In the optical, Saturn’s banded atmosphere appears to smoothly shift from color to color. But seen here in radio light — VLA data overlays a Cassini image of Saturn —…
Category: Planetary Science
Hubble captures lenticular galaxy NGC 6684
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Tully The lenticular galaxy NGC 6684 bathes this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in a pale light. Captured with Hubble’s Advanced Camera for…
A novel method uses gravity data to determine where density anomalies lie inside planetary bodies
Researchers are developing a new technique to help visualize the complex internal layering and anomalous structures inside planetary bodies, including the Moon. Credit: NGC 54/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 Getting to…
Russia is to launch its first mission to the moon in almost 50 years
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…
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…
