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Saturn’s moon Enceladus top target for ESA
Science & Exploration 25/03/2024 1943 views 16 likes A fresh, icy crust hides a deep, enigmatic ocean. Plumes of water burst through cracks in the ice, shooting into space. An intrepid lander collects samples and analyses them for hints of life.ESA has...
NASA is holding a total eclipse 2024 briefing March 26. Here’s how to watch it live
On April 8, a total solar eclipse will sweep across North America. The path of totality — a 115-mile (185-kilometer) wide route where the moon will cover 100% of the sun's disk — stretches through Mexico, 15 U.S. States and Canada.It is shaping up to be one of...
Hubble sees new star proclaiming its presence with cosmic light show
heic2406 — Photo Release 25 March 2024 Jets emerge from the cocoon of a newly forming star to blast across space, slicing through the gas and dust of a shining nebula, in this new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. FS Tau is a multi-star system...
It wasn’t aliens. It was truck driving by the seismometer
Back to Article List A new study shows that seismic activity thought to be from a 2014 meteorite instead has a more mundane explanation. The spherules or metal objects collected from IM1's landing site Credit: Avi Loeb/Medium Seismic activity from a meteorite...
Gaia unravels the ancient threads of the Milky Way
Science & Exploration 21/03/2024 6972 views 38 likes ESA’s Gaia space telescope has further disentangled the history of our galaxy, discovering two surprising streams of stars that formed and wove together over 12 billion years ago. The two streams, named...
Drilling for water ice on Mars: How close are we to making it happen?
Things are looking up for digging deep on Mars. Progress is palpable on how best to extract subsurface ice to generate drinkable water, rocket fuel and other useful resources on the Red Planet.But boring down from the topside of Mars to reach available icy...
Remembering Tom Stafford, the Apollo commander who did his part to thaw the Cold War
Thomas Stafford's 1966 NASA portrait. Credit NASA The passing of Tom Stafford leaves only seven surviving Apollo Moon voyagers. Nicknamed “Mumbles”, this Air Force three-star general dodged death on the launchpad, set records as one of the fastest humans in...
Northrup Grumman is Studying How to Build a Railway on the Moon
Roughly two years and six months from now, as part of NASA’s Artemis III mission, astronauts will set foot on the lunar surface for the first time in over fifty years. Beyond this mission, NASA will deploy the elements of the Lunar Gateway, the Artemis Base...
Earth from Space: Southeast Kenya
The striking contrast of the diverse landscape in southeast Kenya is featured in this false-colour image captured by Copernicus Sentinel-2.Zoom in to explore this image at its full resolution or click on the circles to learn more.The Republic of Kenya lies in...