[ad_1] Europe's flagship Jupiter mission is struggling to unfurl an antenna in deep space.The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer or JUICE spacecraft has a stuck antenna on one of its instruments, European Space Agency (ESA) officials reported Friday (April 28). The instrument...

[ad_1] Supernovae are incredibly common in the universe. Based on observations of isotopes such as aluminum-26, we know that a supernova occurs on average about every fifty years in the Milky Way alone. A supernova can outshine a galaxy, so you wouldn’t want your...

[ad_1] Science & Exploration 28/04/2023 4 views 0 likes Juice’s ice-penetrating RIME antenna has not yet been deployed as planned. During the first week of commissioning, an issue arose with the 16-metre-long Radar for Icy Moons Exploration (RIME) antenna, which...

[ad_1] Russia's departure from the International Space Station (ISS) program isn't so imminent after all.Last year, shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, Russian space officials said the nation would leave the ISS partnership sometime after 2024, so it could focus on...

[ad_1] When there’s a permanent base on the Moon, astronauts will need a way to replenish their oxygen supply. Fortunately, there’s an almost infinite amount of oxygen in the surrounding regolith, locked up the rocks and soil. The key would be to figure out a...

[ad_1] Agency 27/04/2023 641 views 20 likes ESA is inviting companies with an interest in merchandising to submit a tender to become the space agency’s official ESA-branded merchandise supplier. ESA merchandise raises brand awareness and helps spread the word about...

[ad_1] Refresh 2023-04-27T12:43:57.816Z Key instrument is facing sensor issuesA mode of the JWST's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) is receiving less sensor "throughput", meaning it's receiving less than the expected amount of light at the longest wavelengths. NASA...

[ad_1] There’s a new solar observing facility taking shape in China. It lies far up on a mountain near Mangya City in the Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Qinghai. The telescope is reputed to be the world’s first mid-infrared telescope built for accurate...

[ad_1] ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Juice, has recorded magnetic field data as its 10.6 m-long magnetometer boom deployed.  Juice launched on 14 April, with deployments and activation of its antennas, booms, sensors and instruments ongoing over the next months in...

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