Circular Astronomy

Tag: space

  • What Are The Primary Objectives of the NASA’s IMAP Mission in 2025?

    The Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) is a NASA heliophysics mission scheduled for launch on April 29, 2025.  Falcon 9 will launch @NASA’s super cool Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP), which will help researchers better understand the boundary of the heliosphere, a magnetic barrier surrounding our solar system → https://t.co/HfQaFt4l6Y pic.twitter.com/ORKeuZc1bK — SpaceX…

  • Protoplanetary Disc Oph163131 – Surface Layers Lack Grains Larger than 1 µm

    JWST imaging of edge-on protoplanetary disks. III. Drastic morphological transformation across the mid-infrared in Oph163131. Marion Villenave et. al. https://t.co/aMCnahCjLs pic.twitter.com/NZDlPOVrjK — AstroArxiv (@AstroArxiv) October 2, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js “The lack of sharp-edged structures in the extended patchy emission argues against the presence of shocks and suggests photoexcitation or stochastic heating of material smoothly flowing away…

  • The Watery Past of Asteroid Bennu is a Total Surprise

    Is Bennu from an ocean world? NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has revealed significant findings from the asteroid Bennu, particularly the discovery of magnesium-sodium phosphate in the samples returned to Earth. This discovery has several implications: Unexpected Mineral Composition: Implications for Bennu’s Origin: Astrobiological Significance: Broader Scientific Impact: Overall, the discovery of magnesium-sodium phosphate in Bennu’s samples…

  • HL Tau Protoplanetary Disk Contains More Water Than Earth

    The observations show that there is at least three times more water in the inner disc of the young Sun-like star HL Tauri than in all of Earth’s oceans combined. HL Tau also called HL Tauri is a young T Tauri star located approximately 450 light-years away from earth in the Taurus Molecular Cloud. It…