Astrophysics Archives

There’s a Lunar Eclipse Coming May 26: Everything You Need to Know

May 20, 2021 by eNews Park Forest

Palm Coast, FL-(ENEWSPF)- No one has seen a total lunar eclipse since January 20–21, 2019, but the drought is finally ending. Viewers … Read more

How Many Habitable Planets Are Out There?

May 17, 2021November 22, 2020 by eNews Park Forest

This illustration depicts Kepler-186f, the first validated Earth-size planet to orbit a distant star in the habitable zone. Credit: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle

Mountain View, CA-(ENEWSPF)- Thanks to new research using data from the Kepler space telescope, it’s estimated that there could be as many … Read more

Christmas Week: Worlds Will Align for Spectacular Heavenly Sight

May 17, 2021November 21, 2020 by eNews Park Forest

Jupiter, Saturn will look like double planet for first time since Middle Ages Houston, TX-(ENEWSPF)- Just after sunset on the evening of … Read more

Astronomers Discover New “Fossil Galaxy” Buried Deep Within the Milky Way

May 17, 2021November 21, 2020 by eNews Park Forest

An artist’s impression of what the Milky Way might look like seen from above.

SDSS-(ENEWSPF)- Scientists working with data from the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys’ Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) have discovered a “fossil … Read more

Hubble Catches Possible ‘shadow Play’ of the Disk Around a Black Hole

May 17, 2021November 21, 2020 by eNews Park Forest

one possible explanation for the mysterious bright rays and dark shadows observed emanating from the blazingly bright center of nearby active galaxy IC 5063.

Baltimore, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Some of the most stunning views of our sky occur at sunset, when sunlight pierces the clouds, creating a mixture … Read more

Solar Orbiter Launch Takes Solar Science to New Heights

February 12, 2020 by eNews Park Forest

Launch of the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter mission to study the Sun from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Feb. 9, 2020. Credits: Jared Frankle

Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Solar Orbiter, a new collaborative mission between ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA to study the Sun, launched at 11:03 … Read more

Oxygen Line Opens New Perspective on the Far Universe

January 13, 2020 by eNews Park Forest

The Netherlands-(ENEWSPF)- A team of astronomers of Leiden University (the Netherlands) and the University of Texas (Austin, United States) has discovered a … Read more

STScI Astronomers Kathryn Flanagan and Colin Norman Elected AAAS Fellows

December 17, 2019 by eNews Park Forest

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Council has elected Colin Norman of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) and Johns Hopkins University and Kathryn Flanagan of STScI, and 441 other AAAS members as Fellows of the AAAS.

Baltimore, MD-(ENEWSPF)- The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Council has elected Kathryn Flanagan of the Space Telescope Science Institute … Read more

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Has Been Assembled for the First Time

December 3, 2019 by eNews Park Forest

The fully assembled James Webb Space Telescope with its sunshield and unitized pallet structures (UPSs) that fold up around the telescope for launch, are seen partially deployed to an open configuration to enable telescope installation.

By Thaddeus CesariNASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Goddard Space Science Center-(ENEWSPF)-Reaching a major milestone, engineers have successfully connected the two halves of NASA’s James Webb … Read more

Star-quake Vibrations lead to New Estimate for Age of Milky Way

December 3, 2019 by eNews Park Forest

An artist impression of the Milky Way, showing the thick and thin discs.

Data gathered by NASA’s now-defunct Kepler telescope provides a solution to an astronomical mystery. Royal Astronomical Society-(ENEWSPF)- Star-quakes recorded by NASA’s Kepler … Read more