Astronomers have made an unprecedented discovery about winds blowing from the star-forming galaxy M82revealing a speed that shatters past expectations. The new data, collected by NASA’s XRISM spacecraft, confirmed wind speeds of over 2 million miles per hour, much faster than previously thought. Published in Naturethis landmark study not only pushes the boundaries of space … Read more
NASA’s X-ray spacecraft XRISM, which stands for X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission, has observed how fast winds from a distant galaxy are exploding in the form of stars. These winds appear to travel at an incredible speed of 2 million miles per hour (3.21 million kilometers per hour). A very hot gas comes out of … Read more
Here’s what you’ll learn by reading this story: The Mars Climate Orbiter (MCO) was launched in late 1998 and was predicted to reach Mars nine months later. But that didn’t happen. When the MCO approached Mars, it got too close and either burned up in the atmosphere or got lost in some other way. A … Read more
From here on Earth, the Milky Way looks quiet. Yet at its center is Sagittarius A*, a black hole millions of times more massive than the Sun. It’s been quiet for a long time, but astronomers think the silence won’t last forever. New research suggests that this sleeping giant will reawaken when our galaxy collides … Read more