At least two ingredients are needed to make jets — rotation and magnetic fields — and these produce the ubiquitous laserlike jets we see.

The universe began with an unimaginably hot, dense state. Inflation rapidly expanded the universe's size. Before inflation, the universe existed in a period called the GUT era where forces were ...

September offers various celestial events, including Saturn and Neptune's oppositions, Mars's approach to solar conjunction, and favorable viewing of Uranus and Jupiter. Multiple transits of Saturn's ...

The aurora borealis, or Northern Lights, is caused by solar wind particles colliding with Earth's atmosphere. Ancient Chinese texts describe a five-colored aurora event dating back to around 977 or ...

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The Space Shuttle program was extremely expensive. Shuttle turnaround times were much slower than planned. The Space Shuttle had significant safety issues, resulting in two fatal accidents. These ...

The Biosphere 2 facility, specifically its Landscape Evolution Observatory (LEO), serves as a research platform to investigate how life transforms landscapes, ranging from local environments to ...

Apollo mission lunar samples provided crucial data, initially intended to test existing Moon formation theories (capture, co-formation, fission), but ultimately leading to the development of the Giant ...

Three cosmonauts died in space due to a depressurized spacecraft. The Soyuz 11 accident was caused by a faulty valve. The accident resulted in immediate changes to cosmonaut safety protocols. All ...

Wormholes are theoretical tunnels connecting distant points in space. They could potentially allow faster-than-light travel. Einstein's theory of relativity suggests wormholes might exist. Their ...

The Minor Planet Center (MPC) initially classified a near-Earth object (NEO), designated 2018 CN41, as a newly discovered asteroid based on observations from citizen scientists. This was later ...

The article emphasizes the importance of selecting a telescope based on ease of use and portability, especially for urban astronomers, considering factors like weight, mount type (altitude-azimuth ...