As part of the Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics (Astro2020), the Panel on the Interstellar Medium and Star and Planet Formation will identify and articulate the scientific themes that will ...
Research on heliospheric physics and interstellar medium dynamics has advanced our understanding of the complex interaction between the solar wind and the interstellar environment. The heliosphere – a ...
Molecules containing noble gases shouldn’t exist. By definition, these chemical elements — helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon and radon — are the party poopers of the periodic table, huddling in the ...
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NASA powers down Voyager 1 instrument to save energy
NASA has turned off Voyager 1’s Low-energy Charged Particles instrument to conserve dwindling power, ensuring the probe continues its interstellar mission. The 1977-launched spacecraft, now over 15.8 ...
Scientists have discovered a potentially star-forming cloud and called it "Eos." It is one of the largest single structures in the sky and among the closest to the sun and Earth ever to be detected.
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope, astronomers have performed high-resolution X-ray spectroscopic observations of a bright low-mass X-ray binary known as GX 340+0. Results of the ...
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To keep the Voyager 1 spacecraft on its interstellar journey, NASA turned off one of its few remaining instruments
Two spacecraft called Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 blasted off to investigate Jupiter and Saturn. They’re still gathering data ...
This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Voyager 1 is going, going … not quite gone.
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