Internal evolution of Europa. Credit: Kevin Trinh/ASU Jupiter’s moon, Europa, is slightly smaller than Earth’s Moon and is one of the most promising places to search for alien life. Amid…
Category: Planetary Science
Pulsars could help map the black hole at the center of the Milky Way
These annotated images, obtained with the GRAVITY instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) between March and July 2021, show stars orbiting very close to Sgr A*. Credit: ESO…
NASA’s Curiosity captures Martian morning, afternoon in new ‘postcard’
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its black-and-white navigation cameras to capture panoramas of “Marker Band Valley” at two times of day on April 8. Color was added to a combination…
New observatory instrument sets its sights on Turtle Nebula
A googly-eyed KCWI, posing as Thomas the Train’s lookalike and getting ready to return to the Keck II Telescope after having KCRM installed with it. Credit: C. Martin/Caltech A new…
How we may have solved the mystery of its puzzling persistence
An x-ray of the brightest ever gamma ray burst reflected off dust layers, creating extended ‘light echoes’ of the initial blast. Credit: NASA First detected accidentally by US military satellites…
Using photosynthesis for Martian occupation—while making space travel more sustainable
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers are working on sustainable technology to harvest solar power in space—which could supplement life support systems on the moon and Mars. In a study published…
First satnav receiver designed to operate in lunar orbit delivered to satellite maker
Credit: SSTL The first satnav receiver designed to operate in lunar orbit has been delivered to satellite maker Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd in the UK for integration aboard the Lunar…
Hubble observes jellyfish galaxy JO206
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Gullieuszik and the GASP team The jellyfish galaxy JO206 trails across this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, showcasing a colorful star-forming disk surrounded…
How and why NASA gives a name to every spot it studies on Mars
This image from a map of Jezero Crater shows the area NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is currently exploring, including Belva Crater, just below the center of the image. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University…
