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When plotting sites for crewed lunar landings — ranging from the forthcoming Artemis missions to eventual lasting moon settlements — mission planners must account for tons of lunar parameters. For instance, the shape of the terrain could make or break a...
heic2403 — Science Release 25 January 2024 Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observed the smallest exoplanet where water vapour has been detected in its atmosphere. At only approximately twice Earth’s diameter, the planet GJ 9827d could be...
Back to Article List These young supermassive black holes weigh more relative to their host galaxies than those today, supporting an idea called heavy seeding. In this artist's conception, a black hole (center) is contained in a small host galaxy in the distant...
It’s satisfying to sit back and take stock of all the places in the Solar System that we’ve explored. The Moon came first, then over the following decades, we’ve sent spacecraft to Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and even distant Pluto....
Agency 24/01/2024 727 views 10 likes ESA has teamed up with Xbox and the epic space game Starfield for a spacesuit design competition that is out of this world. Starfield is the first new universe in over 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning...
Just when we think we’ve seen it all with astronomy photos, the Hubble Space Telescope takes our breath away yet again with a trip to a galaxy far, far away.I don’t know about you, but when images like this are released, it brings up not only a wave of emotions...
Credit: rodimov/Shutterstock.com Note: This post contains affiliate links. When you buy a product through the links on this article, we may earn a commission. Selecting the best telescopes for kids can be as important as the observations themselves. Gazing up...
It seems crazy that Uranus was discovered in 1781 yet here we are, in 2024 and we have only sent one spacecraft to explore Uranus. Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to have given us close-up images of Uranus (and Neptune) but since their visit in 1986, we have...
This image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope features an H II region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way. This nebula, known as N79, is a region of interstellar atomic hydrogen that is ionised, captured here...
Virgin Galactic's sixth commercial spaceflight may be just around the corner.The launch window for the crewed suborbital mission, known as Galactic 06, opens on Jan. 26. And, to help remind us of this fact and build up interest in the flight, Virgin Galactic...