‘Comet C2021 S3’ depicts the comet being observed in January 2024 by a different research team. Credit: Damian Peach A comet is set to pass by Earth this spring, and…
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Rocket propellant tanks for NASA’s Artemis III mission take shape
All the major structures that will form the core stage for NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for the agency’s Artemis III mission are structurally complete. Technicians finished welding the…
Japanese space debris inspection probe launched
Credit: Pixabay from Pexels A Japanese firm said Monday it had successfully launched a spacecraft tasked with inspecting potentially dangerous man-made junk floating around the Earth. The European Space Agency…
Earth to be Exhibit A for Lunar Exoplanet Research
When Jake Turner was a kid in rural Colorado, he had pictures of all the Apollo lunar missions thumbtacked to his bedroom walls, along with Neil Armstrong’s words, “One small…
Hubble views a massive star forming
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is a relatively close star-forming region known as IRAS 16562-3959. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Fedriani, J. Tan This image from the…
Newborn gas planets may be surprisingly flat, says new research
An artist’s concept of a “Hot Jupiter” extrasolar planet. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech A new planet starts its life in a rotating circle of gas and dust, a cradle known as a…
NASA’s final tally shows spacecraft returned double the amount of asteroid rubble
This photo provided by NASA on Jan. 22, 2024 shows a view of eight sample trays containing the final material from asteroid Bennu. NASA reported Thursday, Feb. 15, that the…
NASA Telescopes Find New Clues About Mysterious Deep Space Signals
Using two of the agency’s X-ray telescopes, researchers zoomed in on a dead star’s erratic behavior as it released a bright, brief burst of radio waves. In an ejection that…
Sun’s surprising activity surge in Solar Orbiter snapshot
See how the Sun changed between February 2021 and October 2023. As the Sun approaches the maximum in its magnetic activity cycle, we see more brilliant explosions, dark sunspots, loops of…
Ready, set, go! Euclid begins its dark Universe survey
The problem was that a tiny amount of unwanted sunlight reached Euclid’s visible instrument (VIS) at specific angles, even with the spacecraft’s sunshield (its back) turned towards the Sun. Artist…
