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Launching mass from the moon helped by lunar gravity anomalies

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Launching mass from the moon helped by lunar gravity anomalies

Phys.org November 12, 2024

Credit: AI-generated, DALL-E illustration of a lunar electromagnetic launcher Placing a mass driver on the moon has...

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Team reveals how current sheets in turbulent plasma form in Earth’s magnetosheath

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Team reveals how current sheets in turbulent plasma form in Earth’s magnetosheath

Phys.org November 12, 2024

Reconnecting magnetosheath current sheet in the hybrid simulation. Credit: Prof. Lu’s team / University of Science and...

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Mining old data from NASA’s Voyager 2 solves several Uranus mysteries

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Mining old data from NASA’s Voyager 2 solves several Uranus mysteries

Phys.org November 12, 2024

The first panel of this artist’s concept depicts how Uranus’s magnetosphere — its protective bubble — was...

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Swirling polar vortices likely exist on the sun, new research finds

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Swirling polar vortices likely exist on the sun, new research finds

Phys.org November 12, 2024

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Like the Earth, the sun likely has swirling polar vortices, according to new...

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AI-enhanced model could improve space weather forecasting

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AI-enhanced model could improve space weather forecasting

Phys.org November 12, 2024

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Theory vs. data: Team tests Einstein’s predictions by calculating the distortion of time and space

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Theory vs. data: Team tests Einstein’s predictions by calculating the distortion of time and space

Phys.org November 12, 2024

Gravitational lensing of distant galaxies by the galaxy cluster Abell 2390, observed by the Euclid satellite. Credit:...

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Quasi-periodic eruptions from eRO-QPE2 are remarkably stable, study finds

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Quasi-periodic eruptions from eRO-QPE2 are remarkably stable, study finds

Phys.org November 12, 2024

0.25-2.5 keV XMM-Newton/EPIC (pn+MOS) X-ray light curves of eRO-QPE2. Credit: Pasham et al., 2024. An international team...

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Hubble captures barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672

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Hubble captures barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672

Phys.org November 10, 2024

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures the spiral galaxy NGC 1672 with a supernova. Credit: ESA/Hubble...

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NASA astronauts won’t say which one of them got sick after almost eight months in space

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NASA astronauts won’t say which one of them got sick after almost eight months in space

Phys.org November 9, 2024

The SpaceX crew of the Dragon spacecraft, from left, cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, pilot Michael Barratt, commander Matthew...

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Image: Astronaut captures photo of Earth from the International Space Station

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Image: Astronaut captures photo of Earth from the International Space Station

Phys.org November 8, 2024

Credit: NASA/Don Pettit Earth’s city lights streak by in this long-exposure photo taken by NASA astronaut Don...

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