Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity describes how the fabric of space and time, or spacetime, is curved in response to mass. Our sun, for example,…
Category: Planetary Science
Mars terrain recreation at ESA
Credit: ESA-Remedia A downward view of ESA’s rock-strewn recreation of the Red Planet, is designed to put prototype planetary rovers through their paces. Officially part of the Planetary Robotics Laboratory…
How do you recognize the atmosphere of extraterrestrial lava worlds?
An artist’s conception of star scorching its nearby exoplanet. New research shows that aging red giant stars, far from destroying life, could warm frozen worlds into habitable homes. Credit: ESO/L.…
Global team to simulate message from extraterrestrial intelligence to Earth
L-R (clockwise): The Allen Telescope Array, Green Bank Telescope and Medecina Radio Astronomical Station. Credit: Allen Telescope Array: Joe MarfiaGreen Bank Telescope: Jay YoungMedecina Radio Astronomical Station: Medecina Radio Astronomical…
Private mission carrying Saudi astronauts launches to ISS
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Axiom Mission 2 astronauts, including two from Saudi Arabia, lifts off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 21, 2023, bound…
Private mission carrying first Saudi astronauts to visit ISS set for launch
Ax-2 crew members Peggy Whitson (far left), Rayyanah Barnawi, John Shoffner and Ali Al-Qarni took part in training ahead of their expected journey to the International Space Station. A private…
For the first time, astronomers have detected a radio signal from the massive explosion of a dying white dwarf
This image shows some of the oldest stars in the Milky Way – ancient white dwarfs – as imaged by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA and H. Richer (University…
New images released by Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope
A mosaic of new solar images produced by the Inouye Solar Telescope was released today, previewing solar data taken during the telescope’s first year of operations during its commissioning phase.…
Perseverance rover captures view of Mars’ Belva Crater
The 152 images that make up this mosaic of Belva Crater were taken by the Mastcam-Z instrument aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover on April 22, 2023, the 772nd Martian day,…
Origami heat shield: Reusable for reentries
Credit: Space Forge A novel origami-based heat shield developed with ESA support is planned to be tested with an actual atmospheric reentry from space. Named Pridwen, after the legendary shield…
