Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain China notched a diplomatic victory in its race against the U.S. for influence in space, with Egypt agreeing to support Beijing’s plan for a proposed project…
Category: Planetary Science
Iran says it sent a capsule with animals into orbit as it prepares for human missions
This photo released by the Iranian Defense Ministry on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, claims to show a rocket with a capsule carrying animals is launched from an undisclosed location into…
Deep learning could help identify Jezero Crater landing site
With deep learning methods, scientists generated the 50-centimeter-per-pixel HiRISE MADNet digital terrain model mosaic shaded relief (center). The fine-scale surface features of Mars stand out more clearly compared with prior…
A six-planet solar system in perfect synchrony has been found in the Milky Way
This image provided by NASA shows an artist’s illustration of the Tess telescope. Astronomers have discovered six planets orbiting a bright nearby star in perfect rhythmic harmony. They say it’s…
A new possible explanation for the Hubble tension
The image shows the distribution of matter in space – (blue; the yellow dots represent individual galaxies). The Milky Way (green) lies in an area with little matter. The galaxies…
Ghostlike dusty galaxy reappears in James Webb Space Telescope image
Color composite of galaxy AzTECC71 from multiple color filters in the NIRCam instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: J. McKinney/M. Franco/C. Casey/University of Texas at Austin. It first…
Aurorae from the tropics to the polar regions
A Japanese auroral drawing showing an observation at Okazaki on 4 February 1872, as reproduced with courtesy of Shounji Temple (contrast enhanced). Credit: ©︎ Shounji Temple In early November of…
First launch of Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket planned for June-July
The Ariane 6 rocket undergoes a successful dress rehearsal at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana last week. The European Space Agency announced on Thursday that the long-delayed first launch of…
