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…
Category: Planetary Science
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…
Chemical contamination on International Space Station is out of this world, study shows
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Concentrations of potentially harmful chemical compounds in dust collected from air filtration systems on the International Space Station (ISS) exceed those found in floor dust from…
NASA InSight study finds Mars is spinning faster
NASA’s InSight lander captured this selfie on April 24, 2022, the 1,211th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Dust on its solar panels caused the lander to lose power…
Do technological civilizations depend on atmospheric oxygen?
Oxygen atmospheres depends on planet size and temperature. Credit: Balbi & Frank Nearly 2 million years ago a species of upright apes known as Homo erectus began to use fire.…
Indian lunar landing mission enters moon’s orbit
An Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) rocket carrying the Chandrayaan-3 lifts off on July 14, 2023. India’s latest space mission entered the moon’s orbit on Saturday ahead of the country’s…
First test images from Euclid space telescope unveiled
Project leaders believe the Euclid space telescope’s test images show it is capable of ultimately fulfilling its mission to shed more light on dark matter and dark energy. The Euclid…
NASA back in touch with Voyager 2 after ‘interstellar shout’
Launched in 1977 to serve as a beacon of humanity to the wider universe, Voyager 2 is currently more than 12.3 billion miles (19.9 billion kilometers) from our planet —…
New exoplanet discovery builds better understanding of planet formation
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An international team of scientists has discovered an unusual Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a low-mass star called TOI-4860, located in the Corvus constellation. The newly discovered gas…
Airbus partners with Voyager Space to build ISS replacement
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Airbus and US space exploration firm Voyager Space announced Wednesday a joint venture to develop Starlab, a commercial alternative to replace the International Space Station (ISS)…
