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Lockheed Martin’s SR-72, also known as the “Son of Blackbird,” is one of aerospace’s most hotly anticipated programs. In May, a fictional craft, allegedly similar to the SR-72, named the DarkStar, appeared in Top Gun:Maverick. Early in the film, which has become 2022’s highest grossing, Tom Cruise’s character pilots the Darkstar in an attempt to hit Mach 10…

The dwarf galaxy NGC1427A flies through the Fornax galaxy cluster and undergoes disturbances that would not be possible if this galaxy were surrounded by a heavy and extended dark matter halo, as required by standard cosmology. Credit: ESO Disturbances in the dwarf galaxies of one of Earth’s closest galaxy clusters point to a different gravity…

A massive sunspot that has doubled in size in less than 24 hours is currently facing Earth, which means it is expected to unleash a solar flare in our direction. Sunspots are dark regions on the sun’s surface that are accompanied by powerful radiation bursts. Because they are colder than other areas of the sun’s…

Based on this recently released snapshot of the night sky captured by NASA’s Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), we can safely assume Superman gets no sleep at night. Just look at that thing. The sparkling dots and tangled loops are the result of nearly two years of effort to study cosmic sources of X-rays…

It’s a frequent cliche to say that we can’t see the forest for the trees, but we might just as easily say that we can’t see the Milky Way for the stars. We now have a more exact understanding of where things are on the other side of the galaxy, according to recent research based…

According to experts, our Sun is tilted by about 6 degrees compared to the sun’s equator. The reason behind this has remained an astronomical mystery for decades. Now, experts believe they’ve finally found an answer: Planet Nine. Elizabeth Bailey is an astrophysicist and planetary scientist at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Updated version…

France-based defense giant Thales launched its latest member of the Ground Master family radar portfolio, the GM400 Alpha. As noted by the company, an unprecedented 3D long-range air surveillance radar, with 5 times more processing power, an extended range of 10% (up to 515 km), upcoming advanced artificial intelligence algorithms and enhanced cybersecurity features, it…

The new terms say the first flight of a next generation fighter jet demonstrator will take place by the end of 2027.   Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces of France, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Minister of Defense of Germany, and Margarita Robles, Minister of Defense of Spain made the official announcement yesterday. The FCAS will…

Some of these cosmic behemoths can whip their stars around at over 1 million miles per hour.   The larger the spiral galaxy, the faster it spins. That’s a well-known fact for astronomers. But a few years ago, researchers discovered a new class of jumbo-sized spiral galaxies; astronomers call them “super spirals.” And, in a…