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You can tell a lot about a planetary body just by looking at its surface, especially if it has craters. Take Europa, for example. It has a fairly young surface—somewhere between 50 and 100 million years old. That’s practically “new” when you compare it to the...
Air pollution is the largest environmental health risk in Europe and significantly impacts the health of the European population, particularly in urban areas.Following on from the Sentinel-5P satellite – the first Copernicus mission dedicated to monitoring our...
SpaceX will launch its 30th cargo mission to the International Space Station for NASA this afternoon (March 21), and you can watch it live.A Falcon 9 rocket carrying an uncrewed Cargo Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to lift off today at 4:55 p.m. EDT (2055 GMT)...
Back to Article List A recent study provides insight into what might stop supermassive black holes from merging. An artist's conception of the pair of supermassive black holes. Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. daSilva/M. Zamani Two supermassive black holes —...
The Moon is practically begging to be explored, and the momentum to do so is building. The Artemis Program’s effort to return astronauts to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo missions captures a lot of attention. But there are other efforts underway....
Applications 18/03/2024 3183 views 13 likes ESA has signed contracts with several European companies for an overall amount of € 233 million to develop Genesis and a LEO-PNT demonstrator, two new missions within the FutureNAV programme that will keep Europe at...
Welcome back to Pad-40!SpaceX and NASA are moving toward the launch of company's 30th commercial resupply services mission (CRS-30) to the International Space Station (ISS). Liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying an uncrewed SpaceX Cargo Dragon is scheduled for...
Details of the lamassu and palace reliefs of Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal (883-859 BC) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Credit:Wikimedia Commons On April 8, millions of Americans will be able to see the magic of a total solar eclipse. Humans have been...
Nature often defies our simple explanations. Take comets and asteroids, for example. Comets are icy and have tails; asteroids are rocky and don’t have tails. But it might not be quite so simple, according to new research. That nice, clean definition took a hit...
Science & Exploration 19/03/2024 6024 views 16 likes A few layers of water ice – the width of a strand of DNA – are starting to impact Euclid’s vision; a common issue for spacecraft in the freezing cold of space, but a potential problem for this highly...