//www.koonmotors.com/news/space_time/esa/ European Space Agency News. Read all about ESA initiatives and programs, see space images. en-us Fri, 08 Sep 2023 12:50:17 EDT Fri, 08 Sep 2023 12:50:17 EDT 60 //www.koonmotors.com/images/scidaily-logo-rss.png//www.koonmotors.com/news/space_time/esa/ For more science news, visit ScienceDaily. //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230824111928.htm Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have observed a large dark spot in Neptune's atmosphere, with an unexpected smaller bright spot adjacent to it. This is the first time a dark spot on the planet has ever been observed with a telescope on Earth. These occasional features in the blue background of Neptune's atmosphere are a mystery to astronomers, and the new results provide further clues as to their nature and origin. Thu, 24 Aug 2023 11:19:28 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230824111928.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230714114758.htm The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a monster in the making in this observation of the exceptional galaxy cluster eMACS J1353.7+4329, which lies about eight billion light-years from Earth in the constellation Canes Venatici. This collection of at least two galaxy clusters is in the process of merging together to create a cosmic monster, a single gargantuan cluster acting as a gravitational lens. Fri, 14 Jul 2023 11:47:58 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230714114758.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230712165135.htm Engineers are training legged robots for future lunar missions that will search for minerals and raw materials. To ensure that the robots can continue to work even if one of them malfunctions, the researchers are teaching them teamwork. Wed, 12 Jul 2023 16:51:35 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230712165135.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230711133256.htm Researchers have tested the software of three satellites. And they found many standard security mechanisms missing. Tue, 11 Jul 2023 13:32:56 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230711133256.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230622120924.htm The cosmos is a unique laboratory for testing the laws of physics, in particular those of Euler and Einstein. Euler described the movements of celestial objects, while Einstein described the way in which celestial objects distort the Universe. Since the discovery of dark matter and the acceleration of the Universe's expansion, the validity of their equations has been put to the test: are they capable of explaining these mysterious phenomena? A team has developed the first method to find out. It considers a never-before-used measure: time distortion. Thu, 22 Jun 2023 12:09:24 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230622120924.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230609125639.htm Researchers are working on sustainable technology to harvest solar power in space -- which could supplement life support systems on the Moon and Mars. Fri, 09 Jun 2023 12:56:39 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230609125639.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230608120947.htm Astronomers have clearly identified the existence of four new exoplanets. The four mini-Neptunes are smaller and cooler, and more difficult to find than the so-called Hot Jupiter exoplanets which have been found in abundance. Thu, 08 Jun 2023 12:09:47 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230608120947.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230605181210.htm A delicate tracery of dust and bright star clusters threads across this image from the James Webb Space Telescope. The bright tendrils of gas and stars belong to the barred spiral galaxy NGC 5068, whose bright central bar is visible in the upper left of this image -- a composite from two of Webb's instruments. Mon, 05 Jun 2023 18:12:10 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230605181210.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230523123642.htm Astronomers have come up with what they say is some of their best evidence yet for the presence of a rare class of 'intermediate-sized' black hole that may be lurking in the heart of the closest globular star cluster to Earth, located 6,000 light-years away. Tue, 23 May 2023 12:36:42 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230523123642.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230519104549.htm Researchers have observed the X-ray emission of the most luminous quasar seen in the last 9 billion years of cosmic history, known as SMSS J114447.77-430859.3, or J1144 for short. The new perspective sheds light on the inner workings of quasars and how they interact with their environment. Fri, 19 May 2023 10:45:49 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230519104549.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230504111846.htm The young star TW Hydrae is playing 'shadow puppets' with scientists observing it with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. In 2017, astronomers reported discovering a shadow sweeping across the face of a vast pancake-shaped gas-and-dust disk surrounding the red dwarf star. The shadow isn't from a planet, but from an inner disk slightly inclined relative to the much larger outer disk -- causing it to cast a shadow. One explanation is that an unseen planet's gravity is pulling dust and gas into the planet's inclined orbit. The young star TW Hydrae is playing 'shadow puppets' with scientists observing it with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Now, a second shadow -- playing a game of peek-a-boo -- has emerged in just a few years between observations stored in Hubble's MAST archive. This could be from yet another disk nestled inside the system. The two disks are likely evidence of a pair of planets under construction. Thu, 04 May 2023 11:18:46 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230504111846.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230425111159.htm We have known for a while that asteroid 3200 Phaethon acts like a comet. It brightens and forms a tail when it's near the Sun, and it is the source of the annual Geminid meteor shower, even though comets are responsible for most meteor showers. Scientists had blamed Phaethon's comet-like behavior on dust escaping from the asteroid as it's scorched by the Sun. However, a new study using two NASA solar observatories reveals that Phaethon's tail is not dusty at all but is actually made of sodium gas. Tue, 25 Apr 2023 11:11:59 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230425111159.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230423213913.htm A study using data from telescopes on Earth and in the sky resolves a problem plaguing astronomers working in the infrared and could help make better observations of the composition of the universe with the James Webb Space Telescope and other instruments. Sun, 23 Apr 2023 21:39:13 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230423213913.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230413154452.htm Astronomers report the first exoplanet jointly discovered through direct imaging and precision astrometry, a new indirect method that identifies a planet by measuring the position of the star it orbits. Data from the Subaru Telescope in Hawai`i and space telescopes from the European Space Agency (ESA) were integral to the team's discovery. Thu, 13 Apr 2023 15:44:52 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230413154452.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230405130135.htm The early universe was a rambunctious place where galaxies often bumped into each other and even merged together. Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and other space and ground-based observatories, astronomers investigating these developments have made an unexpected and rare discovery: a pair of gravitationally bound quasars, both blazing away inside two merging galaxies. They existed when the universe was just 3 billion years old. Wed, 05 Apr 2023 13:01:35 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230405130135.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230404113542.htm 当谈到我测量宇宙速度s expanding, the result depends on which side of the Universe you start from. A recent study has calibrated the best cosmic yardsticks to unprecedented accuracy, shedding new light on what's known as the Hubble tension. Tue, 04 Apr 2023 11:35:42 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230404113542.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230403162609.htm A new study probing the structure and evolution of galaxy clusters shows good agreement with the predictions of standard cosmological models. Mon, 03 Apr 2023 16:26:09 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230403162609.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230307114420.htm Space travel has always tested the human body by the effects of the new conditions of altered gravity on biological systems. It has long been known that continuous exposure to microgravity conditions human physiology and causes effects that compromise muscular, sensory, endocrine and cardiovascular functions. But is it also risky to be exposed to altered gravity for short periods of time? Tue, 07 Mar 2023 11:44:20 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230307114420.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230221132136.htm Current state-of-the-art instrumentation being sent to Mars to collect and analyze evidence of life might not be sensitive enough to make accurate assessments, according to new research. Tue, 21 Feb 2023 13:21:36 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230221132136.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230217103939.htm Scientists have found how the human brain changes and adapts to weightlessness, after being in space for 6 months. Some of the changes turned out to be lasting -- even after 8 months back on Earth. Fri, 17 Feb 2023 10:39:39 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230217103939.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230209094205.htm Since their discovery by NASA's Voyager mission in the 1980s, temporary 'spoke' features across Saturn's rings have fascinated scientists, yet eluded explanation. They have been observed in the years preceding and following the planet's equinox, becoming more prominent as the date approaches. Saturn's upcoming autumnal equinox of the northern hemisphere on May 6, 2025, means that spoke season has come again. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope will be on the job studying the spokes, thanks to time dedicated to Saturn in the mission's ongoing Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy (OPAL) program. Are the smudgy features related to Saturn's magnetic field and its interaction with the solar wind, as prevailing theory suggests? Confirmation could come in this spoke season, as scientists combine archival data from NASA's Cassini mission with new Hubble observations. Thu, 09 Feb 2023 09:42:05 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230209094205.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230202112706.htm Astronomers have directly measured the mass of a single, isolated white dwarf -- the surviving core of a burned-out, Sun-like star. Researchers found that the white dwarf is 56 percent the mass of our Sun. This agrees with earlier theoretical predictions of the white dwarf's mass and corroborates current theories of how white dwarfs evolve as the end product of a typical star's evolution. The unique observation yields insights into theories of the structure and composition of white dwarfs. Thu, 02 Feb 2023 11:27:06 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230202112706.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230110102935.htm 2021年6月,美国宇航局的“朱诺”号飞船飞近Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon, observing evidence of magnetic reconnection. A team has used Juno data to examine the electron and ion particles and magnetic fields as the magnetic field lines of Jupiter and Ganymede merged, snapped and reoriented, heating and accelerating the charged particles in the region. Tue, 10 Jan 2023 10:29:35 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230110102935.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230109145139.htm A new analysis of distant galaxies imaged by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope shows that they are extremely young and share some remarkable similarities to 'green peas,' a rare class of small galaxies in our cosmic backyard. Mon, 09 Jan 2023 14:51:39 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230109145139.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221220113029.htm ESA's novel Aeolus satellite reliably measures wind speed also in higher air layers and thus in a region of the atmosphere where other direct global wind measurements are relatively sparse. This is the result of a study for which data from the satellite were compared with wind observations from stratospheric balloons. Stratospheric balloons would provide highly accurate data on the horizontal wind speed and are therefore also suitable for the validation of future satellite missions. Tue, 20 Dec 2022 11:30:29 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221220113029.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221216142633.htm Astronomers took a 'deep dive' into one of the first images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and were rewarded with a surprising discovery: telltale signs of two dozen previously unseen young stars about 7,500 light years from Earth. Fri, 16 Dec 2022 14:26:33 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221216142633.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221212140625.htm Researchers have discovered web-like plasma structures in the Sun's middle corona. The researchers describe their innovative new observation method, imaging the middled corona in ultraviolet (UV) wavelength. The findings could lead to a better understanding of the solar wind's origins and its interactions with the rest of the solar system. 星期一,2022年12月12日14:06:25 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221212140625.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221207142318.htm On Dec. 11, 2021, astronomers detected a blast of high-energy light from the outskirts of a galaxy around 1 billion light-years away. The event has rattled scientists' understanding of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the most powerful events in the universe. Wed, 07 Dec 2022 14:23:18 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221207142318.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221206115723.htm Peeking out from behind the glare of a bright foreground star, astronomers have uncovered the most extraordinary example yet of a nearby galaxy with characteristics that are more like galaxies in the distant, early universe. Only 1,200 light-years across, the tiny galaxy HIPASS J1131-31 has been nicknamed "Peekaboo" because of its emergence in the past 50-100 years from behind the fast-moving star that was obscuring astronomers' ability to detect it. Tue, 06 Dec 2022 11:57:23 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221206115723.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221116080327.htm Following a successful launch of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket in the world, the agency's Orion spacecraft is on its way to the Moon as part of the Artemis program. Carrying an uncrewed Orion, SLS lifted off for its flight test debut at 1:47 a.m. EST Wednesday from Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Wed, 16 Nov 2022 08:03:27 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221116080327.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221114111035.htm 这仍然是一个窥未来:宇航员could be put into artificial hibernation and in this state be better protected from cosmic radiation. At present, there are already promising approaches to follow up such considerations. An international research team now has found decisive indications of the possible benefits of artificial hibernation for radiation resistance. Mon, 14 Nov 2022 11:10:35 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221114111035.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221110205415.htm Three different moments in a far-off supernova explosion were captured in a single snapshot by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The star exploded more than 11 billion years ago, when the universe was less than a fifth of its current age of 13.8 billion years. Thu, 10 Nov 2022 20:54:15 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221110205415.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221026114408.htm An international team of astrophysicists has made a puzzling discovery while analyzing certain star clusters. The finding challenges Newton's laws of gravity, the researchers write in their publication. Instead, the observations are consistent with the predictions of an alternative theory of gravity. However, this is controversial among experts. Wed, 26 Oct 2022 11:44:08 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221026114408.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221020130235.htm Using the James Webb Space Telescope to look back in time at the early universe, astronomers discovered a surprise: a cluster of galaxies merging together around a rare red quasar within a massive black hole. The findings offer an unprecedented opportunity to observe how billions of years ago galaxies coalesced into the modern universe. Thu, 20 Oct 2022 13:02:35 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221020130235.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221019172249.htm NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a lush, highly detailed landscape -- the iconic Pillars of Creation -- where new stars are forming within dense clouds of gas and dust. The three-dimensional pillars look like majestic rock formations, but are far more permeable. These columns are made up of cool interstellar gas and dust that appear -- at times -- semi-transparent in near-infrared light. Wed, 19 Oct 2022 17:22:49 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221019172249.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221012163524.htm Astronomers have made a unique measurement that indicates a jet, plowing through space at speeds greater than 99.97 percent of the speed of light, was propelled by the titanic collision between two neutron stars. Wed, 12 Oct 2022 16:35:24 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221012163524.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/09/220921210123.htm NASA's James Webb Space Telescope shows off its capabilities closer to home with its first image of Neptune. Not only has Webb captured the clearest view of this distant planet's rings in more than 30 years, but its cameras reveal the ice giant in a whole new light. Wed, 21 Sep 2022 21:01:23 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/09/220921210123.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/09/220916153722.htm NASA's Perseverance rover is well into its second science campaign, collecting rock-core samples from features within an area long considered by scientists to be a top prospect for finding signs of ancient microbial life on Mars. 星期五,2022年9月16日15:37:22 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/09/220916153722.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/09/220901200644.htm Astronomers have used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to take a direct image of a planet outside our solar system. The exoplanet is a gas giant, meaning it has no rocky surface and could not be habitable. The image shows how Webb's powerful infrared gaze can easily capture worlds beyond our solar system, pointing the way to future observations that will reveal more information than ever before about exoplanets. Thu, 01 Sep 2022 20:06:44 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/09/220901200644.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/08/220831113702.htm NASA's MAVEN and the United Arab Emirates' EMM missions have released joint observations of dynamic proton aurora events at Mars. By combining the observations, scientists determined that what they were seeing was essentially a map of where the solar wind was raining down onto the planet, opening new avenues for understanding the Martian atmosphere. Wed, 31 Aug 2022 11:37:02 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/08/220831113702.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/08/220818163715.htm By harnessing the capabilities of the Gemini South telescope in Chile, astronomers have obtained the sharpest image ever of the star R136a1, the most massive known star in the universe. Their research challenges our understanding of the most massive stars and suggests that they may not be as massive as previously thought. Thu, 18 Aug 2022 16:37:15 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/08/220818163715.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/08/220802175832.htm NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has peered into the chaos of the Cartwheel Galaxy, revealing new details about star formation and the galaxy's central black hole. Tue, 02 Aug 2022 17:58:32 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/08/220802175832.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/07/220715105749.htm An animated dive into the dusty Milky Way reveals the outlines of our galaxy taking shape as we look out further and further from Earth. Based on new data from an interactive tool that exploits data from the European Space Agency's Gaia mission and other space science data sets, astronomers have created an animation to model dust in the Milky Way. Fri, 15 Jul 2022 10:57:49 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/07/220715105749.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/07/220712114835.htm NASA has revealed groundbreaking new views of the cosmos from the James Webb Space Telescope. The images include the deepest infrared view of our universe that has ever been taken. Tue, 12 Jul 2022 11:48:35 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/07/220712114835.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/07/220711194751.htm The first full-color image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals thousands of galaxies, including the faintest objects ever observed in the infrared. Mon, 11 Jul 2022 19:47:51 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/07/220711194751.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/06/220630134845.htm Bone loss happens in humans -- as we age, get injured, or any scenario where we can't move the body, we lose bone. Understanding what happens to astronauts and how they recover is incredibly rare. It lets us look at the processes happening in the body in such a short time frame. We would have to follow someone for decades on Earth to see the same amount of bone loss. Thu, 30 Jun 2022 13:48:45 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/06/220630134845.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/06/220629150302.htm NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is the world's first full-scale planetary defense test against potential asteroid impacts on Earth. Researchers now show that instead of leaving behind a relatively small crater, the impact of the DART spacecraft on its target could leave the asteroid near unrecognizable. Wed, 29 Jun 2022 15:03:02 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/06/220629150302.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/06/220617165652.htm The European Gaia space mission has produced an unprecedented amount of new, improved, and detailed data for almost two billion objects in the Milky Way galaxy and the surrounding cosmos. The Gaia Data Release 3 on Monday revolutionizes our knowledge of the Solar System and the Milky Way and its satellite galaxies. Fri, 17 Jun 2022 16:56:52 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/06/220617165652.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/06/220615211323.htm Space scientists have discovered a 'super Jupiter' orbiting a white dwarf, detected using direct observations with the European Space Agency (ESA)'s Gaia mission. Wed, 15 Jun 2022 21:13:23 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/06/220615211323.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/06/220615211311.htm NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will study wispy streams of stars that extend far beyond the apparent edges of many galaxies. Missions like the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes would have to patch together hundreds of small images to see these structures around nearby galaxies in full. Roman will do so in a single snapshot. Astronomers will use these observations to explore how galaxies grow and the nature of dark matter. Wed, 15 Jun 2022 21:13:11 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/06/220615211311.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/06/220615134657.htm 天文学家已经公布了错综复杂的细节star-forming region 30 Doradus, also known as the Tarantula Nebula, using new observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). Now we can see the nebula in a new light, with wispy gas clouds that provide insight into how massive stars shape this region. Wed, 15 Jun 2022 13:46:57 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/06/220615134657.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/06/220609131951.htm Brown dwarfs, mysterious objects that straddle the line between stars and planets, are essential to our understanding of both stellar and planetary populations. However, only 40 brown dwarfs could be imaged around stars in almost three decades of searches. An international team has directly imaged a remarkable four new brown dwarfs thanks to a new innovative search method. Thu, 09 Jun 2022 13:19:51 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/06/220609131951.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/06/220609131948.htm 广泛使用草原是不用去读什么高的主机e of biodiversity, and performs an important climate protection function as a carbon sink and also serves for fodder and food production. However, these ecosystem services are jeopardized if productivity on these lands is maximized and their use therefore intensified. Researchers have now described how satellite data and machine learning methods enable to assess land-use intensity. Thu, 09 Jun 2022 13:19:48 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/06/220609131948.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/06/220606181237.htm An international research team has investigated the chances of survival of kombucha cultures under Mars-like conditions. Kombucha is known as a drink, sometimes called tea fungus or mushroom tea, which is produced by fermenting sugared tea using kombucha cultures -- a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast. Although the simulated Martian environment destroyed the microbial ecology of the kombucha cultures, surprisingly, a cellulose-producing bacterial species survived. Mon, 06 Jun 2022 18:12:37 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/06/220606181237.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/06/220606091503.htm Scientists released the largest near-infrared image ever taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, enabling astronomers to map the star-forming regions of the universe and learn how the earliest, most distant galaxies originated. Named 3D-DASH, this high-resolution survey will allow researchers to find rare objects and targets for follow-up observations with the recently launched James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) during its decades-long mission. Mon, 06 Jun 2022 09:15:03 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/06/220606091503.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/05/220524160011.htm NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has calibrated more than 40 'milepost markers' of space and time to help scientists precisely measure the expansion rate of the universe -- a quest with a plot twist. Tue, 24 May 2022 16:00:11 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/05/220524160011.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/05/220523115512.htm A small computer aboard the International Space Station programmed by Portuguese students enables measurements as part of Raspberry Pi Foundation's Astro Pi Challenge. Mon, 23 May 2022 11:55:12 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/05/220523115512.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/05/220519081104.htm Global biodiversity assessments require the collection of data on changes in plant biodiversity on an ongoing basis. Researchers have now shown that plant communities can be reliably monitored using imaging spectroscopy, which in the future will be possible via satellite. This paves the way for near real-time global biodiversity monitoring. Thu, 19 May 2022 08:11:04 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/05/220519081104.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/04/220413130839.htm Astronomers have identified a rapidly growing black hole in the early universe that is considered a crucial 'missing link' between young star-forming galaxies and the first supermassive black holes. They used data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to make this discovery. Wed, 13 Apr 2022 13:08:39 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/04/220413130839.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/04/220412141100.htm Scientists from the U.S., Europe and Russia are part of a team releasing the results of a large collaborative study involving the effects of long duration spaceflight on the brain. 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