Galaxy Clusters Have Been Surrounded by High-Energy Particles for Almost Their Entire History
Reported by Universe Today
If you could see the Universe through a radio-wave "eye", you'd detect mini-halos of relativistic particles creating radio emissions around some galaxy clusters. Astronomers long figured those halos are relative "recent" happenings in the nearby Universe a...
- By: Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cc-petersen)
- On: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 23:01 +0000
A Spacecraft Carrying Human Remains and Cannabis Crashes into the Ocean
Reported by Universe Today
Failed Orbital Mission Loses Human Remains, Space Pot...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 23:01 +0000
GJ 12 b: Earth-Sized Planet Orbiting a Quiet M Dwarf Star
Reported by Universe Today
What can Earth-sized exoplanets teach scientists about the formation and evolution of exoplanets throughout the cosmos? This is what a recently submitted study hopes to address as an international team of researchers announced the discovery of an Earth-siz...
- By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/laurencetognetti)
- On: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 23:01 +0000
Correcting Radius Biases in TESS Exoplanet Discoveries
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How accurate are the exoplanet radius measurements obtained by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)? This is what a recent study accepted to The Astrophysical Journal hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated how hundreds of e...
- By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/laurencetognetti)
- On: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 23:01 +0000
Tracking Macroplastics Leeching Into Rivers from Space
Reported by Universe Today
Rivers are one of the main ways that plastics get into the world's oceans, and now we can identify where plastic waste accumulates from space. Researchers used data from the Worldview-3 satellite to identify and map plastic material and polymer-coated surf...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 23:01 +0000
Menstrual Cups Tested in Space Flight Conditions for the First Time
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For long-duration missions, female astronauts generally use hormonal contraception to suppress their periods. But this method has potential health risks and requires special storage. Pads and tampons create waste in space. Now researchers have tested menst...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 23:01 +0000