Credit: NASA/Sam Lott A test version of the universal stage adapter for NASA’s more powerful version of its SLS (Space Launch System) rocket arrived at Building 4619 at NASA’s Marshall…
Category: Planetary Science
Condor telescope reveals a new world for astrophysicists
A view created by Condor and computer technologies of extremely faint shells of ionized gas surrounding the dwarf nova Z Camelopardalis. Credit: Condor Team A new telescope called the “Condor…
The moon’s moment in the sun
2024 Total Solar Eclipse shadow path map, built using datasets from several NASA missions. Credit: NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio On April 8, 2024, much of North America will experience a…
Jupiter’s moon Europa produces less oxygen than we thought—it may affect our chances of finding life there
Europa seen in true colour (left) and false colour (right). Credit: NASA Jupiter’s icy moon Europa has long been thought of as one of the most habitable worlds in the…
Pentagon says no evidence of secret US work on alien tech
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Has the United States confirmed sightings of alien craft, or worked to reverse-engineer extraterrestrial technology? A more than 60-page Pentagon report released Friday says no, pouring…
New radar mission for Europe
Credit: European Space Agency The upcoming Copernicus Radar Observation System for Europe in L-band (ROSE-L) will provide continuous day-and-night all-weather monitoring of Earth’s land, oceans and ice, and offer frequent…
NASA unveils design for message heading to Jupiter’s moon Europa
The art on this side of the plate, which will seal an opening of the vault on NASA’s Europa Clipper, features waveforms that are visual representations of the sound waves…
Interstellar signal linked to aliens was actually just a truck
The area near the seismic station in Manus Island, based on satellite images acquired on March 24, 2023. Credit: Roberto Molar Candanosa and Benjamin Fernando/Johns Hopkins University, with imagery from…
Scientists use James Webb Space Telescope to uncover clues about Neptune’s evolution
An artist’s conception of Mors-Somnus, a binary duo comprised of a pair of icy asteroids bound by gravity, is shown. UCF researchers recently used the James Webb Space Telescope (also…
Moon lander Odysseus has a new home and brings an artistic project along for the ride
Collage of The Earthling Project and Odysseus’s lunar landing. Credit: Intuitive Machines The moon lander Odysseus, known as Odie, touched down on the moon’s surface on February 22, becoming the…
