Credit: ESA – M. Pedoussaut A rocket carrying carbon dioxide- and Earth-observing satellites successfully blasted off from South America late Friday. The Vega C rocket, operated by French firm Arianespace,…
Category: Space
How to watch two meteor showers peak together in late July
This image provided by NASA shows comet 96P Machholz which orbits the Sun about every 6 years, and is suspected to cause the Southern Delta Aquariids meteor showers. Credit: NASA/ESA/SOHO…
Senegal becomes 56th country to sign Artemis Accords for peaceful space exploration
Senegal has officially joined the Artemis Accords, becoming the 56th nation and the fourth African country to commit to a shared vision for peaceful and transparent space exploration. The signing…
The future of construction on Earth is extraterrestrial
Texas A&M Professor Dr. Nancy Currie-Gregg plants a flag for the new Texas A&M University Space Institute during a groundbreaking ceremony last fall. The facility in Houston is set for…
New moon of July 2025 sees Saturn swim with the fishes tonight
The new moon arrives on July 24, a day after the moon and Jupiter make a close pass in the dawn sky. The exact timing of the new moon phase…
Scientists and engineers craft radio telescope bound for the moon
LuSEE-Night undergoes final assembly at the Space Sciences Laboratory, following the completion of all major components by Brookhaven Lab and other collaborators. Credit: Space Sciences Laboratory The U.S. Department of…
JWST finds plenty of low mass black holes in the early universe
JWST’s Ultra-Deep Field, showing galaxies and gravitational lenses in a small slice of sky. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI Black holes played a critical role in the formation of…
The Milky Way brightens the moonless summer sky this week: Here’s where to look
Head away from city lights in late July to see the dense core of the Milky Way arcing towards the southwestern horizon against a blissfully dark sky as the waning…
How the moon’s hidden protection shields against solar wind erosion
Despite the wonderful images captured from the lunar surface that suggest otherwise, the Moon does have an atmosphere. It’s an incredibly thin, rarefied shell of gas known as an exosphere.…
Europe tests largest-ever Mars parachute in the stratosphere above the Arctic (video)
A giant parachute built for Europe’s beleaguered ExoMars mission has aced a drop test with a mock lander during a test campaign in the Arctic. The double parachute system consists…
