The supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way is spinning so quickly it is warping the spacetime surrounding it into a shape that can look like a football, according to a new study using data from NASA’s …
“Sagitarius A”: Telescopes Show the Milky Way’s Black Hole is ready for a Kick Read More »
On February 3, IXPE completed its prime mission and began the General Observer phase of the mission. During its 754-day baseline Science mission, IXPE conducted 115 total polarimetry observations of 64 distinct sources, for a total exposure of 439 days …
Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) Completion of Baseline Science Mission Read More »
At the recent winter AAS meeting, Michael Katz volunteered for two 1.5 hour shifts at the PhysCOS booth talking with folks about PhysCOS and other areas of NASA and astrophysics. Katz also participated in the Multimessenger LISA workshop that took …
LISA Representation at the American Astronomical Society (AAS) Winter Meeting Read More »
Astronomers have discovered one of the most powerful eruptions from a black hole ever recorded. This mega-explosion billions of years ago may help explain the formation of a striking pattern of star clusters around two massive galaxies, resembling beads on …
Heidi Haviland, Paul Bremner, Mike Zanetti (ST13), Aiden Woo (USRA) and Juan Lorenzo (LSU) participated in a joint geophysical instrument test at the Lunar Regolith Terrain Facility, 2/12-15/24, and is funded by a MSFC CAN-162 White Paper for technology development. …
Philip Kaaret (ST12) is a coauthor on the paper, “Soft X-Ray Energy Spectra in the Wide-field Galactic Disk Area Revealed with HaloSat”, published in the Astrophysical Journal. The first author was Kazuki Ampuku, a student at Nagoya University, who completed …
Krishna Vadrevu (ST11) served as the Lead Editor for a special issue featuring 30 published papers on the topic of “Land Use Changes, Degradation, and Impact on Ecosystem Services in Asia and Southeast Asia” in the Land Degradation and Development …
In 2023, the U.S. Department of State developed two reports in response to the White House’s Executive Order 14072 on Strengthening the Nation’s Forests, Communities, and Local Economies. One report addressed how the U.S. Government can help curb deforestation internationally …
SERVIR Highlighted in US State Department Report on Deforestation Reduction Programs Read More »
SPoRT personnel collaborated with the SERVIR program to implement a prototype version of the High Impact Weather Assessment Toolkit (HIWAT) over Central America. HIWAT currently provides ensemble weather model predictions to southern Asia to help forecasters identify high-impact hazards such …
A SERVIR Central America Subject Matter Expert (SME) training on Informal Settlement Detection using Machine Learning Methods was held in San Salvador, El Salvador, February 7 – 9. This capacity building event is related to applying Earth observations including Synthetic …
Training Completed in San Salvador for Urban Mapping Read More »
