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Back to Article List The composition of Io's atmosphere indicates it has already lost sextillions of tons of sulfur, and will someday run out of this element. Jupiter's moon Io is the most volcanic body in the solar system. Credit: NASA/JPL/University Of...
It was 1903 that the Wright brothers made the first successful self-propelled flight. Launching themselves to history, they set the foundations for transatlantic flights, supersonic flight and perhaps even the exploration of the Solar System. Now we are on the...
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captured a rare, almost cloud-free image over the Mekong Delta and the city of Can Tho in southwest Vietnam.Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution or click on the circles to learn more. The Mekong Delta is a...
Muhammed Faris, who was the first cosmonaut from Syria and second Arab to fly into space, has died at the age of 72.Faris' death on Friday (April 19) was reported by Syrian media. According to the reports, he died as a result of a long illness in Türkiye, where...
Back to Article List Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system, with a diameter of 89,000 miles. Jupiter image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA. Temperature: The average temperature at the top of clouds on Jupiter is –244° F (–153°...
NASA’s Juno spacecraft came within 1,500 km (930 miles) of the surface of Jupiter’s moon Io in two recent flybys. That’s close enough to reveal new details on the surface of this moon, the most volcanic object in the Solar System. Not only did Juno capture...
Agency 19/04/2024 368 views 8 likes ESA will work closely with the EU to use space to improve life on Earth, following an agreement signed today by ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher (left) and the European Commission’s Director-General for Defence Industry...
The four biggest moons of Jupiter aren't just blurry smudges in Galileo's telescope anymore.The Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei discovered Ganymede, Callisto, Europa and Io back in 1610, which explains why they're called the Galilean moons. We've learned a...
An external pallet packed with old nickel-hydrogen batteries is pictured shortly after its release into space in 2021. Credit: NASA. Early last month, a hunk of metal crashed into a Florida home and tore through two floors before it punctured the floor, missing...
Untangling what happened in our Solar System tens or hundreds of millions of years ago is challenging. Millions of objects of wildly different masses interacted for billions of years, seeking natural stability. But its history—including the migration of the...