Leo Satellites

MANILA, Philippines โ€“ Bright satellites orbiting close to Earth are increasingly threatening astronomical research, as a new study on Amazonโ€™s internet satellites underscores a wider problem facing scientists worldwide. Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites are designed to sit just a few hundred kilometers above the planet to deliver faster internetContinue Reading

Astronomers may have finally solved a long-standing cosmic mystery: how minerals that require extreme heat end up inside comets formed in the coldest reaches of planetary systems. New observations from NASAโ€™s James Webb Space Telescope show that crystalline silicatesโ€”minerals forged only at very high temperaturesโ€”are created near young stars andContinue Reading