[ad_1] Concentrations of potentially harmful chemical contaminants on the International Space Station (ISS) could exceed those found in dust on floors in homes across the United States and Western Europe.That was the conclusion reached in a first-of-its-kind new study...

[ad_1] Household dust may not settle onboard the International Space Station, but it still contains toxic compounds. Credit: NASA In science fiction, space stations often look shiny and pristine, the ultimate controlled environment cocooning humans from the harshness...

[ad_1] The Ingenuity helicopter continues to explore the landscape around Jezero Crater on Mars, now more than 800 days into its original 30-day demonstration mission. Recently, Ingenuity completed its 54th flight on the Red Planet. However, things haven’t gone...

[ad_1] With Portugal in the grip of a heatwave, a wildfire broke out on 5 August south of Odemira in the Alentejo region in southern Portugal. This image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite mission, shows the fire on 7 August.The smoke billowing from the...

[ad_1] China has added a new satellite to its fleet of meteorological spacecraft.A Long March 4C rocket lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert on Aug. 2 at 11:47 p.m. EDT (0347 GMT; 11:47 a.m. Beijing Time on Aug. 3). Orange smoke from the...

[ad_1] Back to Article List This week, Astronomy Editor Dave Eicher has the Perseids on his mind. The point in the sky from which a shower of meteors appears to stream is called the radiant. Credit: Tony Hallas Get ready this weekend for a summer blockbuster you won’t...

[ad_1] Astronomers have discovered a pair of star-like objects orbiting each other extremely quickly, with an entire ‘year’ lasting just 1.9 Earth hours. Catchily named ZTF J2020+5033, the system consists of one object which is definitely a small star, and another...

[ad_1] Agency 07/08/2023 766 views 28 likes Save the date: this year’s annual ESA Open Day in the Netherlands will take place on Sunday 8 October, at the Agency’s ESTEC technical centre in Noordwijk. Registration to attend will be opened later this summer; keep an eye...

[ad_1] SpaceX's next Starship rocket just took a big step toward flight.The Starship first-stage prototype known as Booster 9 conducted a static fire test today (Aug. 6), briefly igniting its 33 Raptor engines while anchored to the orbital launch mount at SpaceX's...

[ad_1] Back to Article List From the August 2023 issue With Apollo on our screens and telescopes in our backyards, this decade gave many people a personal connection to the cosmos. Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan stroll together during the heyday of the production of...