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SpaceX wins NASA contract to launch gamma-ray astronomy mission

NASA has selected SpaceX to launch a small gamma-ray astronomy mission on a Falcon 9 in 2027.

by Jeff Foust July 3, 2024July 3, 2024

China launches Sino-French astrophysics satellite, debris falls over populated area

by Andrew Jones June 22, 2024June 22, 2024

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China selects new space missions including lunar far side astronomy and terrestrial exoplanet survey

by Andrew Jones April 30, 2024April 30, 2024

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NASA selects ultraviolet astronomy mission but delays its launch two years

by Jeff Foust February 14, 2024February 14, 2024

Chandra X-Ray Observatory

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NASA considering budget cuts for Hubble and Chandra space telescopes

by Jeff Foust October 14, 2023October 14, 2023

NASA Team Simulates a Glimpse of Our Galaxy in Gravitational Waves

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NASA Team Simulates a Glimpse of Our Galaxy in Gravitational Waves

by SpaceRef September 26, 2023

Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe

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NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe passes system integration review

by SpaceRef September 26, 2023

This Feynman diagram shows the physics of how an electron scattering from a proton can be used to theoretically access the 3D picture of the transition between the proton and the Δ++ resonance. Image courtesy of Stefan Diehl

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Ringing Protons Give Insight Into The Early Universe

by SpaceRef August 31, 2023

A conceptual diagram of this research. Signals from supernovae (bottom right inset), quasars (middle left inset), and gamma-ray bursts (top center inset) reach Earth in the Milky Way Galaxy (background), where we can use them to measure cosmological parameters. CREDIT NAOJ

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Rewriting The Past And Future Of The Universe

by SpaceRef August 31, 2023

Ripples in the spacetime around a merging binary black-hole system from a numerical relativity simulation. Image credit: Deborah Ferguson, Karan Jani, Deirdre Shoemaker, Pablo Laguna, Georgia Tech, MAYA Collaboration.

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The Universal Sound Of Black Holes

by SpaceRef July 31, 2023