by rmil2k | Jun 14, 2024 | News
[ad_1] In 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover landed in the Jezero Crater on Mars. For the next three years, this astrobiology mission collected soil and rock samples from the crater floor for eventual return to Earth. The analysis of these samples is expected to reveal...
by rmil2k | Jun 13, 2024 | News
[ad_1] Space Safety 13/06/2024 196 views 2 likes ESA’s Hera asteroid mission and its two CubeSats interacted as if they were in space, within the foam pyramid-lined walls of the Agency’s Maxwell test chamber in the Netherlands. The trio communicated together, sharing...
by rmil2k | Jun 13, 2024 | News
[ad_1] It’s a bird… it’s a plane… it’s a super star cluster! NASA’s Chandra X-ray telescope has imaged a star cluster that is “super” in every way. Westerlund 1 is super-large, super-massive, super-young, super-close —...
by rmil2k | Jun 13, 2024 | News
[ad_1] Corona Borealis is located near the constellation Hercules. The position of T CrB is marked with a green dot. This view shows the sky around 2 A.M. local daylight time in mid-April. Note that the constellations will rise and set at different times throughout...
by rmil2k | Jun 13, 2024 | News
[ad_1] Most neutron stars spin rapidly, completing a rotation in seconds or even a fraction of a second. But astronomers have found one that takes its time, completing a rotation in 54 minutes. What compels this odd object to spin so slowly? When a massive supergiant...
