[ad_1] I have lost count of how many times I have given public lectures and explained the temperature differences between Mercury and Venus. How Mercury, surprisingly isn’t the hottest planet in the Solar System and how that badge goes to Venus, thick atmosphere blah...

[ad_1] Enabling & Support 22/11/2023 2700 views 80 likes On 21 November 2023, ESA’s CryoSat satellite swapped to its back-up propulsion system after a fuel leak threatened to bring the mission to an end in 2025.The swap has the potential to extend the life of the...

[ad_1] What would it be like to fall through the clouds of our solar system's ice giants, Uranus or Neptune? Well, no one truly knows — but we might be close to finding out.We have landed on, crashed into, or descended into the clouds of all of the planets in the...

[ad_1] Back to Article List An exercising galaxy cluster shows its hard work by revealing its lesser mass. In Aug. 2023, JWST captured an exquisitely detailed infrared image of El Gordo galaxy cluster. Two galaxy clusters colliding at a rate of millions of miles per...

[ad_1] It’s wonderful to watch the fascination on people’s faces when you explain to them that studying distant objects in the Universe means looking back in time! Reach out to the furthest corners of the Cosmos and you can see objects so far away that the light left...

[ad_1] Agency 21/11/2023 1053 views 75 likes Forty years ago this month, the first European-built Spacelab was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on board Space Shuttle Columbia. Also on board was Ulf Merbold, who became ESA's first astronaut in space. The...

[ad_1] Looking for a great Black Friday drone deal? You're in luck! Amazon is selling the DJI Mini 3 Fly More Combo for $699 in this Black Friday deal — that's a $99 saving on the usual price.At $699, this is the lowest we've seen this drone bundle, as it's normally...

[ad_1] With just a small or medium-sized telescope, skygazers can easily observe planets. You’ll be surprised how much of our solar system you can see! And you don’t need a dark sky to view all of our solar system’s planets; even under city lights, Venus, Mars,...

[ad_1] The rings of Saturn are some of the most well-known and captivating spectacles in the night sky, which are so large they can easily be observed with amateur telescopes or even a pair of high-powered binoculars. However, from time to time, Saturn’s rings...

[ad_1] Science & Exploration 20/11/2023 2205 views 87 likes The latest image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope shows a portion of the dense centre of our galaxy in unprecedented detail, including never-before-seen features astronomers have yet to...