
New Optics Tech Could Revolutionize Gravitational-Wave Astronomy
TEHRAN (ANA)- UC Riverside has developed a technology that enables scientists to peer deeper into the universe.

Russia Interested in Cooperation with Iran in Construction of New Orbital Service Station
TEHRAN (ANA)- Dmitry Bakanov, the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, announced his country’s interest in cooperation with the Iranian specialists in building a new orbital service station.

Black Hole Discovery Confirms Einstein and Hawking Were Right
TEHRAN (ANA)- A fresh black hole merger detection has offered the clearest evidence yet for Einstein’s relativity and Hawking’s predictions.

Agreement for Designing SAR-RAD 2 Satellite Subsystem Signed in Iranian Space Research Center
TEHRAN (ANA)- An agreement for designing, construction and testing of the engineering prototype of the ‘Antenna Structure and Mechanism’ subsystem of the SAR-RAD 2 satellite project was signed between the Institute of Mechanics and the Institute of Space Propulsion of the Iranian Space Research Center.

Astronomers Stunned by Black Hole Growing beyond Known Limits
TEHRAN (ANA)- A black hole in a distant quasar is growing faster than the usual limit, according to Chandra observations.

Solar Wind Hiding Strange Particles That Could Rewrite Space Weather
TEHRAN (ANA)- A recent study led by Dr. Michael Starkey of the Southwest Research Institute has delivered the first observational evidence from the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Mission of pickup ions (PUIs) and their related wave activity in the solar wind near Earth.

Iranian Researchers Make Reaction Wheels for Zafar-2 Satellite
TEHRAN (ANA)- A set of four reaction wheels for the home-made Zafar 2 sensing satellite was successfully delivered to the Iran University of Science and Technology by the Space Propulsion Research Institute after designing, manufacturing, and successfully performing all standard space tests.

Iranian Researchers Study Unknown Aspects of Connection between Optics, Astronomy
TEHRAN (ANA)- Iranian researchers at the University of Tehran's Institute of the History of Science conducted a new study to review the unknown aspects of connection between optics and astronomy in Islamic civilization.

Iran to Launch Zafar-2, Paya Satellites Soon
TEHRAN (ANA)- Head of the Iranian Space Agency Hassan Salariyeh announced plans to launch the home-made Zafar-2 and Paya satellites into the orbit in the coming months using a foreign launcher.