[ad_1] NASA’s Juno spacecraft spies a tiny inner moon of Jupiter, Amalthea. It’s tiny, but it’s there. By now, we’re all used to seeing amazing photos of Jupiter courtesy of NASA’s Juno mission on a routine basis. Many of these are processed by volunteer ‘citizen...

[ad_1] Enabling & Support 15/05/2024 2745 views 24 likes BepiColombo, the joint ESA/JAXA mission to Mercury, has experienced an issue that is preventing the spacecraft’s thrusters from operating at full power. BepiColombo exploded view BepiColombo is a three-part...

[ad_1] Talk about a dramatic exit!The sunspot AR3664, which is about 15 times wider than Earth, has finally rotated out of our planet's view — but not before firing off two more big solar storms.The most recent solar flares from AR3664 were in the X class, the...

[ad_1] The LISA spacecrafts observing gravitational waves from a distant source while orbiting the Sun. Credit: Simon Barke/Univ. Florida, CC BY Physicists consider black holes one of the most mysterious objects that exist. Ironically, they’re also considered one of...

[ad_1] When stars exhaust their hydrogen fuel at the end of their main sequence phase, they undergo core collapse and shed their outer layers in a supernova. Whereas particularly massive stars will collapse and become black holes, stars comparable to our Sun become...

[ad_1] Are you ready for the greatest story ever told? Launched in France on 25 April 2024, Space Odyssey is the first complete history of space in graphic novel form. Drawing on the latest scientific and historical sources, it tells the story of the men and women who...

[ad_1] Satellite images taken earlier this month offer a spaceborne perspective of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. They include scenes such as a before-and-after sequence that illustrates Palestinian civilians fleeing Rafah, a view of damaged buildings in the region and...

[ad_1] Back to Article List While we have a precise (and probably accurate) age for the solar system, we do not have precise ages for each planet. Planets form from the disks of debris around young stars, called protoplanetary disks, such as that around the star HD...

[ad_1] I can remember when Perseverance was launched, travelled out into the Solar System and landed on Mars in February 2021.  In all the time since it arrived, having clocked up 1000 days of exploration, it has collected 23 samples from different geological areas...

[ad_1] They say it takes a village to raise a child. To launch a rocket, we have the combined expertise and passion of Space Team Europe. Aline Decadi is one of many making the first Ariane 6 launch possible and has been interviewed as part of a series highlighting...