ESA – EIRSAT-1 liftoff

ESA – EIRSAT-1 liftoff

[ad_1] On 1 December 2023, at 19:19 CET (18:18 GMT), Ireland’s first satellite EIRSAT-1 launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA. Built by students at University College Dublin under guidance of ESA’s Education Office, EIRSAT-1 is a 2-unit...
JWST detects methane in atmosphere of blistering hot WASP-80 b

JWST detects methane in atmosphere of blistering hot WASP-80 b

[ad_1] An artist’s rendering of the warm exoplanet WASP-80 b whose color may appear bluish to human eyes due to the lack of high-altitude clouds and the presence of atmospheric methane identified by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, similar to the planets Uranus and...
Should We Send Humans to Europa?

Should We Send Humans to Europa?

[ad_1] Universe Today recently examined the potential for sending humans to the planet Venus despite its extremely harsh surface conditions. But while a human mission to the clouds of Venus could be feasible given the environmental conditions are much more Earth-like,...
Earth from Space: American Samoa

Earth from Space: American Samoa

[ad_1] The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission shows us an amazing view of the tropical island of Tutuila, the largest in the American Samoa archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean.Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution or click on the circles to learn...