The exploration of celestial bodies and cosmic phenomena beyond Earth. This field seeks to uncover the mysteries of the universe, including the nature of stars, planets, galaxies, and the laws governing space and time.
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) might originate from collisions between asteroids and neutron stars, researchers from the University of Toronto, the University of Oxford, and the University of Canterbury announced on November 15, 2024.
MIT astronomers, using NASA’s JWST, discovered 138 small asteroids in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter on December 9, 2024. Some of these asteroids are as small as 10 m (33 feet) wide which makes them the smallest ever found in this region.
A decade-long survey conducted by teams from ESA and Airbus reveals how space radiation over the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) affected the onboard memory systems of ESA’s Swarm constellation, a trio of satellites mapping Earth’s magnetic field since 2013.
Scientists presenting at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting in Washington, D.C., on December 10, 2024 revealed detailed changes in the Sun’s corona and Earth’s atmosphere during the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.
Two European satellites were launched from India’s Satish Dhawan Space Center on December 5, 2024, as part of ESA’s Proba-3 mission, marking a new chapter in solar corona research.
