Tycho supernova remnants (X-ray (IXPE: NASA/ASI/MSFC/INAF/R. Ferrazzoli, et al.), (Chandra: NASA/CXC/RIKEN & GSFC/T. Sato et al.) Optical: DSS Image processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/K. Arcand, L.Frattare & N.Wolk)

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An article to be published in “The Astrophysical Journal” reports a study on Tycho supernova remnants which offers new information on the geometry of its magnetic fields. A team of astronomers led by Riccardo Ferrazzoli of the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics used observations conducted with the IXPE space telescope to examine the polarized X-rays emitted by these supernova remnants. This allowed new clues to be found about the conditions in the shock waves generated by the supernova that accelerate particles to speeds close to the speed of light.

The jellyfish galaxy JO201 (Image ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Gullieuszik)

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An article in publication and an article under peer-review in “The Astrophysical Journal” report various aspects of a study of 6 so-called jellyfish galaxies. A team of researchers used various instruments to examine them and try to understand the processes taking place in the “tentacles” generated by the gas stripped from those galaxies during the passage within a galaxy cluster. In that space, there’s intergalactic plasma that generates a pressure that caused that gas loss in a process called ram pressure stripping. An image of the jellyfish galaxy cataloged as JO201 captured by the Hubble Space Telescope was published by ESA.

The Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft approaching the International Space Station (Image NASA TV)

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A few hours ago the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft docked with the International Space Station. It blasted off on Friday, February 24, with the aim to replace the Soyuz MS-22, which use in safety conditions was made impossible by a failure in its cooling system. Now the mission of Dmitri Petelin, Frank Rubio, and Sergey Prokopyev could be extended for a total duration of about a year using the Soyuz MS-23 to enable them to come back to Earth.

The Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft blasting off atop a Soyuz-2.1a rocket (Image NASA TV)

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A few hours ago, the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft blasted off atop a Soyuz-2.1a rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. After about nine minutes it successfully separated from the rocket’s last stage and was placed on its route, which requires about two days of journey. It replaces the damaged Soyuz MS-22 as a vehicle for the return of its three crew members: Dmitri Petelin, Frank Rubio, and Sergey Prokopyev. This is the solution chosen by the Russian Roscosmos space agency after having established the impossibility of using the Soyuz MS-22 for the return journey with a crew on board in safety conditions.

Mirabilis, Elstir and Vinteuil in a combination of X-ray and optical frequency observations

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An article being published in “The Astrophysical Journal” reports the results of the study of two galaxy mergers between dwarf galaxies with active galactic nuclei. A team of researchers used data collected by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to discover candidates and then compared them with infrared observations conducted with NASA’s WISE Space Telescope and optical frequency observations conducted with the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT).