Credit: European Space Agency Teams from ESA, France’s space agency CNES and ArianeGroup successfully completed the disconnection and retraction of the Ariane 6 cryogenic systems on 30 January 2024. These…
Category: Planetary Science
Dream Chaser spaceplane passes vibration test
The first vessel of a planned line, Tenacity, was completed at the company’s factory in Louisville, Colorado in November and then shipped to NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky,…
First eROSITA sky-survey data release makes public the largest ever catalog of high-energy cosmic sources
This image shows half of the X-ray sky projected onto a circle (so-called Zenit Equal Area projection) with the center of the Milky Way on the left and the galactic…
Earth’s atmospheric glow can be seen from the International Space Station
Credit: NASA, ESA/Andreas Mogensen This high exposure photograph revealed Earth’s atmospheric glow against the backdrop of a starry sky in this image taken from the International Space Station on Jan.…
Space Shuttle Endeavour hoisted for installation in vertical display at Los Angeles science museum
Space Shuttle Endeavour is lifted into the site of the future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, in Los Angeles. Credit: AP Photo/Ashley Landis NASA’s…
Hubble captures interacting galaxies NGC 5410 and UGC 8932
This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features a pair of interacting galaxies called, NGC 5410 and UGC 8932/PGC 49896. Credit: NASA/ESA/D. Bowen (Princeton University)/Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of…
Strange new type of star discovered in Milky Way
Astronomers have nicknamed the stars “old smokers” Nearing the end of their life, they sit quietly for long periods of time, barely noticeable, before suddenly puffing out a cloud of…
NASA collaborating on European-led gravitational wave observatory in space
The LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) mission, led by ESA (European Space Agency) with NASA contributions, will detect gravitational waves in space using three spacecraft, separated by more than a…
Astronomers analyze masses, orbital properties and atmospheric features of six exoplanets
A team of researchers led by astronomers at UCI has obtained highly precise information about six confirmed exoplanets orbiting TOI-1136, a dwarf star about 270 light years from Earth. Credit:…
‘Old smokers’ and ‘squalling newborns’ among hidden stars spotted for first time
Artist’s impression of a cloud of smoke and dust being thrown out by a red giant star. Seen from the left the star remains bright but if viewed from the…
