The European space industry is struggling to remain competitive in the face of Elon Musk’s SpaceX. President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that Europe must again become a global space power,…
Category: Planetary Science
Tabletop exercises can help us understand and avoid potential conflicts over the moon
Humans from different nations can struggle to get along. Will we take our Earthly geopolitical struggles to the moon as nations generate a sustained presence there? Credit: RegoLight, visualization: Liquifer…
Radio signal from the very early universe offers clues about the first stars
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Understanding how the universe transitioned from darkness to light with the formation of the first stars and galaxies is a key turning point in the universe’s…
Engineers simulate lunar lighting for Artemis III moon landing
NASA engineers inside the Flat Floor Facility at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, mimic lander inspection and assessment tasks future Artemis astronauts may do during Artemis III. Lights…
How bubble muscles could help astronauts get their space legs
JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa pedals on the upgraded CEVIS system. Credit: NASA When astronauts finally reach Mars, they’ll face a unique challenge: walking and working in…
Planet-forming disks lose gas faster than dust, new survey finds
Artist’s concept of a planet-forming disk, like the thirty studied for the ALMA AGE-PRO survey. The lifetime of the gas within the disk determines the timescale for planetary growth. Credit:…
Radio telescope network captures image of distant black hole jet
Two images of the galaxy J0123+3044, taken with the EVN telescopes with (right) and without (left) MeerKAT. The galaxy is located in the constellation Pisces, and the light from it…
1000 hours with the Square Kilometer Array may be our best hope to finally see Cosmic Dawn
This still image shows the timeline running from the Big Bang on the right, towards the present on the left. In the middle is the Reionization Period, when the initial…
