Observational astronomy

How a Balloon Over Antarctica Will Help NASA Study the Mysterious Space Between Stars

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A new NASA experiment will take to the skies on a balloon, scanning the space between the stars of our galaxy and listening for cosmic ingredients to understand how the Milky Way evolved over time. First Full-Color Images From Webb Space Telescope GUSTO, or Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory, is launching no earlier than Thursday … Read more

Astronomers Baffled by ‘Planet That Shouldn’t Exist’

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The seek for planets exterior our Photo voltaic System – exoplanets – is likely one of the most quickly rising fields in astronomy. Over the previous few many years, greater than 5,000 exoplanets have been detected and astronomers now estimate that on common there may be at the least one planet per star in our … Read more