How Are Distances Calculated in Space? Explained in Simple Terms

How Are Distances Calculated in Space? Explained in Simple Terms

When NU.nl writes about discoveries in space, you often read how many light-years away something is happening or is located. Readers on NUjij asked how those distances are calculated. That is complicated matter, but we will give you a small introduction. Speed ​​of light There is nothing in the universe that travels faster than light. … Read more

Intuitive Machines’ Lunar Lander Odysseus Sends First Images of Moon Despite Sideways Landing

Intuitive Machines’ Lunar Lander Odysseus Sends First Images of Moon Despite Sideways Landing

Lunar lander Odysseus has sent its first images of the moon, reports the American company Intuitive Machines. Odysseus landed on the moon on Friday, but fell on its side. Still, we managed to send photos to Earth. Odysseus survived the landing on Friday in one piece, but ended up in a crater. This caused the … Read more

NASA Discovers ‘Pearl Necklace’ of Stars Connected by Gas Strings Thanks to Hubble Space Telescope

NASA Discovers ‘Pearl Necklace’ of Stars Connected by Gas Strings Thanks to Hubble Space Telescope

Thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have come across a ‘pearl necklace’ of stars. The stars are connected by ‘strings’ of gas. The whole stretches over thousands of light years, reports space agency NASA. It concerns twelve different galaxies that are connected by their tails. These tails are formed because the galaxies pull on … Read more

Astronomers Discover New Type of Star ‘Old Smokers’ at Center of Milky Way

Astronomers Discover New Type of Star ‘Old Smokers’ at Center of Milky Way

Jan 27, 2024 at 12:16 am Astronomers have discovered a new type of star at the center of the Milky Way. It is a variant of a red giant that spews clouds of gas. Researchers discovered the star species in a study of the starry sky published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. … Read more

Astronaut Frank Borman: Leader of Apollo 8 and First Flight to the Moon

Astronaut Frank Borman: Leader of Apollo 8 and First Flight to the Moon

Nov 10, 2023 at 11:01 am Astronaut Frank Borman died on Tuesday at the age of 95. The American led the first flight to the moon in 1968. Borman was commander of the Apollo 8 mission. The spacecraft flew around the moon several times. The mission was an important starting point for the moon landing … Read more

NASA Discovers Mini Moon Orbiting Small Asteroid – Latest News on Dinkinesh

NASA Discovers Mini Moon Orbiting Small Asteroid – Latest News on Dinkinesh

Nov 3, 2023 at 10:25 PM Update: 8 hours ago The small asteroid that was examined by NASA last week appears to have its own ‘mini moon’. Spacecraft Lucy took photos of the discovery on Wednesday. The asteroid, named Dinkinesh, is barely 790 meters wide. The NASA vehicle passed a major asteroid belt in which … Read more

Mercury’s Shrinkage: New Research Shows Heat from Core Disappearing Through Surface Cracks

Mercury’s Shrinkage: New Research Shows Heat from Core Disappearing Through Surface Cracks

Oct 7, 2023 at 6:25 PM Update: 8 hours ago The smallest planet in our solar system, Mercury, continues to shrink. Heat from the planet’s core disappears through new cracks in the surface, new research shows. The results of the new research were published in the scientific journal earlier this month Nature Geoscience. It was … Read more

Mercury: Continual Shrinkage and Cooling Revealed in New Research

Mercury: Continual Shrinkage and Cooling Revealed in New Research

Oct 7, 2023 at 6:25 PM Update: 7 hours ago The smallest planet in our solar system, Mercury, continues to shrink. Heat from the planet’s core disappears through new cracks in the surface, new research shows. The results of the new research were published in the scientific journal earlier this month Nature Geoscience. It was … Read more

Exciting Discovery on the Moon Europa: Carbon Found, a Potential Sign of Life

Exciting Discovery on the Moon Europa: Carbon Found, a Potential Sign of Life

Researchers are excited about a discovery on the moon Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons. The James Webb telescope found carbon there, an important condition for life, writes the European Space Agency ESA. The James Webb Telescope found the carbon dioxide in a specific region on the icy moon’s icy surface. That CO2 comes from the … Read more