Visual depiction of Kessler syndrome. Credit: NASA Orbital Debris Program Office A few years ago, there was a panic about lithium-ion batteries that exploded and could do things like take…
Category: Space
Searching for the universe’s missing teenage pictures
A line intensity image appears smeared compared to traditional galaxy survey images. Credit: Patrick Breysse Astrophysicists can use measurements of the cosmic microwave background, radiation formed 380,000 years after the…
Mars once had wet-dry climate conducive to supporting life: Study
An image taken by the Curiosity rover showing the hexagonal cracked mud in a Martian crater that was once a vast lake. NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered the first evidence…
Hundred-year storms? That’s how long they last on Saturn
In the optical, Saturn’s banded atmosphere appears to smoothly shift from color to color. But seen here in radio light — VLA data overlays a Cassini image of Saturn —…
Hubble captures lenticular galaxy NGC 6684
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Tully The lenticular galaxy NGC 6684 bathes this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in a pale light. Captured with Hubble’s Advanced Camera for…
A novel method uses gravity data to determine where density anomalies lie inside planetary bodies
Researchers are developing a new technique to help visualize the complex internal layering and anomalous structures inside planetary bodies, including the Moon. Credit: NGC 54/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 Getting to…
Russia is to launch its first mission to the moon in almost 50 years
In this photo released by Roscosmos State Space Corporation, the Soyuz-2.1b rocket with the moon lander Luna 25 automatic station is transported to a launch pad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome…
Could The Universe be Twice as Old as Current Estimates Suggest?
How do we know how old the universe actually is? Balasubramanian: The universe is often reported to be 13.8 billion years old, but, truth be told, this is an amalgamation…
NASA may delay crewed lunar landing beyond Artemis 3 mission
Officials and media personnel are seen inside the Operations and Checkout Building (O&C) at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA’s Artemis 3 mission, set to return humans…
