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[ad_1] No matter where we go in the universe, we’re going to need water. Thus far, human missions to Earth orbit and the Moon have taken water with them. But while that works for short missions, it isn’t practical in the long term. Water is heavy, and it would take...
[ad_1] The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over El Oued, in northeast Algeria, about 80 km west of the border with Tunisia.Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution or click on the circles to learn more.Shown as a dark elongated area in the...
[ad_1] The second-ever private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has a tentative launch date once again.NASA, SpaceX and Houston-based company Axiom Space had been targeting May 8 for the launch of Ax-2, which will send four people to the ISS...
[ad_1] Stars emit powerful flares that can be deadly for any burgeoning life on nearby planets. Images from spacecraft that monitor the Sun show these flares in glorious, horrifying detail. But the flares from the Sun are mere nuisances compared to some stars. Some...
[ad_1] Week in images: 01-05 May 2023 Discover our week through the lens [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Scientists have eliminated one possible origin for Earth's continents.Despite the importance of Earth's continents, the huge pieces of the planet's crust that divide its oceans, very little is known about what gave rise to these large landmasses that make our...
[ad_1] heic2305 — Science Release The young star TW Hydrae is playing ‘shadow puppets’ with scientists 4 May 2023 In 2017 astronomers reported discovering a shadow sweeping across the face of a vast pancake-shaped disc of gas and dust surrounding the red dwarf star TW...
[ad_1] The Force is with us, according to cosmologists working to understand a mysterious “something” that’s making the universe expand. Its name? Dark energy. And, it turns out that it’s been present everywhere throughout cosmic history. Astronomers have known since...
[ad_1] Europe’s latest weather satellite, the Meteosat Third Generation Imager, has just delivered its first image of Earth. What does this satellite do exactly? And what does this mean for weather forecasting? Learn more about the Meteosat Third Generation and how...
[ad_1] Two Russian cosmonauts reentered an airlock after successfully relocating a different airlock during a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station.Expedition 69 commander Sergey Prokopyev and flight engineer Dmitry Petelin, both with the Russian...