Earth Report” provides descriptive links to headline news by leading science journalists about the extraordinary discoveries, technology, people, and events changing our knowledge of Planet Earth and the future...

“Planet Earth Report” provides descriptive links to headline news by leading science journalists about the extraordinary discoveries, technology, people, and events changing our knowledge of Planet Earth and the future...

Posted on Apr 9, 2022 in Astronomy, Dark Energy, Physics, Science, Universe Is the universe we see – stars, moons, planets, clusters of galaxies – a small, accidental tip of...

“Planet Earth Report” provides descriptive links to headline news by leading science journalists about the extraordinary discoveries, technology, people, and events changing our knowledge of Planet Earth and the future...

Posted on Jan 22, 2020 in Astronomy, Black Holes, Science “According to Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, nothing can escape from the gravity of a black hole once it has...