NASA’s Lucy will fly by tiny asteroid nicknamed ‘Dinky’

NASA’s Lucy will fly by tiny asteroid nicknamed ‘Dinky’

[ad_1] The Lucy spacecraft flies by asteroid Dinkinesh in this artist’s concept. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Since its launch two years ago, NASA’s Lucy mission has been traveling the inner solar system on its way to explore Jupiter’s Trojan...
JWST Confirms the Formation of Heavy Elements in a Kilonova

JWST Confirms the Formation of Heavy Elements in a Kilonova

[ad_1] A recent study published in Nature investigates recent observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and ground-based telescopes of heavy elements within the ejected material of a recent gamma-ray burst (GRB), classified as GRB 230307A, that was...

Earth from Space: Elephant Island

[ad_1] This rare, almost cloud-free view of the remote Elephant Island in Antarctica was captured in February 2023 by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution or click on the circles to learn more.Lying in the...