Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032 (arstechnica.com) angielski
New dwarf planet spotted at the edge of the solar system (www.newscientist.com)
Giant Mirrors in Space Could Bring Sunlight After Dark, One Startup Says—and Astronomers Are Concerned (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Aliens Probably Exist - But They’re Staying Silent For a Reason (www.popularmechanics.com)
We just live too far apart.
Confirmed at Last: Barnard's Star Hosts Four Tiny Planets (aasnova.org) angielski
In a last-minute decision, White House decides not to terminate NASA employees (arstechnica.com) angielski
"Big surprise": astronomers find planet in perpendicular orbit around pair of stars (www.eso.org)
Half of the universe's hydrogen gas, long unaccounted for, has been found (phys.org)
Webb telescope just snapped direct image of worlds many light-years away (mashable.com) angielski
'It's extremely worrisome.' NASA's James Webb Space Telescope faces potential 20% budget cut just 4 years after launch (www.space.com) angielski
Scientists hail ‘strongest evidence’ so far for life beyond our solar system (www.theguardian.com)
NASA Ordered to Remove Anything About 'Women in Leadership' From Its Websites: Report (gizmodo.com) angielski
Boeing's troubled capsule won't carry astronauts on next space station flight (phys.org) angielski
Boeing and NASA have agreed to keep astronauts off the company’s next Starliner flight and instead perform a trial run with cargo to prove its safety....
This Earth-sized Exoplanet is On a Death Spiral (www.universetoday.com) angielski
Our circumstances here on the wondrous, life-supporting Earth can give us a false understanding of what the Universe is really like. But our blue-skied, temperate planet is the extreme exception when it comes to other worlds. There’s nothing remotely like Earth in our Solar System, and exoplanet studies reinforce that idea....
Scientists look to black holes to know exactly where we are in the Universe. But phones and Wi-Fi are blocking the view (phys.org) angielski
The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the satellites we use for navigation, communication and Earth observation every day....
Milky Way may not be destroyed in galactic smash-up after all (www.rfi.fr)
Paris (AFP) – The Milky Way may not have a catastrophic collision with another huge galaxy as has been predicted, computer simulations revealed Monday, giving our home galaxy a coin-flip chance of avoiding destruction....
Most Planets in the Cosmos Probably Don’t Orbit Stars (www.scientificamerican.com)
NASA completes Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope construction (phys.org) angielski
NASA’s next big eye on the cosmos is now fully assembled. On Nov. 25, technicians joined the inner and outer portions of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in the largest clean room at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland....
Saturn has 128 new moons – more than the rest of the planets combined (www.newscientist.com) angielski
Milky Way is embedded in a 'large-scale sheet' of dark matter, which explains motions of nearby galaxies (phys.org) angielski
The algorithm started from regions in the early universe, with a mass distribution based on observations of the cosmic microwave background. With a powerful computer, the model then evolved to reproduce the present-day characteristics of the Local Group, with the mass, position and velocity of the Milky Way and the Andromeda...
“The models were right”: astronomers find ‘missing’ matter (www.esa.int)
Hubble peers deep into Uranus, finds extra time (newatlas.com)
Eliminating singularities: Physicists describe the creation of black holes through pure gravity (phys.org)
Hubble uncovers the secret of stars that defy ageing (www.esa.int)
Newly discovered 'cosmic unicorn' is a spinning dead star that defies physics: 'We have a real mystery on our hands' (www.space.com) angielski
Using the world’s most advanced radio telescopes, astronomers have discovered a spinning dead star so rare, strange and unique that they have dubbed it a “cosmic unicorn.” The unique properties of this object, CHIME J1634+44, challenge our current understanding of spinning dead stars and their environments....
