Articles Tagged as "ESA"
Cannibal Galaxy caught having it’s "last meal"!
Ever heard about a Cannibal galaxy? Read on to find out more about an interesting galaxy that eats other galaxies! A new technique using near-infrared images, obtained with ESO’s 3.58-metre New Technology Telescope (NTT), allows astronomers to see through the opaque dust lanes of the giant cannibal galaxy Centaurus A, unveiling its “last meal” in unprecedented detail — a smaller Read more »
Swift and XMM-Newton Satellites spots a Middleweight Black Hole
Good news for all who are interested in black holes! Astronomers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, find that an X-ray source in galaxy NGC 5408 that represents one of the best cases for a middleweight black hole to date. While astronomers have studied lightweight and heavyweight black holes for decades, the evidence for black holes with Read more »
ESA’s third Deep Space Ground Station in Argentina
European Space Agency (ESA) will build its third deep space ground station in Argentina. Last week, ESA informed the Argentinean authorities about their plans to build a new 35-meter antenna in an area 30 km south of the town of Malargüe in Mendoza province, about 1000 km west of Buenos Aires. Once completed, this antenna will provide 360-degree deep space Read more »
NASA and ESA on Jupiter Mission
US space agency NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) on Wednesday unveiled their joint plans to send spacecrafts for exploring the outer planets. The two space agencies will send their spacecrafts towards Jupiter and four of it’s moons – Europa, Ganymede, Io and Callisto, in an attempt to understand the formation and evolution of the Jovian system.
Jupiter’s moon Europa is Read more »
