[ad_1] NASA makes successful rover missions seem mundane. Spirit and Opportunity were wildly successful, and Curiosity and Perseverance would both be considered successes even if they stopped working today. But complex missions don’t succeed without rigorous testing....

[ad_1] Astronomers are spying on the Milky Way's neighbors, assessing the amount of light that escapes from them and how this is connected to each galaxy's physical properties. This deep investigation of our local universe could help scientists better understand the...

[ad_1] Back to Article List From the April 2023 issue Lone black holes are massive but dark — a tempting explanation for dark matter. But astronomers don't believe these objects are the culprit. Scientists believe that the Milky Way, like most galaxies, is surrounded...

[ad_1] Detect, fetch and collect. A seemingly easy task is being tested to find the best strategy to collect samples on the martian surface, some 290 000 million km away from home.Testing technologies for Mars exploration is part of the daily job of Laura Bielenberg,...

[ad_1] Satellites watched as the powerful Super Typhoon Mawar made its way toward the U.S. island territory of Guam on Wednesday (May 24).Weather satellites tracked the Category 4 storm as it produced winds of up to 140 mph (225 kph) while moving northwest past Guam...

[ad_1] Back to Article List Take your small scope out tonight to view the aftermath of a massive star’s death. The box on this image shows the spot where the bright, new supernova SN 2023ixf has appeared in M101. Credit: [-ChristiaN-] (Flickr) When a massive star...

[ad_1] Enjoy a sneak peek of ESA’s new documentary that looks at fire in all its fury - and how satellite technology is helping to mitigate this consequence of climate change. Join us on this journey as we meet the firefighter who fought one of the largest wildfires...

[ad_1] NASA's asteroid-hopping Lucy spacecraft has adjusted course on its way to explore distant space rocks.Lucy's current trajectory will see the probe visit the tiny asteroid Dinkinesh in November 2023. The spacecraft will stop off at this half-mile-wide asteroid...

[ad_1] Lynette Cook’s favorite exoplanet is the gas giant HD 222582 b, whose 572-day orbit takes it on a highly eccentric path around its star. This view shows the planet as seen from the surface of a hypothetical terrestrial moon that undergoes seasonal periods of...