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The oldest black hole ever detected has been found to be ‘eating’ its host galaxy to extinction, according to research, and it dates back to the beginning of the universe. The black hole was discovered by an international team led by the University of Cambridge
In keeping with its goal of enabling commercial supersonic travel, NASA has unveiled a unique quiet supersonic aircraft. The X-59 is an experimental aircraft that NASA unveiled on Friday at a joint event with Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. Its predicted top speed
It launched without a hitch. The Peregrine spacecraft was set free on the ideal course for its historic journey to the moon when the Vulcan Centaur rocket, which had shed its solid rocket boosters, shook into the darkness above Cape Canaveral early on Monday morning.
NASA has revealed that the Artemis program, which intends to send humans back to the moon this decade in the midst of a resurgent global drive for lunar exploration, is experiencing some significant delays. At a press conference on Tuesday, NASA officials announced that the
Although Uranus is recognized for being green and Neptune for being a rich blue, a recent study has shown that the two ice giants’ colors are actually much closer than previously believed. Thanks to research undertaken by Professor Patrick Irwin of the University of Oxford,
NASA is attempting to strike a balance between the science it can do, the difficulties of landing on the moon, and other changing concerns as it gets ready for the first launch of a commercial lunar lander carrying agency-sponsored payloads. On January 4, United Launch
William Buckland, the first professor of geology at Oxford University, presented his research on the Megalosaurus, the first dinosaur to be described scientifically, in 1824, and it completely altered the course of science. The finding of this massive carnivorous animal, whose fossils were discovered in
Greater than Mount Everest, the enormous comet known as the “Devil Comet” is hurtling toward Earth. This celestial body, which goes by the official name 12P/Pons-Brooks, is a periodic comet with an orbital period of 71 years. Comet 12P blazed across the skies in a
SpaceX declared that on Thursday night, it will try to launch two rockets from Florida’s Space Coast. Following multiple postponements, SpaceX has announced that it intends to launch both the seventh mission of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle and its Falcon Heavy rocket. The launch
Since arriving on the planet in February 2021, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter—technically a rotorcraft—has made dozens of tiny aerial excursions across Mars; however, its most recent flight set a new record for the tiny aircraft. According to its flight log, Ingenuity’s 69th flight on December 21st,