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Archive for November 9th, 2022

Astronomers spot the exposed inner core of an ‘oddball’ star by accident

November 9th, 2022 by

By sheer chance, astronomers have spotted the stripped core of a star that was once 12 times the mass of the sun during a stage of stellar evolution that lasts the blink of a cosmic eye.

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James Webb Space Telescope could search for ‘laughing gas’ to find alien life

November 9th, 2022 by

An alternative biosignature on alien planets could be the same chemical that makes laughing gas.

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NASA astronaut votes from space bunk bed for Election Day 2022

November 9th, 2022 by

NASA astronaut Josh Cassada voted in the U.S. midterms from a bunk bed aboard the International Space Station, joining an elite cadre of people who cast their ballots from orbit.

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NASA’s last space shuttle cabin trainer lands at Lone Star Flight Museum

November 9th, 2022 by

The last of NASA’s space shuttle crew cabin mockups to leave the training room floor has arrived at its new home, the Lone Star Flight Museum in Houston.

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James Webb Space Telescope’s supercold camera bounces back from glitch

November 9th, 2022 by

The James Webb Space Telescope’s supercold camera MIRI is back in full science mode after a technical problem on its grating wheel forced scientists to halt some observations.

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